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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Deploys To Central Texas After Catastrophic Flash Floods Claim 80+ Lives
Samaritan's Purse Deploys To Central Texas After Catastrophic Flash Floods Claim 80+ Lives BOONE, N.C., July 7, 2025—Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams to Central Texas after a historic flash flood event killed more than 80 people. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing with dozens more missing. Torrential rainfall early Friday morning caused the Guadalupe River…
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…
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Press Release: Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8
Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8 BOONE, N.C., Nov. 11, 2025—This Friday, November 14, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse will ceremonially retire its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicate its new Boeing 767 at its Airlift Response Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event marks a new era for…
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Mayfield Subdivision Dedication Photos
Mayfield Subdivision Dedication These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Mayfield, Kentucky The name of the 60-home subdivision "New Hope Acres" reminds families how God has provided for…
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…
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COVID-19 Response
Give × Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine - 013759 $ Give ⋮ Menu × Articles & Podcasts Videos Photos Back to the Top Facebook Twitter email Responding to Coronavirus Facebook Twitter email Samaritan’s Purse has served in Jesus’ Name to bring physical and spiritual relief to people suffering during this pandemic, which has has killed more than 2 million…
50 Years of Ministry
Ministry on the Korean Peninsula
Long before the Korean Peninsula was partitioned, Franklin Graham’s mother, Ruth Bell Graham, attended high school in Pyongyang. Her parents served in China in full-time ministry, and Pyongyang was known as a hub of missionary work. Franklin’s father, Dr. Billy Graham, first visited North Korea in 1950 and ever since, God has continued to open…
Operation Christmas Child Espanol
Nueva Iglesia bautiza a nuevos creyentes en las montañas de México
El pueblo de La Laguna, en el remoto México, hogar del pueblo Náhuatl, fue una vez un pueblo que nunca había oído el Evangelio de Jesucristo. Nadie en la comunidad de la montaña había escuchado el Nombre de Jesús. Nadie había escuchado que Dios los ama o cómo podrían tener una relación personal con el…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter December 2024
Franklin Graham Update | December Franklin Graham Update | December 'From Devastation To Celebration' Dear Friend, As Christmas approaches, we continue to see so much need all around us. Our disaster relief teams have served thousands of storm-stricken families. Meanwhile, we've been collecting and shipping Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to millions of children worldwide. Hurricane Helene brought out the best in our…
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Newsletter November 2025
Franklin Graham Update | November Franklin Graham Update | November Jamaica Devastated Dear Friend, Hurricane Melissa hammered Jamaica packing winds of 185 mph. The western side of the island was hit hard, with terrible damage to homes, businesses, hospitals, and schools. Power lines are down, and bridges and roads are blocked. Many families are still suffering after this storm, one of the strongest…
