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SAMARITAN’S PURSE
MINISTRY REVIEW 2014
SA M A R I TA N ' S P U R S E
Dear Friend,
T
hroughout our 45 years of international
relief work, Samaritan’s Purse has
responded to innumerable calamities—wars,
famine, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes,
tornadoes, and tsunamis, to name a few.
However, in 2014, we found ourselves in
the midst of an unprecedented and horrifying
crisis—a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus
that riveted the attention of the world.
Ground Zero for the epidemic was in West
Africa, where our team of physicians and
nurses began treating Ebola patients at a
mission hospital in Monrovia, the capital of
Liberia. Samaritan’s Purse physician Dr. Kent
Brantly contracted the disease in July, but
God miraculously spared his life.
No one but God knew when the year
began that we would be on the front lines
fighting one of the most dreaded diseases
on the planet. But as in every crisis we face,
we prayed fervently, trusted the Lord, and
worked around the clock in Jesus’ Name to
do what we could to alleviate the tremendous
suffering. Through His power, we saw many
lives saved and the epidemic halted in Liberia.
Everything we do is for a greater purpose—
to earn a hearing for the Gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ. We praise God that well over a
thousand Liberians received Jesus Christ as
their Lord and Savior as they heard the Gospel
through our Ebola ministry.
Wherever we work, we want people to know
how much Jesus loves them and how they
can have eternal life in Him.
All of us at Samaritan's Purse are deeply
grateful for your prayers and support for our
work around the world—and especially for
your heart for those who are hurting and lost.
May God richly bless you.
These men and women
make it possible for us to
airlift emergency supplies
and personnel throughout
central Africa from the
hangar we opened in 2014
in Eldoret, Kenya.
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Franklin Graham
President, Samaritan’s Purse
Fighting
the War
Against
Ebola
Dr. Kent Brantlysuits up
to care for Ebola patients
at our Ebola treatment
center in Liberia.
TIME magazine recognized
“The Ebola Fighters” as
Person of the Year for
2014. We praise God for
how He worked through
Samaritan’s Purse and
protected our workers in
Liberia as they laid their
lives on the line to save
countless others.
I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E L I E F
T
en-year-old William was on a stretcher when he
arrived at the Ebola Case Management Center
run by Samaritan’s Purse in Liberia.
He was too weak to walk and appeared unlikely to
survive, even with top-notch medical care. Instead,
he would probably leave the way he came—on
a stretcher— and be buried according to strict
protocols for Ebola victims.
William’s mother had just died of Ebola, and no
one knew much else about his family. The virus was
rampant in the poorer neighborhoods of Monrovia,
and fear was spreading even more rapidly.
For weeks, our medical team worked day and
night to save William’s life, while staff and volunteers
prayed for him and sat outside the isolation unit
reading Bible stories to him. That seemed to be
one of the few things that made him content. When
William said he wanted to trust Jesus Christ as
his Lord and Savior, a Samaritan’s Purse medical
volunteer led him in prayer.
A few days later, William started feeling a little
better. Dr. Kent Brantly brought him a soccer ball
that they kicked around for a few minutes. William
increasingly wanted to go outside and play. Finally,
after three weeks of medical care and three days
without a fever, William was retested for the Ebola
virus. This time, praise God, he was negative.
On July 25, William walked out of the center as
staff shook his hand and welcomed him back into
society. They were thrilled that he had not only
survived the deadly Ebola virus, but that he had also
become a Christian brother.
William’s story represents an amazing medical
and spiritual victory. He is among 1,200 people who
made decisions for Christ after hearing the Gospel
through our Ebola ministry.
Samaritan’s Purse has been working in Liberia for
over a decade and responded immediately to the
Ebola crisis in Liberia in March 2014. At the onset of
the epidemic, we launched a large-scale campaign
that reached 1.6 million people—one-third of the
population—with life-saving messages about how
to avoid infection, prevent the spread of the virus,
1.6 million people
(one-third of Liberia's
population) were reached
with messages about how to
prevent the spread of Ebola.
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and safely care for sick loved ones. Our staff spread
the message nationwide through a variety of means
including church meetings, posters in markets, and
radio broadcasts. As the disease continued to rage
out of control in Liberia, we began providing direct
clinical care for those infected, and we quickly
assumed significant responsibility for Ebola care
nationwide.
