page_title: Maranatha Volunteers International
section_title: One-Day Church
hierarchical_section_title: Maranatha Volunteers International / Active projects / One-Day Church
caption_attribution_description: English: Maranatha Volunteers International building a "One-Day Church" in Bebedero, Chiapas, Mexico.
context_page_description: Maranatha Volunteers International is a non-profit Christian organization founded in 1969 and is based in Roseville, California United States with offices in Canada, Latin America, India and Mozambique.
  It is a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the primary focus of organizing volunteers to build churches and schools in developing nations.
context_section_description: 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.
  The galvanized steel frame and roof of the church are manufactured at a facility in Dodge Center, Minnesota, containerized and shipped on-site where it is assembled by volunteers and local personnel in one day.
  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.
caption: Volunteers building a One-Day Church in Bebedero, Chiapas, Mexico January 2010
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