The 10th annual High Country Warrior Ride, held May 15, raised significant financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to military couples with a spouse wounded in combat operations after 9/11. “We want these warriors to know that God loves them. And that’s the message that Samaritan’s Purse is all about.…
Our Ministry
Samaritan’s Purse – You Can Provide Relief to a Hurting World
Make a Difference Today Where Most Needed: 012000 Give Now Single Gift Monthly Gift Samaritan's Purse brings physical relief and the hope of the Gospel to hurting people around the world. Meryem* and others watched their city crumble around them, convulsed by two powerful earthquakes. Tens of thousands of people, some of them friends, family, or…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Equipping Unsung Heroes to Deliver Relief Deep Inside Ukraine
Pastor Vitaly* stands outside a Samaritan’s Purse warehouse in Ukraine waiting for his truck to be loaded with relief supplies. “Sometimes I receive questions like ‘do you fear it?’ or ‘are you scared about this?’ and I answer no,” he said. “I am not scared because there is something that moves me more than my…
Health & Medical Ministries
Iron Souls and Tender Hearts
Can the significance of one human life be measured? How great is its value? One of the recurring themes throughout the 33rd Prescription for Renewal conference was the inherent, God-endowed worth and dignity of every person—from children developing in their mothers’ wombs to the social outcasts to the physically needy trapped in the ditches of…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Persecuted Believers Keep the Faith
A group of women sit in a tent on the edge of the Sahara Desert, just 13 kilometers from their homes in Nigeria. They fan themselves as they talk about why they’re here. Eight months ago, they were going about their regular morning routines. Saude was showering. Fatimati had just sent her children to school…
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Long But Blessed Road Home
Sadhia, Wilson, and Doreen—the three ‘miracle’ children of Tanzania—experienced an emotional rollercoaster ride this past weekend as they returned home after months of medical care in the United States. These three survivors of a deadly May bus crash were transported back to Africa in the same way they left the continent—via the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Hurting Marriage Begins to Heal from the Wounds of War
He’d been good with a gun since he started hunting at age 8 and was a hard-driving athlete during high school, so for Nick Hine the rigorous life of a Marine Corps scout sniper seemed like a good fit. He wasn’t interested in college just yet, so when he was 18 years old he joined…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Venezuelan Walkers Find Christian Welcome High in the Andes
Hundreds and even thousands of Venezuelan migrants cross into Colombia each day, leaving behind chaos and deprivation. They’re hoping to find safety and economic opportunity in their neighbor nation or other countries farther south, such as Ecuador and Peru. But the journey is demanding, dangerous, and filled with uncertainty. Who knows how they’ll handle the…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Hurting Military Marriages Find Healing in God’s Love
Chad and Ellen Peacock were childhood sweethearts—growing up with close families and annual beach vacations together. The summer that Chad was set to leave for Marine boot camp, he asked Ellen to wait for him, planning to marry her when he returned. The couple wrote 277 letters back and forth while Chad was away and…
Operation Christmas Child
Missouri Churches Send Shoebox Gifts Off with Prayer
The farming community of Belle, Missouri, has a population of just 1,300 people, but on Sunday, they accomplished much through prayer. At their 23rd annual Operation Christmas Child dedication service at First Baptist Church, 120 people from more than 25 different churches gathered to commit 1,744 shoebox gifts to God’s purposes around the globe. Each…