At the height of the epidemic, air freight
companies cancelled flights to Liberia. Many
hospitals and clinics had completely run out of
the gloves, rubber boots, and other protective gear
needed for medical personnel to keep themselves
safe while treating Ebola patients.
To equip our team in Liberia, Samaritan’s Purse
chartered two 747 cargo jets to airlift essential
supplies, including over 100,000 pairs of gloves,
and buckets and disinfectants needed for household
infection control kits. Since that time, we have
distributed more than 66,000 infection control kits—
including a bucket, gloves, soap, and disinfectant—
to enable families to deal safely with possible
outbreaks of Ebola.
We also constructed, stocked, and managed two
community care centers and a transit center, each
ready to provide supportive services for patients as
an interim step before going to an Ebola treatment
unit.
Last September, the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention predicted that over a half
million people in West Africa could be infected by
January 2015. We praise God that the actual cases
were only five percent of projections.
Joseph Gbembo is just one of those who learned
through Samaritan’s Purse how to prevent the
spread of the disease, and he now credits that
knowledge with saving his life after nine of his family
members died from the disease. “I understood
the illness to be Ebola,” he said. “But the rest of
my family didn’t believe. Some of them literally
dropped dead. I will say thanks to God for sending
Samaritan’s Purse to Liberia. Because of their help, I
am alive today.”
66,000
households given
infection prevention
kits to help families
avoid infection.
Three facilities
staffed and managed
to provide medical
and spiritual care for
Ebola patients.
When commercial flightsto Liberia
were cancelled because of the
epidemic, we chartered two jumbo
jets to deliver life-saving supplies.
(Below) Hundreds of Samaritan's
Purse staff canvassed Liberia
to teach people how to avoid
infection and deal safely with
those who were sick.
I N H I S OW N WO R D S : D R . K E N T B RA N T LY
‘A Terrifying and Thrilling Time’
Dr. Kent Brantly was medical director of the
Samaritan’s Purse Ebola ministry in Liberia when
he tested positive for the virus on July 26, 2014.
Four days later, he received an experimental serum
and a transfusion from one of his patients who had
survived the virus. Samaritan’s Purse chartered
a med-evac flight that brought him to Atlanta
Aug. 5, and on Aug. 21 he left Emory University
Hospital after being cured of Ebola.
working with the
“Iwas
Samaritan’s Purse Post-
Residency Program at ELWA
Hospital in Liberia in March
2014, when our team heard
the dreaded words, ‘Ebola
Outbreak.’ We began preparing
immediately for a worst-case
scenario. Samaritan’s Purse has
been on the ground in Liberia for
more than 10 years, with wellestablished partnerships and the
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respect of the community. We
were able to use those resources
to begin prevention awareness
programs and to convert our
small hospital chapel into a fivebed isolation unit.
For the next two months,
Liberia hit a lull in the outbreak.
There were no new cases of
Ebola, and it looked like we had
missed that worst-case scenario.
Then, on June 11th, the Liberian
Ministry of Health called to tell
us that there were some new
suspected cases in one of the
slums of Monrovia, and they
wanted to send two patients to
our Ebola Treatment Unit—the
only one in the capital city. As
the disease came raging back,
the number of patients increased
exponentially. Samaritan’s Purse
stepped into the role of providing
clinical treatment. Medical
volunteers were sent from the
United States and other countries
to lend a hand.
The Liberian Government
asked Samaritan’s Purse to take
over the management of the
only Ebola Treatment Unit in the
remote area of Foya. The team
quickly formulated a plan and
began working to treat patients
there. It wasn’t long before we
assumed the management of
all clinical care in Monrovia as
well, making Samaritan’s Purse a
significant provider of Ebola care
for the entire country.
Construction of the new ELWA
Hospital was put on hold as all
resources were dedicated to
turning the new kitchen/laundry
building into a 20-bed isolation
unit. The whole Samaritan’s
Purse Liberia team came together
to respond to the catastrophe
unfolding on our doorstep when
no one else in the world was able
to respond. We were dedicated to
saving lives and offering the love
of Jesus to hurting, dying people.
It was a terrifying and thrilling
time. None of us knew what
lay just around the bend, but I
don’t think we would have done
anything differently. People’s lives
were on the line, and there was
no one in the world positioned to
respond better or more quickly
than Samaritan’s Purse.”
