Jeremiah 1:9-10

9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

About Water from the Rock (WFTR)

The idea for WFTR first came about in 2005. But by 2014, the core vision (or DNA) for WFTR was established as a resource to the Body of Christ. Our vison can be pretty much summed up in Jeremiah 1: 9-10. For more information visit our website: www.wftherock.org

The work of WFTR is expressed through several initiatives, the most visible of which are:

  1. Pilgrim Tours: Helping Christians to reconnect with the Hebraic roots of their faith (through our annual Pilgrims Tour)
  2. Discipler’s Workshop: Helping to restore the nurturing leader back in the fabric of church life. This initiative has become so successful that we have had to create a dedicated website for it (thanks to the hard-work of Colin Hosken – our website designer). See more at: www.disciplersworkshop.com
  3. Transition: Serving churches or organisations behind-the-scenes who going through the challenges of “di-vision” and transition. It also involves assisting outgoing leaders to make room for incoming leaders.
  4. Macedonian Call Initiative: Providing preliminary training to those considering long-term humanitarian work in the developing world.
  5. Linking isolated small expressions of Christ with the wider Body of Christ (through initiatives such as “the Well” and the “Praise & Prayer weekends” based on Nehemiah 3

The WFTR Team

The organisation, founded by Femi Oni, is run by a 5-member Board of Trustees (with each having an area of responsibility in any of the 5 ministry areas where we serve) and are supported by a team of coordinators whose roles are to implement the work of the organisation at very ground level.

What We Believe

We subscribe the basis of faith and beliefs of the evangelical alliance in the UK (www.eauk.org) and seek to adhere to a set of working guiding principles that enables us to do what we do without unintentionally veering off from our core vision.

Operational Structure

We are a faith-based organisation (meaning we depend on God through His people to finance what we do). All our workers (including the founders) serve on a voluntary basis. As our work involves extensive travels, training workshops and international projects, we incur enormous running costs. As a result, we operate as a not-for-profit Christian organisation with business ethics. This means we welcome donations from beneficiaries of our work in order to cover our running costs.

WFTR is a not-for-profit organisation, operating as a charity incorporated organisation (CIO) in England & Wales (Registration 1192140). None of our staff receive salary (including the founder & CEO). So, we depend on God to provide for us through the generosity of people like you.

Affiliations & Partners

We are a full member of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK and regularly form working partnerships with different bodies who share our statement of faith.

As an organisation, we seek to be cross-denominational in our work so that people can access who we are and what we do – as long as we all share a common conviction that Christ is central to all we do and who we are. Over the last 10rys, we have served across the board in initiatives representing over a dozen Christian  denominations globally. We have also had privileged access as advisors to several organisations such as Marine Reach International (www.familycarecentre.org )