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Press Release: 18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan’s Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood
18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan's Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 —Three years ago, catastrophic flooding tore through eastern Kentucky—claiming more than 40 lives and leaving entire communities devastated. This Friday, just in time for Christmas, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, will be in Knott County to…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm BOONE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2026—Samaritan's Purse has deployed three disaster response teams to hard-hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee after a powerful winter storm system inundated the Southeast. Freezing rain and sleet caused dangerous levels of ice accumulation, resulting in extensive tree…
Preprinted Shoeboxes—Cardboard (Pack OF 50)
Our corrugated cardboard shoeboxes are durable and the slightly increased size allows for larger “wow” items like deflated soccer balls, dolls, and stuffed animals. Available in packs of 50, these boxes arrive flat and easily fold into shoeboxes to pack full of gifts. When folded, the interior dimensions of these shoeboxes are 12 x 7…
Operation Christmas Child
Hard-to-Reach Areas
The shoebox gift you packed online is a crucial part of showing God’s love to a child in a challenging region of the world. Millions of people in these places have not heard a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some may be openly hostile to the message. When caring Christian partners deliver…
Our Ministry
HÔPITAL BAPTISTE BIBLIQUE, TSIKO, TOGO
Hopital Baptiste Biblique Tsiko, Togo Also known as Karolyn Kempton Memorial Christian Hospital Get Started Hospital Website www.abwe.org/hopital-baptiste-biblique-togo Mission Organization Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) Service Requirements Three-week service minimum: family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Four-week service minimum: emergency medicine, neonatology, nurse practitioner, pharmacy, physical therapy, and physician assistant. French required for…
Our Ministry
Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith Samaritan’s Purse bases its ministry on the following statement of faith: 1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God revealing the love of God to the world. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16. 2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Shelter from the Storm
Rebekah Price is the information officer for Samaritan’s Purse in the Philippines. The sun was shining, but dark clouds hung in the sky as we bounced down the road to Atipolo. As is typical when traveling to communities in the Philippines outside of larger cities, the road alternated between concrete and gravel, with many areas…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Lighthouse Church
Lighthouse Church Partnership A Beacon of Hope to Devastated Communities What Is a Lighthouse Church? In the aftermath of disasters, our U.S. Disaster Relief teams rely on local congregations and church leaders and infrastructure to serve as the backbone of our efforts. Without the hard work and leadership of local churches like yours, our work could…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Orange and Blue Army Gathers for Crisis and Disaster Response Training
For the first time ever, Samaritan’s Purse North American Ministries volunteers and Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains gathered together for a special conference, Sharing Hope in Jesus’ Name. More than 1,200 people participated in the event, which was held in Orlando from April 25-28. Attendees learned how to help people facing crisis and grief,…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Greenhouses Revive Farmers in Dominica
When Hurricane Maria arrived on September 18, 2017, it destroyed almost all that Desmond had. “I was devastated. I cried for a whole day—I lost my greenhouse and a majority of my plants.” Desmond had learned the trade of floriculture from his grandmother and had been raising and selling flowers for more than 20 years…