Dr. Kent Brantly's treatment team
at Emory University Hospital rejoiced
with him the day he was released
after his treatment there for Ebola.
M I D D L E E A ST R E L I E F
Warming the Hearts
of ISIS Refugees
Families who fled Sinjarand
other areas of Iraq in the wake of
ISIS terror were glad to receive
relief such as kitchen kits from
Samaritan's Purse. (Below) Rev.
Sami Dagher presents a Bible
to Baba Sheikh, chief religious
leader of the Yazidis.
Samaritan’s Purse expanded our relief
work in northern Iraq to help multitudes
fleeing from ISIS terrorists.
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SIS militants swept into Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city,
in June 2014. By August, they had overrun the outlying
Christian towns and overtaken the Sinjar area to the west.
About 800,000 people—Christians, Yazidis, and Muslims—
fled for their lives to safer areas of northern Iraq.
Gabir, a Yazidi teenager, was trapped on Mt. Sinjar with
his family before U.S. airstrikes helped clear an evacuation
path. “I saw people die of no water and food,” he said.
Samaritan’s Purse and our local church partners
mounted a massive relief effort to provide food, water,
clothing, tents, mattresses, and pillows to thousands of
displaced people arriving in northern Iraqi cities, including
Erbil and Dohuk. In one camp, we provided a generator
that offered electricity to more than 200 families.
As winter approached, we knew we had to quickly
provide critically needed items such as coats, blankets,
heaters, and shoes. Praise God, we were able to airlift
80 tons of those supplies, including 400 rolls of heavy-duty
plastic to insulate tents and abandoned buildings where
many of the refugees had sought shelter.
“I felt good when I got this jacket, because I didn’t have
anything,” said a young Yazidi girl called Hajir.
In addition to food, water, and other basic necessities,
our efforts have allowed us to distribute 32,000 Bibles to
displaced Iraqis. Our team believes the people of northern
Iraq are more open to the Gospel than ever before, now that
they see Christians living out the compassion of Jesus. Iraqi
believers forced to flee ISIS see God’s power even in the
darkest of circumstances.
At one food distribution, our staff asked for a handful
of local Christian volunteers to help. More than two dozen
believers—who themselves had fled ISIS terrorists in
Mosul—eagerly volunteered, and they went from family to
family, welcoming each as they gave out food.
"As Christians, we don't have to complain," said one
church leader who had been kidnapped, beaten, and shot
by Islamic extremists. "We are already prepared for black,
bad days. We are still like salt and light."
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see
your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. MATTHEW 5:16
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80 tons of winter relief supplies and 60,000
shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child
airlifted from the U.S. for ISIS refugees.
3,500 kerosene heaters, 46,000 coats,
30,000 blankets, and over 400,000 pairs of
shoes handed out to refugees.
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O P E RAT I O N C H R I ST M AS C H I L D
Sharing Christ's love
with 10.4 million kids
Operation Christmas Child collected more than
10.4 million shoebox gifts in 2014—by far the
most ever—and delivered them to 114 countries,
where they were handed out through our networks
of local churches.
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n Iraq, tens of thousands of
children who had survived
the horror of Islamic terrorism
received shoebox gifts last year.
At one Operation Christmas Child
distribution, more than a hundred
Kurdish-speaking boys and girls
squirmed with excitement as a
young man we will call Butros
shared the Gospel with them using
the story of Zacchaeus.
Ten years earlier in Baghdad,
Butros had received his own
shoebox gift. He still remembers
the treats, toys, and colored pens
inside his shoebox, but what
meant the most to him was a letter
from a family in the U.S. who
packed his box, assuring him that
124 million gift boxes
given to boys and girls
in 159 countries and
territories since 1993.
Eight-year-old Oneda(left)
received a shoebox gift at
her Honduran school. "My
mother told me about God,
but through the gift I know
more about His love."
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they were praying for him and his
family.
That’s when God began tugging
at his heart. Shortly afterward,
he returned to the church, heard
the Gospel once again, and
trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior.
Eventually, his entire family came
to faith, and his father has become
a pastor.
“I’ve seen Samaritan’s Purse all
my life, and I've seen God do the
impossible,” he said. “Here in Iraq,
I see with my own eyes all they do
for displaced people to give them
good health and warmth, providing
them food, mattresses, heaters,
and blankets.”
