461 people, With safe water, families like Hadijas can begin to live healthy lives. - Kamara, Tanzania Country Director. maintained by a local water committee. I believe the Bible is inspired by God and is authoritative in the life of every follower of Christ (2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 17:17). Your gift provides a clean water source, health training, and hope to mothers like Hadija living in East Africa and Cambodia. Our Christian presence in the world is indispensable to evangelism, and so is that kind of dialogue whose purpose is to listen sensitively in order to understand. There is no other name by which we must be saved. We recognize that there is a great need to improve theological education, especially for church leaders. xref
Lifewater sources only local materials for all clean water projects. Team members will use an LS300 or a LS400 drill rig with our in-country drillers and help our hygiene team share proper sanitation techniques and Bible stories. .icon-population .st0{fill:currentColor;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:0.25;stroke-miterlimit:10;} materials that every family can afford. The results of evangelism include obedience to Christ, incorporation into his Church and responsible service in the world. (Acts 17:26,31; Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 1:17; Psalm 45:7; Genesis 1:26,27; James 3:9; Leviticus 19:18; Luke 6:27,35; James 2:14-26; John 3:3,5; Matthew 5:20; 6:33; 2 Corinthians 3:18; James 2:20). We empower local churches to seek out and serve the needs of the marginalized, loving others in word and deed. These regions are also rural, unreached with the gospel, and eager to invest in their own change process. I believe that all followers of Christ have the responsibility and privilege to proclaim the gospel by actively sharing their faith in Jesus (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8) and demonstrate the gospel by compassionately caring for the least of these (Matthew 25:40). .icon-population .st0{fill:currentColor;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:0.25;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Contact us for more information or follow us on social media. (Mark 7:8,9,13; Genesis 4:21,22; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; Philippians 2:5-7; 2 Corinthians 4:5). Uganda, Africa, .icon-population .st0{fill:currentColor;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:0.25;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .icon-map-pin .st1{fill:#FFFFFF;} With safe water, families like Khadijah can begin to live healthy lives. - Kamara, Tanzania Country Director, .icon-map-pin .st0{fill:currentColor;} endstream
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Financial accountability and good stewardship are the foundation of trust. Decide where your money makes a difference, Serve vulnerable women, children, and families living in extreme poverty, Quality engineering, transparent results, and real sustainability data, Top-rated charity by Guidestar, ECFA, and Charity Navigator. We need both watchfulness and discernment to safeguard the biblical gospel. 338 people, Your donation to Lifewater is tax deductible as allowed by law. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. .icon-map-pin .st1{fill:#FFFFFF;} 0000009523 00000 n
He illumines the minds of Gods people in every culture to perceive its truth freshly through their own eyes and thus discloses to the whole Church ever more of the many-colored wisdom of God. trailer
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{HYAbSC&6U/^I#k|X,XBEQ$aX~^oE/:a'Y"/#?Ek|V}|Iq`ZAdO2 Decide where your money makes a difference, Serve vulnerable women, children, and families living in extreme poverty, Quality engineering, transparent results, and real sustainability data, Top-rated charity by Guidestar, ECFA, and Charity Navigator. A new well, providing fresh, clean water, can help stop the cycle of death and offer a blessing that lasts a lifetime truly a precious gift of hope and life. We know that the pond water gives us fever and diarrhea, but we have no choice. - Reurng. Communities know the pride of ownership. 0000012361 00000 n
Christs evangelists must humbly seek to empty themselves of all but their personal authenticity in order to become the servants of others, and churches must seek to transform and enrich culture, all for the glory of God. We therefore reject as a proud, self-confident dream the notion that people can ever build a utopia on earth. messages at each household. 0000012811 00000 n
Everyone participates in a healthy village - moms, dads, teachers, kids, church leaders. water, with soap or ash attached. Thus a growing partnership of churches will develop and the universal character of Christs Church will be more clearly exhibited. Yet we who share the same biblical faith should be closely united in fellowship, work and witness. Field teams work house by house to help families adopt sanitation and hygiene practices like hand washing, using a drying rack, building a latrine of their own, and more. While every effort will be made to apply your gift according to an indicated preference, if any, LIFE Outreach International has complete discretion and control over the use of the donated funds. We know our need to equip ourselves with Gods armour and to fight this battle with the spiritual weapons of truth and prayer. We cannot hope to attain this goal without sacrifice. When combined, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices can nearly eliminate waterborne diseases and water-related deaths. Your gift provides a clean water source, health training, and hope to women like Adanech living in East Africa and Cambodia. We promise to pray and work for their freedom. The gospel does not presuppose the superiority of any culture to another, but evaluates all cultures according to its own criteria of truth and righteousness, and insists on moral absolutes in every culture. We know that the pond water gives us fever and diarrhea, but we have no choice. - Reurng. and well-being to remote, unengaged communities. Yet those who reject Christ repudiate the joy of salvation and condemn themselves to eternal separation from God. (1 Corinthians 2:4; John 15:26;27; 16:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 3:6-8; 2 Corinthians 3:18; John 7:37-39; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; Acts 1:8; Psalm 85:4-7; 67:1-3; Galatians 5:22,23; 1 Corinthians 12:4-31; Romans 12:3-8). 0000001653 00000 n
153 people, With safe water, families like Hadijas can begin to live healthy lives. - Kamara, Tanzania Country Director. We call upon others to join us. (1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Acts 2:32-39; John 20:21; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 4:5; 5:11,20; Luke 14:25-33; Mark 8:34; Acts 2:40,47; Mark 10:43-45). Tanzania, Africa, .icon-population .st0{fill:currentColor;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:0.25;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Your gift provides a clean water source, health training, and hope to mothers like Reurng living in East Africa and Cambodia. Lifewater uses real-time data and analytics from the field to provide the best service and most sustainable solutions. bU,mDLyI! We pledge ourselves to seek a deeper unity in truth, worship, holiness and mission. 0000002109 00000 n
To proclaim Jesus as the Saviour of the world is not to affirm that all people are either automatically or ultimately saved, still less to affirm that all religions offer salvation in Christ. Engineers assess the water problem in every village, taking into account factors like water coverage, geographical challenges, and key cultural norms, and they plan appropriate solutions. We pursue the least and the last. Watch this video or hover over any of the blinking dots above to learn more about each part of the process. For example, although careful studies of church growth, both numerical and spiritual, are right and valuable, we have sometimes neglected them. Because they are fallen, all of it is tainted with sin and some of it is demonic. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. We confess that our testimony has sometimes been marred by a sinful individualism and needless duplication. EIN 95-3987142, We value the privilege of earning your trust, 2022 Lifewater International | A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization |. But how does it all fit together? A re-evaluation of our missionary responsibility and role should be continuous. The dominant role of western missions is fast disappearing. 338 people, An accessible, safe water supply in our village will be a solution to many community problems. - Pendo, .icon-population .st0{fill:currentColor;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:0.25;stroke-miterlimit:10;} 0000000716 00000 n
I believe there is one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6). 307 people, With safe water, families like Khadijah can begin to live healthy lives. - Kamara, Tanzania Country Director, .icon-map-pin .st0{fill:currentColor;} We urge the development of regional and functional cooperation for the furtherance of the Churchs mission, for strategic planning, for mutual encouragement, and for the sharing of resources and experience. We construct long-lasting safe water solutions that utilize local ingenuity, safe water needs, and supplies that community leaders can access. Lifewater is a top-rated Christian safe water organization. The message of salvation implies also a message of judgment upon every form of alienation, oppression and discrimination, and we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist. For our staff in the United States, Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I am always asking God to give us clean water as I have seen in other villages. - Adanech.