About 35 affiliates are located across the country.  These affiliates share the same mission and work to support each other, but each carries out the LDR mission in its own way.  

In Southeastern Pennsylvania, LDR operates as part of Liberty Lutheran Services, a social ministry organization that cares for communities in many ways, including providing care for foster children and vulnerable older adults, resettling refugee families, and working in partnership with neighborhoods and congregations for efforts such as disaster response.

To carry out our mission, a task force of individuals from Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware Counties works together to decide initiatives and support the efforts of congregations and individuals working with LDR to prepare and respond to disasters. 

Leadership: 

The Rev. William G. Erat, Liberty Lutheran Services 
Julia Menzo, Liberty Lutheran Services, LDR-SEPA Coordinator 
Linda Frey, Liberty Lutheran Services, Case Manager 
Neil Clark, Silver Springs - Martin Luther School 
Denise Diginto, Ken-Crest Services
Robert Fisher, Southeast Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA 
Susan Pursch, Liberty Lutheran Services 
Mark Staples, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia 
Pastor Linda Hatcher, Artman Lutheran Home 
Pastor Tom Kadel, Christ Lutheran Church, Kulpsville 
Pastor Bill Rex, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Ferndale
David Reynders, Christ Memorial Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Malvern, Pa 
Pastor Serena Sellers, Southeast Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA 
Barry Stock, St. John Lutheran Church, Center Square, Pa