The shoebox gifts that Butros
helped hand out were among over
60,000 we airlifted to northern
Iraq from Baltimore, the site of
Operation Christmas Child’s newest
U.S. processing center.
In Uganda, a little girl whose
family worshipped the devil was
invited to the local church to
receive an Operation Christmas
Child shoebox gift. She was so
delighted that she asked her
sisters to return to the church with
her, where a member shared the
Gospel and led all three of them to
faith in Christ.
That night, the sisters slept
soundly for the first time in years.
Eager to know what brought the
change, her mother and father
went to the church, where they
also heard the Good News,
repented of their sins, and put
their trust in Christ.
We thank God for giving us
124 million opportunities since
1993 to share the power of the
Gospel through simple shoebox
gifts.
Let the little children come
to Me, and do not forbid them;
for of such is the kingdom
of God.
MATTHEW 10:14B
147,000 volunteers
served at 4,011 drop-off
locations and 9 processing
centers across the U.S.
10,440,333 shoebox gifts
collected worldwide in 2014,
including 7,991,643 in the U.S.
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T H E G R E AT E ST J O U R N E Y
A New Generation of Disciples
Millions of children who have received Operation Christmas Child shoebox
gifts have been invited to participate in our follow-up discipleship
program, The Greatest Journey. This 12-lesson Bible study offered
through the local church teaches children how to be faithful followers of
Christ and how to share the Gospel with others.
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iving in Moldova, the poorest nation in Europe,
Viorica’s family shares a small wood-frame
house with straw and clay walls. Her father is an
unemployed alcoholic and her mother is a seasonal
worker harvesting crops. Money is so tight that some
winter nights they do not have food for dinner.
The first gifts Viorica ever received were in a
shoebox from Operation Christmas Child. That small
gift was a powerful tool that gave the local church an
opportunity to share the Gospel with her and other
children, and she accepted Jesus as her Savior.
After Viorica received her shoebox gift, she was
invited to The Greatest Journey discipleship classes.
“Through my first present in my life,” said Viorica, “I
learned that God gave His only Son to die for my sins
so I could be saved.”
Viorica grew so strong in her faith that her new
church family invited her to teach The Greatest
Journey. “I want to help other children just as others
helped me," she said. "My biggest wish for my
students is to have Jesus Christ in their heart and to
continue to walk with God.”
The Greatest Journey stretches across the globe,
reaching millions of children in dozens of countries.
In one central African country where many are
Trained local volunteers
teach The Greatest
Journey in classes like
this one in Honduras.
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3.2 million children
in 105 countries
have graduated
since 2009.
entangled in the dark forces of Islam and idolatry, a
young boy named Hasan received a shoebox gift and
excitedly ran home to show his family. They were so
amazed by the gift that they encouraged him to go
back to the church where he received the box.
Soon Hasan enrolled in The Greatest Journey
discipleship course. During the fourth lesson, he
asked Jesus into his heart. He then shared with his
family, including his mother, brothers, and sisters,
and many of them also made decisions to follow
Christ.
Viorica and Hasan are among more than
3.2 million children worldwide who have graduated
from The Greatest Journey since the program began
in 2009. Over two-thirds of the boys and girls who
have participated in the discipleship lessons have
made decisions for Christ. Many of them have
become highly effective young evangelists—sharing
their faith with friends, family, and members of their
communities.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. MATTHEW 28:19
240,000 volunteer
teachers have been
trained to lead
discipleship lessons.
The Greatest Journey
lessons have been translated
into 66 languages from
Arabic to Urdu.
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O P E RAT I O N H E A L O U R PAT R I OTS
Fortifying Marriages
through Jesus Christ
Operation Heal Our Patriots is dedicated
to strengthening the marriages of
military couples who are struggling with
the visible and invisible wounds of war.
J
ohnny and Shannon Montoya's marriage was floundering
when they arrived in Alaska in June 2014 for a week of
marriage enrichment through Operation Heal Our Patriots.
"It was real rocky," Johnny said. "I wasn't there for her. She
wasn't there for me."
Four years in the Marine Corps, including two combat
tours to Iraq during some of the hardest fighting, has left
Johnny with post-traumatic stress disorder, a traumatic brain
injury, spine problems, and seizures. The life changes and
communication challenges caused by his health problems
were complicating the already difficult task of keeping a
family of five together.
