Rev. Jack Coultas, the pastor of Park Grove Christian Church in Deepwater, Missouri, donated a kidney to one of his church members, Jeremy Whitman, who was struggling for nearly two years with kidney failure caused by diabetes.
Rev. Coultas, who is 35, has been a pastor and friend to Whitman and his family since 2008.
Whitman, who is on dialysis was also on the kidney recipient list.
Rev. Coultas, said he prayed for an entire year for a donor to come forward and Whitman to be healed. .
But to the pastor’s surprise, God answered his prayer by putting it on his heart to be a kidney donor for Whitman.
Every time Rev. Coultas met with Whitman’s family for counseling sessions and prayer, he said a Bible passage “came into his mind.”
The scripture was 1 John 3:16-18. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters,” “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
After finding out he was a match, Coultas and Whitman successfully underwent surgery in January 2020 at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City.
Whitman’s recovery has been smooth, and he continues to get better every day.