Inviting Churches to Link Arms, Grow Disciples, and Meet Needs
We invite you to join us on a journey to grow disciples and solve the global water crisis as the body of Christ. Our unity, action, and compassion will be a powerful testimony to a thirsty world. Begin by engaging your congregation on a journey of discipleship and service:
Grow In Knowledge
Living Water offers resources to help church members expand their spiritual insight and understanding of God’s work in the world. Through these resources, individuals can develop a love of mercy and justice, and a heart for seeing God’s kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven.
AVAILABLE RESOURCES INCLUDE
- Learn about the global water crisis with this fact sheet or video
- Learn about our Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Program Areas and how we work
- Find children’s resources including a curriculum and a coloring book
- Explore Living Water’s work through videos, and share them with your congregation
- Learn more about where and how Living Water works
- Discover more about our work through our virtual Connection platform, a multi-media experience
- Read Thirsting for Living Water, a new book by our president and CEO Mike Mantel
Expand Your Experience
Hearing the word of God brings people to faith; experiencing God in action deepens that faith, attracts the seeker, and helps grow discipleship opportunities for all. Through Living Water, congregations can participate in the global body of Christ in ways that give tangible expression to the gospel and help believers grow in faith.
GET ACTIVE IN THESE WAYS
- Transform your Christmas with Advent Conspiracy, as an individual or get your whole church engaged
- Give up all drinks but water for 10 days, as an act of solidarity that raises awareness and resources
- Expand your faith and connect with believers around the world through short-term service trips for individuals or teams
- Get the littlest members of your church active through this VBS or Sunday School program
Invest forImpact
Christ tells us whenever you care for the least of these, you care for him. To make this work possible, the global body of Christ needs the financial investment of those who have been blessed with surplus resources. Whether you can give a small monthly gift, sponsor a water project, or enable an entire WASH Program Area, you’ll know your financial contribution is making a significant impact by proclaiming the gospel in word and deed.
- Make a donation today
- Give a monthly donation through our Every Drop program
- Explore a relationship with Living Water and a community around the world
Why Water?
Giving communities access to clean water through local churches has a physical multiplier effect, advancing the community overall. Clean water improves health, keeps kids in schools, enables women and girls, and helps eliminate deaths from water-related illnesses. Plus, clean water raises the economic prospects of communities. For every $1 invested in water, sanitation, and hygiene, there are $4.30 in economic returns, according to the World Health Organization. Over 6.4 million people have received access to safe water and experienced living water, the gospel of Jesus Christ, through Living Water and our partnership with the church over the last thirty years.
Our donor churches say they select Living Water as a missions partner for many reasons. Most often, we hear four explanations:
Fulfilling the Great Commission:
Partnering with other churches through Living Water extends the church’s ability to “go and make disciples” at home and around the world.
Living Out the Great Commandment:
Living Water helps the church to “love your neighbor as yourself” by meeting physical needs.
Helping the Church be Relevant & Engaged:
Pastors tell us that when church members get involved with meeting real needs through Living Water's support and encouragement, they come alive as they experience the relevance and unity of the Church.
It’s Easy:
Missions pastors appreciate our turnkey solutions for service trips and activities that help congregants expand their experience and grow in knowledge.
CHURCH PARTNERSHIPS
“Living Water International shares our vision, and we couldn’t live out our vision without them! Having a partner with the same vision and expertise on the ground to partner with is key.”
Liquid Church
“We know that our funds are being used as we intend them to be used. We are confident that our communication back is accurate and that our efforts are making a difference.”
Anderson Hills United Methodist Church
“…the life-saving clean water solutions as well as their commitment to the proclamation of the gospel has made Living Water International an excellent ministry to partner for our church”
Christ Community Church