As Christians, the couple wanted to make the marriage
last, but they really didn’t know how to move forward.
Though they continued to attend church services—mostly
for the sake of their three young children—even their
spiritual life together had grown cold. “Our hearts weren’t
there, just like they weren’t in the marriage,” Johnny said.
But after a week of Operation Heal Our Patriots, where
they participated in marriage enrichment classes led
by retired military chaplains, the Montoyas saw their
relationship rejuvenated. They learned how to better meet
each other’s needs and caught a glimpse of how, by God’s
strength, things could be turned around. One of their first
steps was to publicly rededicate their marriage under Jesus
Christ during their final day in Alaska.
Of the 370 couples who have participated in Operation
Heal Our Patriots retreats over the past three years, 130
have renewed their marriage vows, including 81 in 2014.
“We both took a lot of steps to start making it better,”
Johnny said. “We wouldn’t be here together right now if we
hadn’t gone to Operation Heal Our Patriots. It really was life
changing,” he said. “We’re back to being best friends again.
I never thought we’d get back to this point.”
Shannon put it this way: “It was just getting our faith right,
getting our priorities right. God first.”
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
old things have passed away; behold, all things have
become new. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
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Chaplain Dan Stephensleads a
marriage enrichment course at
Samaritan Lodge Alaska. (Below,
left) Dawn Church is baptized in
chilly Lake Clark by Chaplain Jim
Fisher and Dan Stephens. (Below,
right) Franklin and Jane Graham
welcome Melissa Figueroa and
her Marine husband Michael.
81 couples rededicated
their marriages in 2014, and
55 individuals trusted Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Fortify Your Marriage weekend
events were held in San Diego,
Calif., Wilmington, N.C., and
Austin, Texas to bring biblical
teaching on marriage to cities
with large military populations.
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U. S . D I SAST E R R E L I E F
U. S . D I SAST E R R E L I E F
Rebuilding Homes and Lives
In addition to responding to killer tornadoes and other
major storms in the United States, our North American
Ministries team worked hard in Oklahoma, New York, and
New Jersey to help disaster survivors rebuild their homes
and their lives.
W
hen catastrophes destroy homes and turn lives upside down here in the United
States, our North American Ministries team is ready to respond. We have five
disaster relief units ready to roll at a moment’s notice, and we needed them all last April
when a massive storm system brought calls for help from Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Alabama, and Florida. These tractor-trailers are stocked with everything needed to equip
volunteers, make emergency repairs, and salvage treasured belongings.
In some areas of intense need, our crews stay behind to help families to rebuild. That
includes Moore, Oklahoma, which has been hit by tornadoes five times since 1998. Many
residents there lacked storm shelters and lived in constant fear. “It was not something
I could ever afford, and honestly on a list of priorities, it’s number one, especially after
living through a tornado,” said 42-year-old JoAnn Zuluaga.
JoAnn’s home was among more than 3,000 damaged or destroyed by the 2013 twister
that ripped through Moore. When Samaritan’s Purse helped to repair her home, our
crews also installed a storm cellar to give her a safe refuge. “The relief is just something
you can’t describe,” she said. “It’s like having heat in the winter. This is tornado country.
Now I have something so I won’t be scared about it.”
Just like storm shelters gave a sense of security to many in Oklahoma, our work in
Galena, Alaska, brought peace of mind after a flood destroyed many homes in the small
village. We assembled house kits that would have been difficult for many homeowners
to finish on their own, given that the nearest major hardware store is around 300 miles
away. In flood-prone locations in Alaska, New Jersey, and New York, we built houses that
were raised off the ground to make sure homeowners would not be denied insurance.
As our volunteers work in the Name of Jesus, God opens doors for them to share the
Gospel. John Cocciolillo and his family received one of the homes we built in New Jersey.
During the months of construction, the Cocciolillos worked alongside volunteers who
prayed for them and with them. Through their witness, John and his wife Leslie accepted
Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. They were among over 250 people who made
decisions for Christ through our U.S. disaster relief responses during 2014.
“They did a lot more than give us a home,” he said. “They saved our family. With what
we went through with the storm, it was too much. It put a strain on the relationships and
the family. If it wasn’t for Samaritan’s Purse, I wouldn’t know where I’d be right now."
He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved.
