New Releases
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteer Angels
Samaritan's Purse is still at work bringing relief to devastated homeowners in Panama City, Florida, more than four months after Hurricane Michael slammed ashore. One homeowner, Mary Armstrong, gives thanks to God for the many Samaritan's Purse volunteer "angels" He sent to help remove debris from her house.
Medical Ministries
Building Trust
Through our Ebola Treatment Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samaritan's Purse medical staff is building trust with local communities by educating them about Ebola, screening and isolating those with symptoms before they can infect others, and then celebrating with the patients when they return healthy to their homes.
Operation Heal Our Patriots
A New Peace
Army Staff Sergeant John Hosea was severely wounded in Afghanistan and his combat-related injuries threatened to destroy his marriage. His wife, Sara, reached out to Operation Heal Our Patriots for help. She applied to the program, and they were accepted to go to Samaritan Lodge Alaska for a week of marriage enrichment. There, God brought a new peace to their lives and their marriage.
Women & Children
Miigaa's Story: Hearts Healed, Lives Transformed
Through our Children's Heart Project, Miigaa, then a 14-year-old girl living in Mongolia, received lifesaving surgery and later accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. Now an adult, Miigaa is giving back and helping heal the hearts and lives of others as she studies to become a cardiologist.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Love Your Neighbor
Billy Graham powerfully reminds us that "love is the medicine for the sickness of the world" and that every hurting person on earth is our neighbor who Jesus commands us to love.
Feeding Programs
Food Distributions Continue in South Sudan
Samaritan's Purse distributes food on a monthly basis to refugees in South Sudan who are fleeing violence. We count it a privilege to serve them and be the hands and feet of Jesus.
Women & Children
Bat-Ulzii's Story: From Patient to Pastor
When Bat-Ulzii was 13 years old he learned he had a heart problem. Lifesaving surgery could not be performed in Mongolia, but through our Children's Heart Project he received the necessary operation in Texas—and came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, years later, he is a pastor serving a local congregation in Mongolia.
Medical Ministries
In His Hands
Maryelis, a 9-year-old Venezuelan girl, asks for God to help her economically devastated country where food and money are scarce. She and her mother are among those we've treated at our free medical clinics over the border in Colombia.
Women & Children
An Open Heart
Children's Heart Project, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse, arranged life-saving heart surgery in 2016 for Munkh-Ulzii, a young girl living in Mongolia. On the day of the operation in the Cayman Islands, our staff shared the Gospel with Munkh-Ulzii's mother who invited Jesus Christ into her heart.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Time for a New Beginning
Homeowners whose houses burned to the ground during the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are finding hope to start again. Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers continue to share God's love with residents and help them locate treasured possessions in the ashes.
Operation Christmas Child
Shoeboxes Lead to Church Planting in Togo
The arrival of Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in Togo, Africa, helped a local pastor lead a community away from spirit worship to following the Lord Jesus Christ. A Bible study began for kids through The Greatest Journey, our discipleship program, then resulted in a church being planted in the area.
Operation Christmas Child
Ernesto's Story: Passing On the Greatest Gift
Ernesto, a troubled young boy living in Mazatlan, Mexico, was excited when he received his very own soccer ball in an Operation Christmas Child shoebox. After giving his life to Christ, Ernesto's behavior radically changed. Now, he uses the ball to help share Jesus with his friends.
Medical Ministries
Venezuelans Find Shelter in Colombia
Samaritan’s Purse is providing food, shelter, and other essential items to thousands of Venezuelans who are fleeing economic ruin in their own country to seek a better life in Colombia.
Operation Christmas Child
25 Years of Shoeboxes Celebrated in Charlotte
Franklin Graham, along with hundreds of processing center volunteers, celebrated 25 years of what God has done through Operation Christmas Child.
Construction Projects
Rebuilding What ISIS Tore Down
Samaritan's Purse is restoring hundreds of houses destroyed by ISIS on the Nineveh Plains, so that Iraqi Christians can return home with dignity and rebuild their lives. Franklin Graham recently visited the area to see the project's progress.
