Friday, October 18, 2024

Question: Who founded Samaritan’s Purse?

Answer: After visiting suffering children on the Korean Island of Koje-do, Bob Pierce felt impassioned to found and lead the ministry of Boone, North Carolina-based 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.”

Bonus Info: In the summer of 1973, Pierce met his eventual successor, a young student named Franklin Graham who had a growing heart for world missions. Franklin is the son of William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr., an American Protestant evangelist whose missions and friendships with numerous U.S. presidents brought him international prominence.