Newsline Special: Update on church response to disasters
September 16, 2011
Brethren Disaster Ministries staff have been in communication with Brethren districts and churches in Pennsylvania, following the severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee; local Brethren are responding.

Children’s Disaster Services responds to Hurricane Irene: Remnants of Lee force evacuations
September 9, 2011
Children's Disaster Services volunteers were caring for children affected by Hurricane Irene when renewed flooding prompted evacuation and redeployment.

Emergency Clean-up Buckets needed
September 9, 2011
The response to Hurricane Irene will rapidly deplete Church World Service kit supplies, especially the Emergency Clean-up Buckets.

Emergency Disaster Fund supports Hurricane Irene relief
September 9, 2011
Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction across 16 states that is expected to rank as one of the top ten costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Disaster and mission staff offer support after fire in South Sudan village
(April 17, 2013)
Staff of Brethren Disaster Ministries and Global Mission and Service have offered support to South Sudanese villagers affected by a recent fire, through a grant from the denomination’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF). Other recent disaster relief grants have gone to Church World Service work at a refugee camp in Thailand, and areas of southern states in the US affected by recent storms.

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Brethren Disaster Ministries names advisory group, seeks input to survey
(March 21, 2013)
More than 700 people already have responded to a new online survey about the work of Brethren Disaster Ministries. “We want your feedback!” said an announcement of the survey from Brethren Disaster Ministries and Children’s Disaster Services. Take the survey at www.brethren.org/BDMsurvey .

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Major US ecumenical organizations restructure
(March 7, 2013)
Two long-standing ecumenical bodies in the United States--the National Council of Churches (NCC) and Church World Service (CWS)--have undergone restructuring and re-envisioning in recent months. The NCC began a plan for re-envisioning and restructuring last fall including elimination of administrative positions on the staff and a move away from historic headquarters in New York. CWS, which formerly shared the same general assembly as the NCC, has instituted a new governing structure that is independent of denominational representation. CWS is the primary means through which Brethren Disaster Ministries extends its work internationally.

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