Lazarus at the Gate is a small group, economic discipleship experience, which has been designed to teach Christians about using money as a way to impact global poverty.

The study concludes with a giving circle in which each member contributes what they’ve saved from commitments to make a collective global gift. Throughout the study, group members support each other in making four commitments:

• Spend joyfully: Regularly give thanks for the blessing of wealth
• Spend justly: Make one lifestyle change to consume more justly
• Spend less: Make one lifestyle change in order to buy less for personal consumption
• Give more: Make a substantial gift to fight global poverty

Our group chose to donate to charity: water because water is everything. Here in America, we hardly think twice when we need a drink of water or take a shower or cook -- there are millions of people in third world countries who don't have that luxury. In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul challenged the Corinthians to share their material blessings not to impoverish themselves, but to promote equality.

We set our goal for $30,000 because that's what it takes to provide water to an entire school. Children are most susceptible to catching diseases related to drinking unclean water, which leads to missing days from school, sickness, and even death.

Lastly, in 18 months, we will receive GPS coordinates, pictures, and a personal video of the well we built. Join us in bringing water to the people of Rwanda.