PSALM 62:6
50 families moved
into houses completed
in 2014 by Samaritan's
Purse volunteers.
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5,537 volunteers
helped 1,733 families
following storms in
10 states.
Volunteers work
together to clear debris
following a tornado in
Louisville, Mississippi.
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WO R L D M E D I C A L M I SS I O N
Saving Lives and
Sharing the Gospel
Dozens of missionary hospitals depend on
volunteer doctors and medical supplies sent
by World Medical Mission, the medical arm
of Samaritan’s Purse.
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Dr. Dan Galatbegan his
missionary career through
our Post-Residency Program.
Dr. Ellisa Rausch (opposite
page) volunteered at Tenwek
Hospital in Kenya.
n 18-year-old Massai woman named Ramato was barely
conscious when she arrived at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya.
Her unborn baby had died, and she was suffering with severe
complications from malaria.
Dr. Paul Jarrett, a physician volunteering at Tenwek through
World Medical Mission, was part of the team that the Lord used
to save Ramato’s life and reach her with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. “She made a very nice recovery, and before she was
discharged from the hospital, we were able to lead her to Christ
with the assistance of our intern who could translate the Gospel
into Swahili,” Dr. Jarrett said. “God worked through the staff for
medical successes so that patients may have the opportunity to
receive eternal life. That’s the ultimate victory.”
Visiting physicians bring life-saving skills to remote regions of
the world where thousands of people are in desperate need of
medical care, while also easing the burden on overworked longterm medical missionaries.
At the same time, World Medical Mission is working to raise
up a new generation of medical missionaries through our PostResidency Program, where 47 physicians are serving two-year
assignments at mission hospitals around the world.
World Medical Mission also serves as a lifeline to dozens of
mission hospitals by providing millions of dollars’ worth of critically
needed equipment and supplies. Staff operate a 10,000-squarefoot warehouse where donated equipment is received,
reconditioned, and shipped overseas, along with supplies that
are vital to day-to-day operations. Biomedical technicians and
an electrician travel overseas to install and repair equipment and
teach hospital staff how to operate and maintain the machines.
World Medical Mission co-founder Dr. Richard Furman has
served in many mission hospitals that receive supplies from
Samaritan’s Purse. He saw lives saved when a container of
equipment arrived during a visit to Kapsowar Hospital in Kenya.
“All the doctors and staff here are saying how different
Kapsowar Hospital is today because of Samaritan’s Purse,” Dr.
Furman said. “But the greatest part of all is that missionary
medicine is a wonderful tool for evangelism. The better this
hospital is, the larger the platform we will have to tell others about
Jesus.”
He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. LUKE 9:2
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668 volunteer trips
in 2014 by Christian
physicians and dentists
who served 39 mission
hospitals in 37 countries.
$6.8 million worth
of medical equipment
and supplies shipped to
mission hospitals and
clinics in 17 countries.
47 physicians followed
God’s call to become
career missionaries
by serving two-year
assignments in 17
countries through our
Post-Residency Program.
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MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS
THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Luke 10:25-37)
2014
challenges us to go out of our way to show God's mercy to those
who are desperate and hopeless. Samaritan's Purse worked in more
than 120 countries in 2014 to share the compassion of Jesus Christ
and the hope of the Gospel with our "neighbors" around the world.
PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
Lured by the promise of jobs, impoverished
Cambodians wind up as slaves in brothels
or on fishing boats. We have helped educate
50,000 adults and children in ways to avoid
being entrapped, while also telling them
how they can have freedom in Christ.
HAITI RELIEF: Kerline was one of 115 young people
at the Greta Home and Academy in Haiti who received
Christmas gifts from Fox News journalist Greta Van
Susteren. Elsewhere in Haiti, we worked to improve the
health of mothers and young children, provided water
and sanitation servces for 12,000 people, and trained
young people to share the Gospel in their communities.
PHILIPPINES RELIEF: For the second straight
year, the Philippines was devastated by a major
typhoon. Samaritan’s Purse helped thousands of
survivors of Typhoon Hagupit with clean water,
emergency shelter and medical care. Meanwhile, we
continued to help families rebuild houses destroyed in
2013 by Typhoon Haiyan, as well as projects to improve
public health and sanitation.
