Ron Post - Author
In 1979, Ron Post founded Medical Teams International. This ministry has saved millions of lives around the world. They serve thousands of people in the Northwest through their 12 mobile Dental Vans. During his time there he appeared on the 700 Club, Good Morning America and was featured in Newsweek Magazine, received two Honorary Doctorates from Northwest Christian University and Lewis & Clark University and was presented the 403rd Points Of Light by President George HW Bush, received the World Service Medal by Kiwanis International and the National Jefferson Award signed by Jacqueline Kennedy. The ministry was on NW TV stations, newspapers, and radio continually from 1979 to 1999 while he was President.
In 1999, he co-founded http://www.missionincrease.org. This Christian ministry is offering free workshops to 3300 ministries a year in Biblical Fundraising, Board Governance, and Church Relations through training centers located in major cities around the U.S.
Broken by suffering.
Moved to action.
Since 1979, Medical Teams has provided life-saving medical care for people in crisis, including survivors of the Rwandan genocide, the South Asia tsunami in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In 1989, they launched a Mobile Dental Program, providing free dental care to people in need right in their neighborhoods.
With their history and experience, they’ve grown into their role as experts in disaster response – disasters that are both natural and manmade. Right now, we’re responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the largest refugee crisis the world has ever known.
Their staff and volunteers care for the hurting in frontline clinics, refugee camps, and remote villages. In places where mothers and babies are dying. Where outbreaks threaten to overtake entire communities. Where local health systems are overwhelmed or non-existent.
Medical Teams are a highly-regarded humanitarian relief agency – known internationally and locally for our expertise in refugee health care, disaster relief, and mobile dental programs.
The story of Medical Teams began in November 1979. Ron Post sat in his easy chair watching the nightly news. He watched scene after scene of suffering flash across the screen. The news was showing thousands of Cambodians trying to escape the Khmer Rouge by fleeing to Thailand.
Ron watched as aid workers picked up a young girl’s body from a rice field. He looked across the room at his teenage daughter and thought, “What if she lived in Cambodia? Would anyone care about her?”
Suddenly, a thought came to him as clearly as if someone had written it on a piece of paper. The idea was to recruit a medical team to help refugees.
Ron, a businessman without any medical experience, didn’t know how he was going to make it happen. Doubts filled his mind.
Ron prayed for answers and doors began to open. He boldly took steps to put a team together. In two weeks’ time, a group of 28 volunteers were on their way to Thailand.
That was the beginning of Northwest Medical Teams – now known as Medical Teams International.
If you’re interested in learning more about the great work being done by Medical Teams International,
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Ron recently went back to visit Martha Newsome at Medical Teams International in Tigard, OR.
Watch the video here.
COMING SOON.