~ Celebrating 50 Years and counting ~

Living Water’s History

 Living Water Assembly of God was founded in 1974 by Pastor Alan Pettinger. Seeing the great need for a church to minister to the young community of Bolingbrook, he and his wife began meeting with a group of people in their home.

Eventually, they would move into a local middle school and hold the services from that location. The original name of the church was Bethel Temple.

After 2 years Pastor Pettinger felt the call of God leading him to go to the foreign mission field. Living Water Church continued to support Pastor Pettinger and his wife in the mission field for the 30 years he served in South Africa!

In 1976 Bud Leikvoll was appointed by the District to pastor the church. In 1978 he moved on and was replaced by Joel Kruggel, a graduate from Gordon Conwell Seminary in Boston.

During his pastorate the church decided to change its name to Christian Assembly of God. During these years the church continued to meet in the school. In 1981 he and his wife resigned and moved to California.

It was at this point that a young man by the name of Ken Dignan and his wife Joni were given the chance to lead this small group of people. Ken Dignan would pastor what would become Living Water Assembly of God for the next ten years. During his ministry the church saw tremendous growth.

In 1984 property was bought and on Thanksgiving weekend of 1985 the congregation moved into it's very own building. Within three years the building was full and more room was required. By 1989 the congregation had entered into and completed a second building program.

In 1991 Pastor Dignan felt God leading him onto the evangelistic field. He began a new ministry called, "Til Healing Comes." For two years he traveled the country ministering to congregations, and eventually went on staff as the Assistant Pastor at Stone Church in Palos Heights.

In 1992 Ken and Chrystal Hansen were elected by the congregation to continue to pursue God's vision and plan for the future. In September of 2014, Pastors Ken and Chrystal Hansen were awarded the prestigious “Family of the Year” honor by the city of Bolingbrook for their 23 years of service to the community. Pastor Ken is now currently the lead Pastor at Life Church in Rockford, Illinois.

In 2016 Pastors Jeremiah and Bianca Stingl were elected by the congregation to lead Living Water Church where they continue the mission to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ!