Wellspring For Women

Wellspring for Women, formerly Canaan Land Christian Center for Women, is an outreach of Living Waters Ministries founded by Pastor Ed and Valeta Bush. The Bushes are originally from Montgomery, Alabama, where they both completed high school and attended Huntingdon College. They are certified Christian counselors through Therapon, a Bible-based counselor training program.

Pastor Bush has been a minister since 1979 and has also received training through Christian Life School of Ministry in Montgomery. The women’s ministry was inspired by the Bushes working with a similar and very successful ministry, Canaan Land Boys Home (now Canaan Land Ministries), in the early 80s.

With encouragement from from that ministry and sure direction from God, the Bushes began taking girls and women into their home in 1984 and completed the first home unit in 1985. Since that time, hundreds of girls and women have become students at Wellspring from across the nation and from several foreign countries as well. In a number of instances, graduates continue on to enroll in additional counseling from the Family Guidance Center to further strengthen the family unit.