This week, Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham and a U.S. delegation including former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Ukraine to see the work of Samaritan’s Purse. While in the embattled nation, they also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high-ranking government officials. Graham and Pompeo visited Samaritan’s Purse…
Our Ministry
Franklin Graham Delivers Easter Message; Calls for Prayer and Easter Ceasefire in Ukraine
Franklin Graham is asking Christians around the world to pray over the situation in Ukraine, and for leaders on both sides of this tense, deadly conflict to consider a 10-day ceasefire beginning Good Friday, April 15, through Orthodox Easter, April 24. WATCH ABOVE FOR FRANKLIN GRAHAM’S FULL EASTER MESSAGE “This is a man-made disaster, a…
Media
Press Release Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse Dedicate 14 Ambulances to Fallen Medics in Israel Today
Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse Dedicated 14 Ambulances to Fallen Medics in Israel Today International Christian Relief Organization Providing Life-Saving Medical Support, Trauma Supplies, and Food Relief to War-torn Israel Boone, N.C. Jan. 23, 2024—Today, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, dedicated 14 new ambulances in Israel, which are being provided to Magen David Adom…
Operation Christmas Child
Watch “The Record with Greta Van Susteren” on Newsmax TV for an Operation Christmas Child Special
Greta Van Susteren of Newsmax TV was in Ecuador this past weekend with Operation Christmas Child. Together with Wheaton College students, she distributed gift-filled shoeboxes to dozens of kids—spreading Christmas joy—as local church partners shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Van Susteren will air an exclusive feature on this child evangelism project on Christmas Day.…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Military Couple Finds a New Beginning in Christ
The first time Wayne Wilson learned how to drive, it was behind the wheel of a Humvee in Iraq. The 17-year-old had joined the Army to escape from an abusive home, going straight from high school into basic training. He graduated from Airborne School and was immediately deployed on his first combat tour in 2002.…
Relief Efforts Expand to South Carolina; Work Continues on Tar Heel Coast
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE As Samaritan’s Purse continues to assist homeowners in three different cities in North Carolina following Hurricane Florence, we are responding to calls for help in South Carolina. Staff and a disaster relief unit—a tractor trailer filled with equipment and supplies—have been sent to Horry County, where…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter November 2023
Franklin Graham Update | November Franklin Graham Update | November OUR BROKEN WORLD NEEDSTHE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL Dear Friend, The whole world has been horrified by the recent terrorist massacre in Israel. At Samaritan's Purse, we always stand with Israel, and we have a team on the ground right now working through local churches to help those who are suffering and grieving. The…
Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins Volunteers in Arkansas
Vice President Mike Pence joined Samaritan’s Purse volunteers on June 14 to help serve homeowners in Benton County, Arkansas, where deadly storms damaged numerous neighborhoods and businesses. Vice President Pence met with homeowners who described harrowing experiences as they sheltered from the powerful twisters that ripped through the Rogers area on May 25. Samaritan’s Purse…
University Students Serve Homeowners After Alabama Tornadoes
Homeowners had only a few minutes to find cover before an EF4 tornado—and a dozen other twisters—touched down the afternoon of March 3, tearing through communities along northeastern Alabama’s rolling hills. Many emerged from the traumatic event to find the storm had ripped apart all of their possessions. Twenty-three people lost their lives. Samaritan’s Purse…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Rebuilding Hope and Homes in Mayfield
On December 10, 2021, a catastrophic EF-4 tornado sliced through Mayfield, Kentucky, carving up over 1,300 homes, businesses, and churches into heaping mounds of broken bricks, splintered lumber, and twisted metal. Samaritan’s Purse quickly responded to the devastation, helping homeowners in Jesus’ Name to begin to rebuild their lives in this tight-knit community. More than…
