Connect Your Church to Samaritan’s Purse
Together we can reach hurting people with physical relief and the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Samaritan’s Purse connects churches in the United States with churches across the globe as they seek to share the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and fulfill the Great Commission. We want local churches to know how God is working both here and among the nations and then present them with opportunities to get involved. We invite your church to prayerfully consider joining us as we help a hurting world in Jesus’ Name.
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Opportunities for Church Involvement
Operation Christmas Child
The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. We provide ministry partners overseas with shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies, and personal care items as a means of reaching out to boys and girls in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, more than 244 million children in over 170 countries have received these simple expressions of the Savior’s love. Your church can get involved by packing shoeboxes individually, through packing parties, or building shoeboxes online.
North American Disaster Relief and Rebuild
Samaritan’s Purse responds quickly when natural disasters strike, deploying an army of volunteers to come alongside hurting homeowners to bring relief and compassion in Jesus’ Name. We mud-out flooded houses, tarp roofs, chain saw downed trees, remove debris, and sift through ashes to recover cherished items. As we serve, we have the opportunity to share the hope that we have in Jesus.
Medical Opportunities
World Medical Mission deploys Christian healthcare professionals across the globe to support dozens of partnering mission hospitals in more than 30 countries. These medical experts follow in the footsteps of the Great Physician as they provide patient care in resource-limited environments. They relieve overwhelmed full-time hospital staff and help educate the next generation of healthcare workers in the countries where they are serving. We also work with local churches to provide quality healthcare to underserved communities in the U.S.
Pray
Please pray for Samaritan’s Purse projects as we seek to help hurting people in Jesus’ Name. If you have a request you would like us to bring before the Lord on your behalf, let us know. Go to our contact page, select “Prayer Requests” from the drop-down menu, and fill out the form.
Give
We know your church’s gift to Samaritan’s Purse represents a trusted investment from the congregation. View all our donation items or give to where most needed. Engage your friends, family, neighbors, or co-workers in Samaritan’s Purse ministry projects by creating a fundraising campaign. You can also make a donation in honor or in memory of a loved one, or create a memorial giving page in their honor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Samaritan’s Purse an evangelistic or relief organization?
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing both spiritual and physical relief to hurting people around the world. We serve the church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Where does Samaritan’s Purse work?
Samaritan's Purse has field offices in places including Colombia, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Our ongoing work focuses on discipleship and evangelism; water, sanitation, and hygiene; food distribution and nutrition initiatives; livestock and livelihoods training; anti-trafficking programs; maternal and child health; and education.
In addition, Samaritan's Purse is ready to immediately respond in Jesus' Name wherever disaster strikes. Our recent international crisis responses include Jamaica, where we are providing medical care, water, and shelter to those suffering from Hurricane Melissa; Gaza, where we have provided over 1 million emergency food packets to suffering women and children; Colombia, where we are caring for Venezuelan migrants fleeing the political and economic turmoil in their country.
Samaritan's Purse also responds to natural disasters throughout the United States and, in some cases, follows up with disaster relief rebuild projects. We also have annual construction projects in remote parts of Alaska.
Through Operation Christmas Child we partner with local churches in more than 100 countries to distribute shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies, and personal care items as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. We ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease. The Greatest Journey discipleship program, developed by Samaritan’s Purse for Operation Christmas Child shoebox recipients, teaches participants how to know Christ, grow in their faith, and share the Gospel with others.
World Medical Mission is a medical arm of Samaritan's Purse. Every year we send out more than 700 volunteer Christian medical personnel to more than 50 mission hospitals and clinics around the world. Our Children's Heart Project arranges lifesaving operations for children in need from multiple countries, including Mongolia, Uganda, and Bolivia. In Liberia, Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we provide cataracts surgeries as well as cleft lip and palate surgeries. Orthopedic surgeries are performed in countries such as Nigeria.
We are also busy at Samaritan Lodge Alaska every year from May through September as we welcome wounded veterans and their spouses for a week of Biblically based marriage enrichment training through Operation Heal Our Patriots. Our Family Care team follows up with couples during the year through events and personal contact.
Can our church partner with Samaritan’s Purse in specific countries or on specific projects?
Please email info@samaritan.org or call (800) 528-1980 for information about opportunities to partner directly with a project or disaster response.
How does Samaritan’s Purse support local churches overseas and at home?
Everywhere we go, we seek to partner with local churches to meet spiritual and physical needs in their communities. As we provide relief in disaster and crisis situations, we come alongside local churches to identify people in desperate need and to mobilize the Body of Christ to serve in Jesus’ Name.
Does Samaritan’s Purse offer mission trips for churches?
Samaritan’s Purse offers volunteer opportunities for both church groups and individuals during disaster relief responses and rebuild projects, primarily but not exclusively in the United States.
How can our children and youth participate in the work of Samaritan’s Purse?
It’s easy for children and youth in your church to serve others in Jesus’ Name through the work of Samaritan’s Purse. Children who pack Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes can make an eternal impact in the lives of children across the world. They can participate in shoebox fundraising for Operation Christmas Child and, youth ages 13 and up, if accompanied by a chaperone, can also volunteer at an Operation Christmas Child processing center.
Youth at least 14 years old, when joined by a parent, can volunteer during Samaritan’s Purse U.S. disaster relief responses. Our teams respond quickly when natural disasters strike and we need an army of volunteers to come alongside hurting homeowners and offer the hope of Jesus Christ.
How much of our gift goes directly to beneficiaries?
All contributions designated for specific projects shall be applied to those projects, and we may assess up to 10 percent to be used for administering the gift. Occasionally, we receive more contributions for a given project than can be wisely applied to that project. When that happens, we use these funds to meet a similar pressing need.
How can I schedule a speaker from Samaritan’s Purse to come to my church?
Please use this form to request a speaker.
How can I request more information?
You may use this form to contact us with additional questions.
