By Beth Brelje | Originally Published in The Epoch Times May 02, 2024. Updated: May 06, 2024. Used with permission. BOONE, N.C.—A bird is thumping into the window of Rev. Franklin Graham’s office at Samaritan’s Purse international headquarters in Boone, North Carolina. He says it happens every spring, and he doesn’t know why, but this…
Our Ministry
Franklin Graham Meets with Pastors and Hurting Families in Venezuela
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham was in Venezuela on Tuesday, July 21, to encourage families in the coastal city of La Guaira in the wake of June 24 back-to-back earthquakes that left thousands of people dead, injured, and displaced. “We want the people of Venezuela to know that God hasn’t forgotten them. He hasn’t turned…
What is OCC – Korean
이 브로슈어는 교회와 단체를 대상으로 Operation Christmas Child에 대한 대략적인 설명을 제공하며 선물 상자가 포장, 수집, 가공되는 과정을 시각적으로 보여줍니다. 선물 상자가 배송되기까지의 The Greatest Journey를 만나보세요. Also available in the following languages: Spanish, and Traditional Chinese
What is OCC – Chinese
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
2022 What is OCC – Korean
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
What is OCC – Spanish
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
Operation Christmas Child
Celebrating 200 Million Blessings
Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hundreds of Migrants Receive Christ Along the US-Mexico Border
As migrants face harrowing circumstances along the U.S.-Mexico border, Samaritan’s Purse has worked to minister to them in Jesus’ Name. Our months-long response on the U.S. side recently wrapped up after working together with ministry partners in Del Rio and Laredo, Texas. We helped operate respite centers for those cleared by authorities to enter the…
Operation Christmas Child
Hard-to-Reach Areas
The shoebox gift you packed online is a crucial part of showing God’s love to a child in a challenging region of the world. Millions of people in these places have not heard a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some may be openly hostile to the message. When caring Christian partners deliver…
Operation Christmas Child
Pastor to Pastor Church Landing Page
Partnering with Churches to Proclaim the Gospel Worldwide Every year, churches pack shoebox gifts full of toys and other fun items and send them to the ends of the earth through Samaritan's Purse. Online Interest Form Get Involved Then local churches in other parts of the globe distribute these Operation Christmas Child gifts to children in…
