Samaritan’s Purse
Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2020
(RNS) — The 10-foot, 10-inch-tall statue of the renowned evangelist will replace a statue of Charles Aycock that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed.
‘We’ve got to move on’: Q&A with Franklin Graham
By Elana Schor — May 12, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Franklin Graham talks about his Christian relief charity’s Central Park field hospital and reopening the country.
Samaritan’s Purse Central Park field hospital to close as virus cases drop in NYC
By Yonat Shimron — May 4, 2020
(RNS) — The group's medical staff, many of whom are experts in communicable diseases, will remain in New York City for a few more weeks to help out at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Under fire from many, Samaritan’s Purse finds an unlikely champion
By Yonat Shimron — April 21, 2020
(RNS) — In this time of growing polarization and identity politics, Whitney Tilson has stood his ground defending the work of the evangelical disaster relief organization, even as it has cost him some friendships.
Opposition to Samaritan’s Purse Central Park field hospital grows
By Yonat Shimron — April 14, 2020
(RNS) — LGBTQ activists stood several yards away from Samaritan Purse’s field hospital on the East Meadow lawn on Tuesday (April 14) and blasted city and state officials and Mount Sinai Hospital for partnering with the evangelical humanitarian relief organization.
Franklin Graham on his Central Park field hospital: ‘We don’t discriminate. Period.’
By Yonat Shimron — April 1, 2020
(RNS) — Some New Yorkers have questioned whether the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital would treat LGBTQ patients equally.
Samaritan’s Purse sets up emergency field hospital in New York’s Central Park
By Yonat Shimron — March 30, 2020
(RNS) — The field hospital, which is expected to open Tuesday (March 31), will allow Mount Sinai Hospital additional surge capacity as New York City grapples with an overstretched medical system.
As religious groups weigh virus response, Samaritan’s Purse donates a field hospital
By Yonat Shimron — March 17, 2020
(RNS) — The donation of the field hospital in Cremona, in northern Italy’s hardest-hit Lombardy region, represents one of the largest faith-based responses to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Christian aid groups vow to stay to help after US sudden withdrawal from Syria
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — Christian aid organizations in Syria have sprung into action in response to the new conflict in the region and are vowing to stay with the Kurds as the crisis grows.
Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics
By Jana Riess — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — How will Billy Graham be remembered? Is his son Franklin damaging that legacy? Historian and Graham biographer Grant Wacker weighs in.
Churches and other faith-based groups lend a hand after historic Nebraska floods
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 29, 2019
OMAHA, Neb. (RNS) — Local churches and national faith-based disaster relief groups — along with state and federal officials — are stepping in to lend a hand with recovery after floodwaters raged across the Midwest earlier this month.
Surgeon who recites Bible and Quran to patients wins UN award
By Bob Smietana — October 5, 2018
(RNS) — Inspired by his faith, this surgeon has spent more than two decades working to save the lives of people fleeing war and persecution in Sudan and South Sudan.
UN migration agency snubs Trump’s nominee to lead it
By Jamey Keaten — June 29, 2018
(AP) — The U.N.’s migration agency snubbed the Trump administration’s candidate to lead it on Friday, a major blow to U.S. leadership of a body addressing one of the world’s most pressing issues — and only the second time that it won’t be run by an American since 1951.
Billy Graham’s granddaughter sends a wise message to her famous uncle
By Delta Systems — February 20, 2018
(RNS) — Franklin Graham, heed your father’s example — and also listen to your niece!
Faith groups provide the bulk of disaster recovery, in coordination with FEMA
By Paul Singer — September 11, 2017
(USA Today) — If you donate bottles of water, diapers, clothing or any other materials to hurricane victims in Texas or Florida, your donation will likely pass through the hands of the Seventh-day Adventists before it gets to a storm victim.
