Franklin Graham
Through his work with Samaritan’s Purse and BGEA, Graham has been instrumental in helping people impacted by major crises for 45 years, including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the earthquakes in Turkey, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 9/11 terrorist attacks, wars, and natural disasters across the globe ranging from catastrophic hurricanes to devastating wildfires to massive earthquakes. Under Graham’s leadership, Samaritan’s Purse deployed emergency field hospitals to Italy, New York City, California, North Carolina, Mississippi, and the Bahamas when the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed local hospitals. Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team ministered alongside Samaritan’s Purse to offer spiritual and emotional care to patients and medical personnel alike.