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CLEFT LIP & PALATE SURGERIES: Nurses John Troke and Shannon Kyle and
anesthesiologist Gerald Malkuch prepare a child for cleft-lip surgery in South Sudan. Since
2011, over 260 children and adults have benefited from this surgery, including 50 in 2014.
CHILDREN'S HEART PROJECT: Dr. Allison Cabalka of the
Mayo Clinic shares a smile with Nomin, a 4-year-old girl from
Mongolia who was the 1,000th child to have cardiac surgery
through our Children’s Heart Project. In 2014, we provided 74
children with life-saving operations that are not available where
they live. Mayo was among 13 U.S. hospitals that provided their
services. Dozens of families and churches hosted the international
patients, covered them in prayer, and shared the love of Christ.
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S PROJECTS: Cissie Graham
Lynch visits orphans in Thailand. Samaritan’s Purse supports
orphanages around the world and has projects in nearly a dozen
countries to help mothers and children improve nutrition, prevent
diseases, and minimize the risks of childbirth.
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SOUTH SUDAN RELIEF: Civil war
rocked the still-fragile nation of South
Sudan in 2014. Samaritan’s Purse regularly
distributed food to over 200,000 people,
many of them displaced by the internal
conflict. In Yida refugee camp (pictured), we
also run a child nutrition program that helps
babies and small children receive the special
care and nourishment they need to survive.
FARM PROJECTS: From baobab trees in Niger to
pigs and fish in Cambodia to poultry projects in Honduras
(pictured), our livestock and agricultural projects produced
a great harvest in 12 countries in 2014. Hundreds of men,
women, and children who heard the Gospel through these
outreaches accepted Christ as their Savior.
WATER PROJECTS: Villages in places like Kitui, Kenya,
are thankful for pumps and boreholes rehabilitated by
Samaritan's Purse. During 2014, we provided over 440,000
people in 11 countries with wells and filters to supply them
with clean, dependable water in the Name of Jesus.
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SA M A R I TA N ' S P U R S E
SA M A R I TA N ' S P U R S E
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
Consolidated Statement of Activities
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR 2013)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR 2013)
2014
2013
2014
2013
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents:
Available for ministries
$
Held for donor-restricted ministry purposes
Investments:
Available for ministries
Held for donor-restricted ministry purposes
Planned giving program
Grants receivable
Other current assets
Inventories
Total current assets
Noncurrent assets:
Planned giving program investments
Other noncurrent assets
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
Total noncurrent assets
Total assets
26,769,966
$ 10,917,370
99,597,23348,458,474
48,006,72942,707,011
–43,157,590
6,542,3596,366,795
11,045,9405,116,612
8,592,6536,311,316
27,664,93940,785,014
228,219,819203,820,182
22,531,06120,058,455
655,417649,786
95,306,22584,816,920
118,492,703105,525,161
$ 346,712,522
$ 309,345,343
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable - suppliers
Accrued expenses
Current portion of planned giving program obligations
Total current liabilities
Noncurrent liabilities:
Planned giving program obligations
Total noncurrent liabilities
$
Total liabilities
Net assets:
Unrestricted:
Designated by governing board
Represented by property and equipment
General
Total unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
15,154,572
$ 14,723,117
8,317,3152,994,980
6,542,359
6,366,795
30,014,246
24,084,892
12,134,719
12,134,719
11,787,788
11,787,788
42,148,965
35,872,680
5,922,5425,436,657
95,306,22584,816,920
80,679,269
52,759,772
181,908,036143,013,349
122,655,521
130,459,314
304,563,557
273,472,663
$
346,712,522
60+39+1
2014 Revenues
60% Contributions
39% Contributed goods/services
1% Other income
89+7+4
Temporarily
UnrestrictedRestricted
Support and revenue:
Contributions
Contributed goods and services
Investment income
Change in value of annuities and trusts
Other income
Total support and revenue
Reclassifications:
Assessment against restricted contributions
Satisfaction of program and property restrictions
Total reclassifications
Expenses:
Ministry expenses:
Emergency relief
Community development ministry
Medical ministry
Children’s ministry - Operation Christmas Child
