[Update March 21: Our initial disaster relief responses in Nashville, Mt. Juliet, and Cookeville have ended. Samaritan’s Purse will continue to support these communities in an ongoing way; details will follow. We are thankful for more than 6,000 volunteers who completed clean up on 475 homes in these Middle Tennessee communities, working in Jesus’ Name…
Edward Graham Visits Storm-Rattled Texas Communities
Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham visited Livingston and Temple, Texas, this week where volunteer teams are helping in Jesus’ Name to clean up flooded neighborhoods and tornado-devastated communities. Graham was able to encourage and pray with homeowners whose lives were turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Residents of Livingston, an hour…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Franklin Graham Travels to Chattanooga to See Tornado Recovery Efforts
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to hard-hit Chattanooga, Tennessee, today to encourage homeowners in the aftermath of recent tornadoes that battered communities in 10 states across the South. “It looks like a bomb went off. It’s a mess here,” Graham said. “But Samaritan’s Purse has an army of volunteers working in these communities. We…
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Franklin Graham Dedicates New Midwest Ministry Center
Today, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham welcomed hundreds of guests to our Midwest Ministry Center in Aurora, Illinois, to dedicate the new property to the Lord’s service. The 116,000 square-foot facility will serve as a staging area for our disaster relief operations in the region while also housing a permanent Operation Christmas Child processing center.…
Operation Christmas Child
Franklin Graham Visits War-Torn Ukraine with 200 Millionth Shoebox Gift
For the first time in many years, Ukrainian Elizabeth Groff returned to her home country, joining Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham on Jan. 25 to celebrate and deliver the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift to the war-torn country. The milestone event, marking 30 years since the Samaritan’s Purse project started in 1993, also…
Crisis & Disaster Response
UPDATED: Three Child Survivors from Tanzania Bus Crash Recovering Well in U.S.
UPDATE (July 6): The three Tanzanian children severely injured in a May bus crash and then transported to the U.S. for medical attention are recovering well. They sustained 17 fractures among them and required operations to deal with injuries suffered in the horrific crash. After being airlifted from Africa by the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 aircraft,…
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Tennessee Tornadoes
Samaritan's Purse Help Tornado Victims in Tennessee Give × U.S. Disaster Relief U.S. Disaster Relief - 013622 $ Give Volunteer Facebook Twitter email Samaritan's Purse volunteers worked in multiple hard-hit areas across Middle Tennessee. Facebook Twitter email Tornadoes tore through the Volunteer State leaving behind a long path of destruction and killing at least 24 people…
Motorcyclists Support Veterans at 10th Annual Warrior Ride
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.…
Health & Medical Ministries
New Cardiothoracic Center Opens at Kenya’s Tenwek Hospital
On Oct. 24, Samaritan’s Purse, the people of Kenya, and Tenwek Hospital celebrated the grand opening of a new cardiothoracic surgical center in Bomet, north of Nairobi. World Medical Mission, a medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse, has been sending doctors to Tenwek for decades. In 1981, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham raised funds for a…
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Samaritan’s Purse Serves Christmas Eve Meal in Mayfield, Kentucky
This Christmas Eve Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse staff members served up a heapin’ helpin’ of roast turkey, baked ham, and all the trimmings to the hurting community of Mayfield, Kentucky. With the hearty meal, Graham offered a message about the hope found only in the Lord Jesus Christ and assured the audience that God…
