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	In 1989 Maranatha Flights International merged with Volunteers International under the new name of Maranatha Volunteers International and moved the headquarters to Sacramento, California. Recently, the headquarters were moved to the neighboring city of Roseville, California.		In 1989 Maranatha Flights International merged with Volunteers International under the new name of Maranatha Volunteers International and moved the headquarters to Sacramento, California. Recently, the headquarters were moved to the neighboring city of Roseville, California.
	In its 40-year history more than 60,000 volunteers have built churches, schools, orphanages, hospitals and community buildings in 67 countries.<ref name="Maranatha_FyF" />		In its 40-year history more than 60,000 volunteers have built churches, schools, orphanages, hospitals and community buildings in 67 countries.<ref name="Maranatha_FyF" />
	~~Maranatha has requests for 100,000 buildings pending.<ref name="ann" />~~

	==Volunteers==		==Volunteers==

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{{short description| Seventh-day Adventist missionary organisation}}
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| founder = John Freemen<ref name="Maranatha_History"/>
| location = [[Sacramento]], [[California]], United States
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| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Construction
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| homepage = [http://www.maranatha.org www.maranatha.org]
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{{Seventh-day Adventism}}
'''Maranatha Volunteers International''' (Maranatha) is a [[non-profit]] [[Christianity|Christian]] organization founded in 1969 and is based in [[Roseville, California]] United States with offices in Canada, [[Latin America]], India and [[Mozambique]].<ref name="Maranatha_FyF">{{cite web| title =Facts & Figures| publisher =Maranatha Volunteers International| url =http://maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=217| access-date =2010-07-17| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101214041323/http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=217| archive-date =2010-12-14}}</ref>

It is a supporting ministry of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] with the primary focus of organizing [[Volunteering|volunteers]] to build churches and schools in [[developing nations]].<ref name="ann">{{cite web
| last = Brauner
| first = Megan
| title = Maranatha marks 40 years of church, school construction worldwide
| publisher = Adventist News Network
| url= http://news.adventist.org/2009/11/maranatha-marks-40-y.html
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref>

==History==
In 1969 under the direction of John Freeman a commercial photographer, a group of Seventh-day Adventist volunteers flew to the [[Bahamas]] to build a church<ref name="hist_dict">{{Cite book
| last = Land
| first = Gary
| title = Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-day Adventists
| publisher = Scarecrow Press, Inc.
| year = 2005
| pages = 186
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fFYFLksIywcC&q=maranatha+volunteers+international&pg=PA186
| isbn = 0-8108-5345-0}}</ref>
This idea expanded to other projects involving volunteers flying their private planes to locations to build churches and was organized into Maranatha Flights International based in [[Berrien Springs, Michigan]].<ref name="Maranatha_History" />

In 1989 Maranatha Flights International merged with Volunteers International under the new name of Maranatha Volunteers International and moved the headquarters to Sacramento, California. Recently, the headquarters were moved to the neighboring city of Roseville, California.
In its 40-year history more than 60,000 volunteers have built churches, schools, orphanages, hospitals and community buildings in 67 countries.<ref name="Maranatha_FyF" />
Maranatha has requests for 100,000 buildings pending.<ref name="ann" />

==Volunteers==
An average of 3,000 volunteers participate in projects each year.<ref name="Maranatha_History" />
The majority of the volunteers are from the United States and Canada but participants come from all over the world.
They generally pay for their [[transportation]] as well as a participation fee which covers [[meal]]s, [[lodging]], in-country transportation and [[insurance]] while on the project.
Most projects are approximately two weeks duration.

The funding for the buildings is primarily furnished by Maranatha via donors as well as participation by [[Adventist-laymen's Services & Industries]] (ASI).
The local church provides the land and final labor and materials.

Projects are classified into categories such as teen, young adult, open, group or family depending on the volunteer makeup.
While the teen ''Ultimate Workout'' and young adult groups which are age limited, other projects have widely varying age volunteers.
A number of volunteers participate in multiple trips, often on an annual basis.

Not all volunteers are skilled in the construction trades.
In addition to actual building construction, some volunteers are typically involved in cooking and some may participate in community projects such as [[Vacation Bible School]] or medical and dental [[clinic]]s.

