[1] Among recent developments of JUH in Germany is the establishment of local and regional groups that provide first responder services on horseback (see mounted search and rescue).

The Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Order of St John has been certified as a recipient of donations by Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (German Central Institute for Social Matters), a Berlin-based private organisation.

While JUH in Vienna is primarily tasked with emergency medical service, the Johanniters in Tyrol are mainly employed with home nursing and patient transport.

In the course of the eastward expansion of the European Union in 2004, the relief organisation Joannici Dzieło Pomocy was founded, which became active on 31 August 2004.

Since its foundation, Joannici Dzieło Pomocy has recorded a constant growth, which is thought to continue due to high requests in first aid courses.

It is an association within Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in Germany and is an acknowledged voluntary relief organization in accordance with article 26 the first Geneva convention of 12 August 1949.