Children’s ministry - other
Christian education
Miscellaneous ministry
Other ministry services
Total ministry expenses
Supporting activities:
Fund raising
General and administrative
Total expenses
2014 Expenses
Increase (decrease) in net assets
Net assets at beginning of year
89% Ministry
7% Fund raising
4 % General and administrative
Net assets at end of year
$
TotalTotal
113,259,408 $ 199,593,979
$ 312,853,387
$ 264,583,273
16,470,407186,938,046
203,408,453203,725,018
1,601,04113,860
1,614,9013,051,708
201,34017,132
218,472182,002
2,234,39486,545
2,320,9391,783,004
133,766,590386,649,562
520,416,152473,325,005
10,147,677
(10,147,677)
384,305,678(384,305,678)
394,453,355(394,453,355)
––
––
––
72,405,243
40,783,545
38,252,161
247,858,338
6,412,990
26,271,230
843,300
1,881,618
434,708,425
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
72,405,24353,764,456
40,783,54539,221,381
38,252,16131,772,587
247,858,338198,557,142
6,412,9907,110,738
26,271,23028,677,302
843,300919,574
1,881,6182,181,708
434,708,425362,204,888
33,521,836
21,094,997
489,325,258
–
–
–
33,521,83632,074,493
21,094,99719,786,587
489,325,258414,065,968
38,894,687
(7,803,793)
31,090,89459,259,037
143,013,349130,459,314 273,472,663214,213,626
$ 181,908,036
$ 122,655,521
$ 304,563,557
$ 273,472,663
$ 309,345,343
Complete 2014 audited financial statements at samaritanspurse.org/financial.
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B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Sterling Carroll
Board Treasurer
President
Carroll Companies, Inc.
BOONE, NC
Melvin Cheatham
M.D., FACS
Director Emeritus
Clinical Professor, Department
of Neurosurgery
UCLA School of Medicine
VENTURA, CA
B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Michael Cheatham
James Furman
ORLANDO, FL
Director Emeritus
Board Vice Chairman and
Assistant Treasurer
President
Tar Heel Capital Corporation
M.D., FACS, FCCM
Chairman
Orlando Health Surgery
Group
Richard Furman
M.D., FACS
Retired Surgeon
Pedro Garcia-Carrillo
Senior Pastor
Calvary Chapel Kendall
BOONE, NC
MIAMI, FL
BOONE, NC
Franklin Graham
Melvin Graham
Roy Graham
Mike Harwood
Skip Heitzig
Thomas Hodges
Douglas Horne
Graeme Keith
Board Chairman, President,
and CEO, Samaritan’s Purse
Board Chairman, President,
and CEO, Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association
President and CEO
Graham Enterprises
Director of Donor Relations
Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association
CEO
TLH Enterprises, Inc.
Senior Pastor
Calvary Chapel
President
Horne Properties, Inc.
CORSICANA, TX
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Executive Vice President
Private Wealth Management
Division Executive
SunTrust Bank
Director Emeritus
Chairman
The Keith Corporation
CHARLOTTE, NC
CHARLOTTE, NC
KNOXVILLE,TN
CHARLOTTE, NC
CHARLOTTE, NC
BOONE, NC
Felix Martin del Campo
D.D.S.
Family Dentistry
VISALIA, CA
James Oliver
Brian Pauls
Phyllis Payne
Senior Pastor
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Principal
The Pauls Corporation
MOORE, SC
DENVER, CO
Board Secretary
Vice President of
Corporate Affairs
Samaritan’s Purse
D.Div.
Senior Pastor
Anchorage Baptist
Temple
BOONE, NC
ANCHORAGE, AK
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization
providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since
1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of
war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing
God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church
worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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International Headquarters
Samaritan's Purse
P.O. Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607-3000
828.262.1980
samaritanspurse.org
Jerry Prevo
Canada
The Samaritan’s Purse-Canada
20 Hopewell Way NE
Calgary, AB T3J 5H5
403.250.6565
Ross Rhoads
D.Div.
Director Emeritus
Evangelist
CHARLOTTE, NC
Paul Saber
Robert Shank
President and CEO
Manna Development
Group LLC
Founder and CEO
The Master’s Program
NEWPORT BEACH, CA
ENCINITAS, CA
Australia
Samaritan’s Purse-Australia, Ltd.
Samaritan’s Purse-Australasia
Operation Christmas Child
P.O. Box 6544
Blacktown Business Centre NSW 2148
+61 2 8825 1300
United Kingdom
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Victoria House, Victoria Road
Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5EX
+44 20 8559 2044
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materials to nearly 30,000 households in
the Philippines following recent typhoons.
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