==Active projects==
Maranatha concentrates their building activities in certain countries which change from time to time.
In 2010 Maranatha is building primarily in Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Zambia and the United States.<ref name="Maranatha_FyF" />
In 2009, 507 churches were built of which 428 of the structures were "One-Day Churches" built in 25 countries.<ref name="Maranatha_FyF" />

===Haiti===
In 2010 Maranatha provided assistance to [[Haiti]] following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|January 2010 earthquake]].
140 "One-Day Churches" are currently being built in Haiti to be used as churches, schools, medical triage and temporary shelters.<ref name="Maranatha_ODC">{{cite web
| title = One-Day Church
| publisher = Maranatha Volunteers International
| url= http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=316
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref><ref name="GC_News">{{Cite press release
| title = Five months after quake, Seventh-day Adventist volunteer group helping rebuild Haiti
| publisher = Seventh-day Adventist Church
| date = 29 June 2010
| url = http://www.gcsession.org/general/PressRelease_HaitiVolunteers.pdf
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead
| title = Education in Haiti
| publisher = Maranatha Volunteers International
| url= http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=305
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005202034/http://maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=305
| archive-date= 2010-10-05
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref>

===One-Day Church===
[[File:Maranatha church Bebedero Chiapas Mexico.jpg|right|thumb|Volunteers building a One-Day Church in Bebedero, Chiapas, Mexico January 2010]]
The One-Day Church was developed jointly by Adventist-laymen's Services & Industries and Maranatha in an effort to meet the demand for rapid economical construction of more buildings.<ref name="Maranatha_ODC" />
The [[galvanized steel]] frame and roof of the church are manufactured at a facility in [[Dodge Center, Minnesota]], [[Containerization|containerized]] and [[Shipping|shipped]] on-site where it is [[Construction|assembled]] by volunteers and local personnel in one day.<ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead
| title = One-Day Church Process
| publisher = Maranatha Volunteers International
| url= http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=319
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101007190404/http://maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=319
| archive-date= 2010-10-07
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref>

The walls and floors are built of local materials and vary according to local practices.
Floors are most often poured [[concrete]].
As of March 2009 over 1,000 structures had been manufactured and as of July 2010 more than 800 had been constructed in 10 countries.<ref name="ASI_ODC">{{cite web
| title = One-Day Church project reaches milestone moment
| publisher = Adventist-laymen's Services & Industries
| url= http://www.asiministries.org/news_entries/53
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref><ref name="vol_odc">{{Citation
| title = One-Day Church
| magazine = The Volunteer
| pages = 3
| date = Summer 2010
| url = http://issuu.com/thevolunteer/docs/summer2010/4?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed
}}</ref>

===One-Day School===
In June 2010 Maranatha introduced the One-Day School project at the [[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]] session in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name="Maranatha_ODS">{{cite web| title =Maranatha Unveils One-Day School| publisher =Maranatha Volunteers International| url =http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=490| access-date =2010-07-17| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081126/http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=490| archive-date =2011-07-16}}</ref>
This project is an extension of the One-Day Church idea providing a metal frame, roof, walls, doors and windows.
The project launch involves 1,000 classrooms with the first One-Day School to be built in [[Zimbabwe]].<ref name="Maranatha_ODS" />

===Ultimate Workout===
The ''Ultimate Workout'' is a volunteer two-week mission program for [[high school age]] teenagers.<ref name="Maranatha_uw">{{cite web
| title = Ultimate Workout
| publisher = Maranatha Volunteers International
| url= http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=199
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref>
These projects are generally in [[Latin America]] and may involve up to 200 volunteers.
In July 2010 the Ultimate Workout project celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a reunion project in [[Chiapas, Mexico]].

=== Catalyst ===
Maranatha's catalyst project is dedicated towards creating a spiritual community for like-minded people which can help them in their spiritual life. It specially targets the age group 18-28.[https://maranatha.org/volunteer-opportunities/types-of-projects/]

==Publications==
Maranatha has a quarterly magazine named ''The Volunteer'' that is mailed to volunteers and donors.<ref name="Maranatha_volunteer">{{cite web
| title = The Volunteer
| publisher = Maranatha Volunteers International
| url= http://www.maranatha.org/Template_Load.aspx?PageID=237
| access-date = 2010-07-17 }}</ref>

==Maranatha Mission Stories==
Since 2003 Maranatha has produced a 30-minute television program named ''Maranatha Mission Stories'' which documents various building projects.
Now a weekly program, it has surpassed 100 episodes.
It is shown on [[3ABN]] and [[Hope Channel]].

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.maranatha.org Maranatha Volunteers International]
*[http://www.asiministries.org Adventist-laymen's Services & Industries]
*[http://www.onedaychurch.org One-Day Church]

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[[Category:Independent ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Sacramento, California]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1969]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in California]]
[[Category:Adventism in the United States]]

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