About Us — The Word and Water Project

Our Mission

The Word and Water Project exists to reach people for Christ by sharing His Word and other life-sustaining elements, such as clean water.

We accomplish this mission by partnering with like-minded, local ministries providing Bibles, water, food, and other life enhancing materials to those in need. We choose to “partner” with local ministry teams because we believe that they better understand the culture, language, and needs of its communities.

The Word and Water Project is an international missions organization, 501(c)(3), headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Our Story

In 2017, God laid upon the heart of several businessmen in the Birmingham, Alabama, community a desire to Finish Well for the Gospel as they approached retirement from corporate America.

From those conversations, God inspired our founder Jeff Middleton with the vision to more deliberately seek to glorify Christ while ministering to those in need by carrying out The Great Commission and The Great Commandment.

Our Beliefs

We believe in a biblical world view, grounded in God’s Word and being charitable to those whom we differ, modeling kindness, humility, and civility. The Word & Water Project chooses to partner with those who uphold these virtues and to “hold fast to that which is good” (1 Thess. 5:21) while also recognizing the need to “hold firmly the word of life” (Phil. 2:14-16).

Evangelism has always required conviction and courage. We uphold the Manhattan Declaration which reminds us that even though there are important differences between and among Christian traditions, we can work together for the common good on these key areas, providing a witness to a watching world of how devoted men and women can work together on matters of central importance, taking up the call to engage the culture and the public square in a way that is faithful to the best of the great Christian tradition on the important matters of life, marriage, and religious liberty.

Why Water

Lack of clean water is a global crisis, with more than two billion people only having access to contaminated water sources and 829,000 people dying each year from unsafe drinking-water and poor sanitation.

Clean water also impacts economic and social issues—specifically for women and children who must make long, risky journeys to collect water, keeping them from school and other productive endeavors.

The World and Water Project believes providing the basic need of clean water is a vital means of loving our neighbors around the world.

Read the latest report from the World Health Organization on the availability of clean water around the world.

WHO Report

The Treasured King

God’s love for us and desire for us to know Him and to treasure Him only is paramount throughout scripture. God’s Word shares that “David is a man after God’s own heart.” David’s heart is revealed to us in the Bible and is most evident in the Psalms, where David shares his heart’s cry and desire to glorify his Heavenly Father. David also prophetically praises the coming Messiah, the Treasured King.

Like all of us, David was imperfect, yet he demonstrated a desire and commitment to fulfill God’s will throughout his life. David left us an example of passionate devotion and humble repentance. His journey of grace, restoration and hope still rings true for us today. As we study God’s Word, may we also see that God is after our hearts as well.

Be that man or woman after God’s own heart! Experience that same passion for God as David did. Take this journey through the life of David. Allow it to penetrate your heart. Reflect on the questions at the end of each chapter and allow God, through His Holy Spirit, to speak to you and draw you closer to Christ Jesus, “The Treasured King”.

Get the Book