Samaritan’s Purse is going around the world to share God’s love with children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.
We partner with local churches and volunteers in more than 170 countries and territories to proclaim the Good News using gift-filled shoeboxes. We train and equip these partners with Gospel materials that help them communicate the message of God’s love to boys and girls in a clear, consistent way. Using these colorful resources, churches evangelize their communities in ways that often would not have been possible without the accompanying shoebox gifts. Most shoebox recipients are also invited to participate in our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey, where they learn to follow the Lord and share Him with others.
Because every child needs Christ, Samaritan’s Purse sends Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to boys and girls living in major cities, dense jungles, arid deserts, war zones, on remote islands, and along lofty mountain ranges. We work closely with local teams to bring these special gifts to children in need—even to hard-to-reach areas where there are few believers or where many have long been hostile to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some of our newest initiatives increase the accessibility of our resources: translating materials into minor languages, using audio translations where there is no written language, developing Braille resources for blind and visually impaired children, and reaching the Deaf community.
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