At Living Stones World, we are a community of Indigenous Levantine Christians from around the world. We come together as one body, connected, to find support, empowerment, and resources to raise awareness in our local communities.

Why are Levantine Christians called Living Stones?

Living Stones is a term often used to describe Christians indigenous to the Holy Land—Palestine and modern-day Israel—whose presence traces back to the earliest days of the faith. These communities are among the oldest in the world, with unbroken roots in the very land where Jesus was born, walked, taught, and rose again.

Holy Land Christians belong to a range of ancient and modern denominations, including Eastern Orthodox, Melkite, Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, Protestant, and others. Despite denominational differences, they share a common identity shaped by place, history, and enduring witness.

For centuries, these believers have preserved sacred traditions, tended to the holy sites, and lived out their faith amid the shifting realities of occupation, political turmoil, demographic change, and diaspora.

The Name

“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:4–5).

• Believers are the “living stones” of the church that Jesus promised to build (Matthew 16:18).

• As the Master Builder, God places His living stones just where He wants us to be (1 Corinthians 12:18).

• As living stones, we are connected to one another in the body of Christ (Romans 12:5).

• The “job description” of a living stone: a speaker of praise, a declarer of truth and love and light (1 Peter 2:9).

Assignment

With the inheritance our ancestors gave us, comes the assignment to be connected as one body of Christ -wherever He wants us to be - standing for truth, peace and love.