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After dissolving their Ohio construction firm in 1976, Jim and Marion Zirkle
and their three children moved to Broken Arrow, OK. During two years of
intense study in God’s Word, Jim was presented with an opportunity to
minister to a group of missionaries working in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. It
was during this time of ministry that the Spirit of God called him to
Central America. Soon afterwards, the vision that today guides the entire
ministry began to unfold.
Living Water Teaching was started in 1979 by the Zirkles. Since then, the
work of this ministry has grown to include outreaches in eleven countries
around the world. The Word of God is going forth by way of Bible schools,
evangelistic campaigns, medical clinics, Operation Shoebox, and through the
ministries of the graduates of the Bible Institutes in each of these
countries.
When their Douglas DC-3 aircraft went down on November 1, 1998, taking the
lives of Marion’s husband, son, son-in-law, two missionaries, and six group
members from the United States, she knew that the vision was not completed.
She picked up the mantle on that fateful night, and by the grace of God,
continues running with the vision of changing Central America for Jesus.
On July 12, 2003, Marion married Pastor Clarence Wright and they, along with
the Living Water Teaching family, are taking the gospel to Belize, Cuba,
Mexico, the six countries in Central America, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay
in South America.
Living Water Teaching is in its 30th year on the field and has currently
graduated over 29,000 Bible school students. The ministry has seen over
700,000 born again over the last 29 years. More than 100 denominational
groups have trusted us to train their leaders and young people. The
commission of Living Water Teaching is to make disciples, and send them out
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