Featured
Medical Ministries
Serving on the Front Edge
Samaritan's Purse is operating an Ebola Treatment Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where confirmed and suspect patients can be treated. Our medical staff is on the front edge of the epidemic, not only offering physical care, but also sharing the Gospel with those infected.
Medical Ministries
Running Toward the Fire
In response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—the second most deadly in history—Samaritan's Purse has opened an Ebola Treatment Center staffed by medical professionals. Please pray for the patients and also for our staff as they treat those infected and share with them the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Medical Ministries
Center Gives Hope to Desperate Venezuelans
Displaced Venezuelans, fleeing economic collapse in their own country, are finding support just over the border at the Center of Hope in Cucuta, Colombia. They are receiving medical care, legal advice, and counseling, as well as hearing the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Crisis & Disaster Response
In the Line of Fire
California fire chief Joe Tapia recalls the devastating Camp Fire that destroyed thousands of homes in the town of Paradise. Although his own house burned down, he looks forward to seeing the area recuperate and rebuild. Samaritan's Purse is part of the recovery effort, helping homeowners search for valuables and sharing with them the hope of the Gospel.
Feeding Programs
Reaping the Harvest in Bolivia
Samaritan's Purse sees Genesis Chapter One lived out during Bolivia's harvest season.
Operation Christmas Child
Josephine's Story: Made in His Image
Samaritan's Purse recently delivered gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to the Village of Light School for the Blind in Togo, West Africa. Josephine, 12, was one student encouraged by a shoebox gift and, along with her classmates, took part in The Greatest Journey.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Love Gets it Done
Crisis & Disaster Response
Prayers Prove Powerful in Saipan
Thousands of homes in Saipan and Tinian were ripped apart by Super Typhoon Yutu when it slammed into the two Pacific islands, leaving families without basic necessities like shelter, food, and clean water. Local Christians prayed to God for relief. Samaritan's Purse responded by airlifting 80 tons of critical supplies, letting the hurting people there know that God loved them and had not forgotten them.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Restoring Hope After Hurricane Michael
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, Samaritan's Purse volunteers brought relief to devastated homeowners in Panama City, Florida, by tarping their roofs, cleaning out debris, and listening to their stories. But the destruction is so vast, more volunteers are needed. Will you please consider using your gifts to help those in need?
Operation Christmas Child
Dania's Story: The Power of Prayer
God used a simple Operation Christmas Child shoebox to show His love to Dania, a girl living in severe poverty in the Middle East, and answer her family's prayer for a much-needed item.
Women & Children
Franklin Graham Visits Children's Heart Project in Mongolia
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham recently traveled to Mongolia to meet the families of children who have benefited from lifesaving surgery through Children's Heart Project.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Venezuelan Migrants Flow into Colombia
Samaritan's Purse is providing relief as thousands of migrants flee Venezuela each day into Colombia. At different points along the way, we are providing primary medical care, food, shelter, and hygiene kits, as well as sharing the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Operation Christmas Child
Taking the Gospel to the Unreached
Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts create unique opportunities to share God's love with children living in remote communities across the world that have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Operation Christmas Child
What Is The Greatest Journey?
A shoebox gift is only the beginning! After children receive a shoebox, many have the opportunity to participate in The Greatest Journey, our fun and engaging discipleship program that teaches them about God's love and how to share it with others.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Overview 2018, Full Length
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, brings good news and great joy to children around the world. And the work doesn't stop there. Through The Greatest Journey, our discipleship program for those who receive shoeboxes, whole communities are being transformed by the Gospel. A great overview video to share with your church or group, available in three different lengths.
Medical Ministries
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Samaritan's Purse medical teams offered every patient expert care and Christian compassion at our Emergency Field Hospital outside Mosul, Iraq, from Jan.-Sept. 2017.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan's Purse Ministry Overview
Samaritan's Purse is on a rescue mission in Jesus' Name, providing physical and spiritual relief to those affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Share this video with your friends and let others know how God is at work around the world.