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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.
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"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
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Additionally:
- Prevention
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cooperation
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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.
If you would like to be a part of the rapid response unit, please download the rapid response unit application form, complete it and send it to:
ministries without borders,
P.O. Box 4552, Cardiff, CF14 8FA
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