"Telling someone else the Good News of Jesus Christ is one of the greatest privileges I know, for when others hear and believe the Gospel, their lives are changed forever." FRANKLIN GRAHAM FESTIVALS WEBSITE Franklin Graham conducted his first evangelistic event in 1989 and committed to spend 10 percent of his time preaching. Since…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Coming Home for Christmas in Paradise
As the community of Paradise, California, grieves in the wake of the Golden State’s deadliest wildfire, local churches have come together to reach out to residents with the love of Jesus Christ. In partnership with other area congregations and Samaritan’s Purse, Paradise Alliance Church hosted close to 4,000 local people for three special Christmas Eve…
Operation Christmas Child
Colombian, Venezuelan Children Receive Shoebox Gifts at Easter
On Easter weekend, April 19-20, hundreds of children in the Colombia-Venezuela border city of Cúcuta, Colombia, heard about Jesus’ love for them through Operation Christmas Child. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, joined one of our church partners in Cúcuta to present the Gospel and hand out Operation Christmas…
Celebrating God’s Work on Maui
Our teams were on the ground just days after the Maui wildfires erupted on August 8 when brushfires near the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, were blown into a fury by distant Hurricane Dora. The deadly blaze killed more than 100 residents and destroyed large swaths of the island’s most historic areas, including thousands of…
Operation Christmas Child
Spreading Good News and Great Joy in Cambodia
Franklin Graham joined local church leaders in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with boys and girls while delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to them at a recent Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Cambodia’s capital. Eight-year-old Votey received a shoebox, making her one of more than 1 million children in Cambodia to receive such a gift…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Field Hospital to Italy
Update: The field hospital is now operational and receiving patients. For more content, including more videos and a list of all articles, please go to our COVID-19 landing page. Samaritan’s Purse today airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital to Milan, Italy, to provide care for those sickened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our DC-8 aircraft carried…
Cleanup Continues After Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby hit Florida and barreled up the East Coast two weeks ago, unleashing unprecedented rainfall and catastrophic flooding that eventually left some communities underwater. Samaritan’s Purse has responded in Debby’s wake in Savannah, Georgia, and Sarasota, Florida, to help homeowners in both cities recover from the devastating storm. Edward Graham, COO for Samaritan’s Purse,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Celebrating God’s Work Through Our Volunteers in Tennessee
About the time the tornado warning sounded on her phone, Mallary Netterville heard the trees snapping in her yard. The only other warning would be the flickering lights. “The lights flickered. Then they flickered again. Then the power went out,” Mallary said. “Then it hit.” Part of a tree punched a hole in the roof…
50 Years of Ministry
9/11: Sharing Hope in Christ at Ground Zero
Samaritan’s Purse stands ready to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to hurting people in crisis situations, and this message of eternal hope was desperately needed in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We quickly deployed to New York City, and our team was on the ground ministering in Jesus’ Name just three…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Motorcyclists Support Military Couples in Annual Warrior Ride
Despite the rain, more than 150 riders on over 100 motorcycles rode up and down the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday, May 18, to support Operation Heal Our Patriots. The group departed from Samaritan’s Purse International Headquarters in Boone, North Carolina, for the roundtrip run to and from Grandfather Mountain. This was the 13th…
