Samaritan’s Purse relies on thousands of volunteers to process the millions of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts collected each year for boys and girls around the world. Renee Brinton of Shelby, North Carolina, for one, is determined to share the love of Jesus with these children by doing her part. As the processing center in…
Nuestro Ministerio
Newsletter January 2026
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Helping Venezuelans Through Uncertain Times Dear Friend, The people of Venezuela have suffered for more than 25 years under the darkness of socialist oppression imposed by the leadership of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. There's still a great deal of uncertainty, but Venezuelans now have hope. On the border in Cucuta Since 2014, more…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Un niño encuentra en Jesús a su mejor amigo
Nico was diagnosed with a heart defect as an infant in Bolivia. By age 8, he was experiencing fatigue, a loss of appetite, and shortness of breath. That made it harder for him to concentrate on his homework or participate in physical education with his friends. “I always felt tired when I was at school,”…
Operation Christmas Child
Official Contest Rules for Hobby Lobby Gift Card Giveaway on Instagram
Official Contest Rules for Hobby Lobby Gift Card Giveaway on Instagram By participating in this contest and submitting your comment to enter this contest (the “Contest”), you (“Contestant”) accept and agree to the following Terms and Conditions: Dates: The Contest runs Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (“Contest…
Operation Christmas Child
Bonny and a Plastic Camera
Bonny and a Plastic Camera Please enable Javascript to watch this video “Even today, when I think about the shoebox, I smile.” I grew up in a village in Uganda with my dad, mom, and brother. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the whole world. People can’t afford even the little stuff like…
El amor se desborda en el este de Kentucky
The strewn debris and trash still hanging from the barren trees in Brandt Justice’s backyard stand as stark reminders of how high the waters rose when floods ravaged his small Kentucky community last week. In the early hours of Feb. 16, the small tributary behind his home suddenly swelled and climbed to the tips of…
50 AÑOS DE MINISTERIO
Iron Curtain Falls, Doors for Ministry Open
Samaritan’s Purse was 21 years old when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, opening a door for evangelical Christians to work behind what had been the Iron Curtain. For the next 15 years, Samaritan’s Purse was able to work in Jesus’ Name in Russia, from the shadows of the Kremlin to the reindeer herdsmen living…
Operation Christmas Child
Build a Shoebox Online Latin America
Send the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth Give Build a Shoebox Online - 013950 $10 $30 $50 Your donation goes to Build a Shoebox Online. Operation Christmas Child delivers these specially prepared gifts to hard-to-reach regions of the world, including areas where the Name of Jesus has not been proclaimed. Samaritan's Purse goes to…
Operation Christmas Child
Fotos de voluntarios
Volunteers These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: “Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.” These photographs are not for commercial use. Project leaders across the country, including these from New Jersey, help facilitate the shoebox packing efforts of a church or…
Los líderes encuentran descanso y una visión renovada para el ministerio en el inundado Brasil
Since early May of this year—after unprecedented rainfall caused disastrous flooding in southern Brazil and displaced over 800,000 people across Rio Grande do Sul—Pastor Roberto Machado said there’s been little time to rest. Samaritan’s Purse recently hosted a retreat for the dozens of churches who’ve been hard at work serving their communities—even while suffering themselves.…
