Our Mission
To eliminate the kidney transplant wait list by inspiring Jesus followers to prayerfully consider living kidney donation.
The waiting list
Right now, about 90,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant. Most have been waiting for years. About thirteen of them die every day before a kidney comes.
Every one of those people has a name. A family. A hospital that has already evaluated them and is ready to accept a donor.
They’re waiting for someone to answer the call to donate.
What if Jesus followers have what they need?
There are more than 300,000 churches in America. Tens of millions of Christians who believe in sacrificial love. Who already gather every Sunday. Who already read the parable of the Good Samaritan.
If even a small fraction of healthy believers prayerfully considered living kidney donation, the wait list could be gone in a single generation.
What if, in a single generation, the Church became known as the people who ended the kidney transplant wait list?
A Christian idea
We were designed with a spare. Most of us are born with two kidneys but only need one to live a long, full, healthy life.
Loving our neighbor as ourselves has always been at the heart of Christian faith. Living kidney donation makes that belief literal — a sacrifice you carry in your body for the rest of your life, given so someone else can live.
How this works
Stories.
We collect stories from people waiting — by name, by location, by hospital. Real people, with real photos, who real believers can pray for.
Prayer.
We ask churches and individuals to pray for these people specifically — not in the abstract, but by name.
Awareness.
We share the medical reality: living kidney donation is well-studied, safe, and recoverable in a matter of weeks. Most people have no idea this is even an option.
Donation.
When someone is moved to act, we point them to the recipient’s transplant center. The center handles the evaluation. The recipient’s insurance covers the cost. The donor’s role is simple: respond to the call, follow the process, and trust God with the outcome.
Living donation is safe
Living kidney donation is one of the most well-studied surgeries in modern medicine. The evaluation is thorough. The surgery is laparoscopic. Most donors spend two or three nights in the hospital, are back to desk work within two to three weeks, and back to full activity within six to eight.
Long-term studies tracking donors for decades show they live as long and as well as anyone who kept both kidneys.
If you are not a healthy match, the program will say so. No one is pressured. No one pays out of pocket — the recipient’s insurance covers the surgery, and programs like the National Living Donor Assistance Center exist to cover lost wages and travel.
Get involved
Pray.
Pull up our listings page. Pick a name. Pray for that person and their family. That alone is enough.
Share.
Send a story to someone who might be moved by it. Share it from your social accounts. Bring it to your small group.
Consider.
If you find yourself unable to stop thinking about a particular story, that may not be a coincidence. Talk to your spouse, your pastor, your doctor. Reach out to the transplant center. See where it leads.