Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) was founded in 1981 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization. Our primary purpose is to provide a trustworthy, efficient channel for Amish, Mennonite, and other conservative Anabaptist groups and individuals to minister to physical and spiritual needs around the world.

Annually, CAM distributes fifteen to twenty million pounds of food, clothing, medicines, seeds, Bibles, Favorite Stories from the Bible, and other Christian literature. Most of the aid goes to needy children, orphans, and Christian families. The main purposes of giving material aid are to help and encourage God’s people and to bring the Gospel to a lost and dying world. CAM’s international headquarters are in Berlin, Ohio.

CAM has a 55,000 square feet distribution center in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, where food parcels are packed and other relief shipments are organized. Next to the distribution center is our meat canning facility. CAM is also associated with seven clothing centers—located in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada—where clothing, footwear, comforters, and fabric are received, sorted, and prepared for shipment overseas.

CAM has staff, warehouses, and distribution networks in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Liberia. Through our International Crisis program we also help victims of famine, war, and natural disasters throughout the world. In the USA, volunteers organized under our Disaster Response Services program help rebuild in lower income communities devastated by natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. We operate an orphanage and dairy farm in Romania, medical clinics in Haiti and Nicaragua, and hold Bible-teaching seminars in Eastern Europe and Nicaragua.

CAM’s ultimate goal is to glorify God and enlarge His kingdom. “. . . whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

CAM is controlled by a twelve-member board of directors and operated by a three-member executive committee. The organizational structure includes an audit review committee, executive council, ministerial committee, several support committees, and department managers.

Aside from management personnel and secretarial staff, volunteers do most of the work at CAM’s warehouses. Each year, volunteers at our warehouses and on Disaster Response Services projects donate approximately 100,000 hours.

CAM issues an annual, audited financial statement to its entire mailing list (statements are also available upon request). Fund-raising and non-aid administrative expenses are kept as low as possible. Usually these expenses are about one percent of income, which includes cash and donated items in kind.

For more information or to sign up for CAM’s monthly
newsletter, please write or call:

Christian Aid Ministries
P.O. Box 360
Berlin, OH 44610
Phone: 330-893-2428
Fax: 330-893-2305