Samaritan's Purse
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Samaritan's Purse is an aggressive Christian missionary organization that targets children, often taking the opportunity of major natural disasters to convert orphaned children. The organization is based in Boone, North Carolina, USA, and is currently headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of the organization is to spread the Gospel of Jesus by conversion of children of parents who have (or had) other religious beliefs. Their practices are in the "food for jesus" style aggressive recruitment (exploitation of those in need by offering relief if they convert).
Bob Pierce founded and led the ministry of Samaritan's Purse in 1970. His mission for this organization was "to meet emergency needs in crisis areas through existing evangelical mission agencies and national churches". Franklin Graham, whom Pierce met in 1973, became the President of Samaritan's Purse in 1979 following Pierce's death in 1978.
[edit] Projects
- Prescription for Hope
- Children's Heart Project
- Operation Christmas Child
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