Families in Hardship
Illness, loss of income, an eviction notice, a medical bill you cannot cover, a car that broke down and stranded you — the day-to-day storms that quietly break people. Tell us what you're facing.
Maranatha — “Our Lord, come!”
If you're walking through hardship, tell us.
Maranatha exists to find people who need help — in the United States and in remote places around the world — and to be the hands of God in real, practical ways.
Christian or not. Local or far away. If your family is in a hard season, share your need with us. We read every request, we pray over every request, and we do what we can.
Our Mission
To be the hands of God — everywhere.
To share the love of Christ with Christians and non-believers alike. To seek out people in remote places who need help — whether across the street or across the world — and to stand with them with prayer, presence, and practical care.
Who Can Ask
If any of these sound like you, please reach out.
We do not vet you. We do not require a statement of faith. We read what you write, we pray, and we do what we can.
People in Remote Places
Villages far from a paved road. Communities cut off by weather, war, or geography. We look for the places help usually does not reach — inside the United States and outside of it.
Christian Leaders & Ministries
Pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and small ministries serving in hard, under-resourced places. When those who serve run dry, we come alongside them.
Anyone in Need
Christian or not. You do not have to profess a faith to ask for help. We serve believers and non-believers alike, because that is what the love of Christ looks like.
What “Maranatha” Means
An Aramaic prayer of the earliest Christians.
Maranatha is Aramaic — the everyday language Jesus spoke. Split as Marana tha, it means “Our Lord, come!” — a prayer the first Christians used as they waited for the return of Christ.
You can find it at the end of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:22) and in the Didache — one of the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament, from roughly the late first century. It was a single word that held both hope (“come, Lord”) and confession (“you are Lord”).
We named the fund for that prayer because it is our posture too: awake, expectant, and busy being useful to the people around us while we wait.
Reach out to Maranatha
You do not have to carry this alone.
If you or someone you love is in a hard season, tell us what's happening. We'll read it, pray about it, and do what we can. Asking for help is not weakness — it is how God's people carry one another.
Our promise to anyone who reaches out:
- Every request is read by a real person, not a bot
- Every request is prayed over — even the ones we cannot meet
- We reply, one way or another — you will not be left in silence
- Your details stay private; nothing appears publicly without your permission
- There is no application fee, no minimum need, no denomination test
- If we cannot help, we try to point you to someone who can