Franklin Graham, along with several hundred enthusiastic volunteers from across the country, celebrated Operation Christmas Child’s 25th year of sending shoeboxes to children in need with an energetic, praise-filled ceremony on Nov. 29. The event was held at the Samaritan’s Purse Charlotte Processing Center. “We want to dedicate these boxes to God for His glory…
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Franklin Graham Celebrates 25 Years of Operation Christmas Child at Charlotte Event
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Operation Christmas Child Blogger Resources
Blogger Resources Thank you for your interest in promoting Operation Christmas Child through your blog! Your enthusiasm for this project will help us bring good news and great joy to millions more children worldwide in Jesus’ Name. The following checklist is designed to assist you in your important role of sharing how simple shoebox gifts…
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God Opens Hearts Through Shoeboxes in Boise and Beyond
God has used gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to bring millions of children and adults to faith in Jesus Christ overseas. He also uses shoeboxes to draw people to Himself here in the U.S., as Manny Ma and his wife Wen Li of Boise, Idaho, can well attest. Wen accepted Christ as her Lord and…
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Operation Christmas Child Brings Gift-Filled Shoeboxes to Palau
Franklin Graham’s bold vision to deliver gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in Jesus’ Name to every child on 1,000 Pacific islands—more than half a million kids—began early last year and reached more than 65,000 children in 2019. Earlier this year, the campaign arrived ashore on Palau, where scores of shoeboxes were handed out to children…
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Cristianos locales usan cajas de regalos para ayudar a plantar iglesias en la remota Mongolia
Highways leading out of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, continue east for many miles as far as the city of Chinggis. From there, the roads diminish to mere gravel paths that stretch across the vast pasturelands of Khenti Province. It’s from Chinggis, where transportation begins to get more difficult, that six churches are praying—paving the way—for…
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Azima and a Teddy Bear
Azima & Teddy Bear Please enable Javascript to watch this video In times of sorrow and grief when I needed to be reminded of God's love, I would clutch my shoebox close to my heart and pray. These words have been life-changing to me: “I might not know you, but always know that Jesus loves…
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Empacar una caja "hará que tu corazón se sienta bien"
Retirement eagerly waited to welcome Sallie Simmons. She’d soon turn 65 and all the years of hard work would be behind her. Yet, one day, Sallie had an encounter with God that changed the direction of her life. “I was on my way home, driving a brand-new car. But I thought, ‘I’m not doing what…
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Alcanzar a la comunidad sorda del país de Georgia
Pastor Paata has a big goal: to reach every family that includes a deaf person in the country of Georgia with the Good News of Jesus Christ. And he’s found a great tool to start conversations with deaf children or a hearing child of deaf parents—Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts. Paata, who is deaf, said…
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Pacific Islands Initiative Press Kit
Media Resources Media Requests Articles & Stories Fact Sheets Approved Quotes Photos B-roll Pacific Islands Initiative Press Kit An Operation Christmas Child initiative is bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to isolated island nations. The goal of the five-year Pacific Island Initiative is for all children ages 2–14 across the Pacific to have the…
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Shanika & Sherika and the Mittens
“We received mittens in our shoebox gifts in Jamaica at age 8. Before this, our father cut a notebook and pencil in half so we’d have school supplies.” We grew up in rural Jamaica sharing most things, not because we’re twins but because it was a necessity for our family to make ends meet. Our…
