Water Access as a Key to Making Disciples with Christopher Beth

Think Global, Do Justice

The gospel is to be proclaimed and word and deed. Sometimes global practitioners easily step into the demonstration of justice and development work, but how do we make meaningful strides towards sharing the gospel's message with those we reach with critical life-saving services. Christopher Beth from The Bucket Ministry joins the show today to share with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about the simple work that their ministry undertakes in fifteen countries to both provide water access and share the good news.

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Resources and Links from the show

The Bucket Ministry Online

Conversation Notes

  • Christopher's path from a car accident to the Amazon rainforest to reaching over a million people with a clean water solution
  • The different responses that follow interacting with global poverty for the first time
  • The World Health Organization estimates that 785 million lack access to clean drinking water
  • Scriptures that support reaching the nations and caring for the vulnerable
  • Water as something that everyone recognizes they need and everyone can agree on making accessible
  • The difference between having an ultimate motive and an ulterior motive
  • Using the water filter as an object lesson to explain salvation to new hearers
  • Intentionally spreading the gospel while guarding against spiritual abuse or coercion
  • The critical work of local missionaries and pastors to follow up and serve the families that are reached with clean water

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