MWB – Rapid Response Unit

ministries without borders^® speaks of people who are inwardly free and outwardly mobile; who use their gifts, talents and abilities to take the message of hope, the gospel of good news, to a needy and dying world.  We believe that every mandate given by God can be achieved and that there are no problems too difficult for His power of miracle.’

In light of this the ministries without borders Rapid Response Unit seeks to reach out to those who are in desperate need as a result of natural disasters or conflict, in accordance with Jesus’ mandate.  The Rapid Response Unit aims to show the practical love of Jesus by providing affected peoples and regions with medical aid, shelter, food provision and clean water and sanitation facilities.  At the same time they bring with them a message of hope and good news and a Spirit of power and miracle, allowing the Kingdom of light to penetrate through times of darkness and despair.

“This is the kind of fast I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts.  What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families……..If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people’s sins, if you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down and out, your lives will begin to glow in darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.  I will always show you where to go.  I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places, firm muscles, strong bones.  You’ll be like a well-watered garden, a gurgling spring that never runs dry.  You’ll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past.  You’ll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community liveable again.” (Isaiah 58:6-12 MSG)

Primary Vision An international humanitarian aid team working alongside local churches, communities and governments in multiple locations, to provide impartial aid to targeted needs and vulnerable people at an internationally acceptable standard, so as to alleviate the burden caused by humanitarian disasters in the following ways: Improving access to medicines and healthcare Provision of food Provision of clean water and sanitation facilities Construction of shelters/homes/clinics Spiritual health and healing

Additionally:

1. Prevention

• To work alongside governments and communities in ‘hotspot’ locations to minimise possible risk to vulnerable people should a natural disaster or conflict occur.
• Working to improve the state of the world’s poor in an attempt to minimise the impact of natural disasters and conflicts.

1. Speaking out

• Prophetically speaking into governments and situations thereby bringing the power and authority of God to that circumstance.
• Bringing God’s Word to situations of injustice and human rights atrocities.

1. Advocacy

• To fight for the rights of the poor and oppressed and those specifically kept in a state of poverty by discrimination and government policies/actions.
• To lobby governments to implement acceptable prevention strategies and be prepared to respond to humanitarian disasters.
• To lobby international governments to provide acceptable levels of financial aid for humanitarian crises.

1. Cooperation

• To work closely with the UN and other non-governmental organisations/aid agencies to provide a coordinated response to humanitarian disasters alongside local communities and international governments.

To apply to volunteer with the Rapid Response Unit please go to ministrieswithoutborders^® application page.