About World Medical Mission
Through World Medical Mission, Samaritan’s Purse is providing Christian hospitals and clinics with critically-needed Christian medical personnel—to treat patients as witnesses of God's love.
Through World Medical Mission, Samaritan's Purse is providing
Christian hospitals and clinics with critically-needed Christian
medical personnel-to treat patients as witnesses of God's
love.
World Medical Mission - a ministry of Samaritan's Purse - places
volunteer evangelical Christian physicians, dentists, and other
medical personnel in short-term service at mission hospitals and
clinics around the world. We provide placement and logistical
support for our volunteers, opening doors to the Good News in
remote areas and bringing physical restoration and spiritual
healing through quality, compassionate medical care.
World Medical Mission began in 1977. That's when two surgeon
brothers, Drs. Lowell and Richard Furman, approached Franklin
Graham and expressed their desire to volunteer for a short-term
assignment in a mission hospital during their vacation, but said
there didn't seem to be any organization that arranged trips like
that. While still a student in college, Franklin accepted the
challenge to lead this organization and World Medical Mission was
born.
Today we assist scores of mission hospitals and clinics in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East by
arranging assignments for doctors, dentists, and other medical
professionals.
The motivation behind all our efforts is Christ's command to go
and "heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God
is near you'" (Luke 10:9, NIV). In remote areas around the world,
missionary medicine is one of the most effective means of
evangelism available. Each year the hospitals we serve are used by
God to lead thousands of people to faith in Jesus Christ.
Read more about serving
overseas and the support provided by World Medical Mission.
Ways you can help
Pray
Please pray for the World Medical Mission volunteers who are using their skills to help people who do not have access to medical and dental treatment. Pray that God would protect them and use them as they serve others.
Give
Your generous gift to World Medical Mission will help us recruit medical professionals to volunteer overseas, bringing assistance to desperate patients and hospitals around the world. Donate Here
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