{"id":26102,"date":"2025-10-24T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26102"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:19:46","slug":"brethren-disaster-ministries-survey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/brethren-disaster-ministries-survey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Disaster Ministries shares domestic program survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Jenn Dorsch-Messler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brethren Disaster Ministries, including Children\u2019s Disaster Services, the Rebuilding Program and Global Response, is undergoing a program review that includes a survey (see information below), stakeholder group meetings, interviews with program volunteers, and discussions with church leaders. <strong>Input is needed from anyone who engages with Brethren Disaster Ministries or the Church of the Brethren on any level.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goals of the review include program improvements, increasing the number of program volunteers, improving the volunteer experience, exploring other initiatives that could enhance the Brethren Disaster Ministries, and bolstering the connection between volunteering and faith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/bdm-logo-460x200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/bdm-logo-460x200.png 437w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/bdm-logo-460x200-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The information gathered also will assist Brethren Disaster Ministries in writing a domestic program development grant proposal for the Lilly Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will you please help us by participating in the survey and providing your perspectives and suggestions? As much feedback as possible is important for this information gathering and strategic look forward. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bdm\/survey\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/bdm\/survey\">www.brethren.org\/bdm\/survey<\/a> to complete the survey by Nov. 15. If you miss the survey deadline, you may email your thoughts to bdm@brethren.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Jenn Dorsch-Messler is director of Brethren Disaster Ministries for the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/steele-to-conclude-service-aug-2028\/\">David Steele to conclude service as Church of the Brethren General Secretary in August 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/steele-concluira-su-servicio-agosto-2028\/\">David Steele concluir\u00e1 su servicio como Secretario General de la Iglesia de los Hermanos en agosto de 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/steele-pral-fini-sevis-li-out-2028\/\">David Steele pral fini s\u00e8vis li k\u00f2m Sekret\u00e8 Jeneral Legliz Fr\u00e8 yo nan mwa Out 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-volunteer-service-unit-340\/\">Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 340 completes orientation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/la-unidad-340-del-bvs\/\">La Unidad 340 del Servicio Voluntario de los Hermanos completa la orientaci\u00f3n.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brethren Disaster Ministries, including Children\u2019s Disaster Services, the Rebuilding Program and Global Response, is undergoing a program review that includes a survey (see information below), stakeholder group meetings, interviews with program volunteers, and discussions with church leaders. Input is needed from anyone who engages with Brethren Disaster Ministries or the Church of the Brethren on any level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1252,456,2017],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-26102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-bdm","tag-brethren-disaster-ministries","tag-survey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26103,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26102\/revisions\/26103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26102"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=26102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}