Equipping and Empowering Canadians
Lighthouse Churches
Equip your congregation to shine as a beacon of hope in times of crisis. Strengthen your local community, help other Canadian communities in disaster, and empower your church to be active, compassionate responders.
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Lighthouse Churches
What Is a Lighthouse Church?
A Lighthouse Church is deeply committed to its community and proactively prepares to provide support during times of crisis and disaster. These churches, in partnership with Samaritan’s Purse Canada, strengthen community relationships and build the capacity to mobilize volunteers and resources when disaster strikes.
Contact NowA Sending Church
Judith’s Story
When Samaritan’s Purse Canada responds to a disaster in your community or across Canada, your congregation can respond too by sending volunteers to meet practical needs and share eternal hope in Jesus’ Name.
“When our church partners with Samaritan’s Purse Canada to put together a team … you get to serve side-by-side with people from your church, get to know each other better, and come back and be more unified in the work we’re doing here as well.”
- Judith Alexander, Compassion Ministry Support
A Trained Church
A Church Guide to Disaster Response
We offer the Ready to Respond: A Church Guide to Disaster Response training to equip your church to effectively respond in the event of a disaster or crisis. This training also provides tangible ideas for uniting your community and offering Christ’s love even in the absence of emergencies.
“The Ready to Respond training was an excellent and effective tool to equip our church teams to support their communities in a time of crisis. It was a great first step as church teams considered the unique gifts their church has and how they can practically move forward with building a team and relationships with community, city and church partners.”
- Sandra Tharakan - Director of Communications & Outreach - The Met Bible Church, Ottawa, Ontario
A Praying and Giving Church
Your Prayers are Vital
Commit to praying for affected homeowners, the staff, and volunteers serving them on the ground. Through practical, compassionate response in Jesus’ Name, your support helps meet urgent needs and brings hope when it matters most. By giving through Samaritan’s Purse Canada, your church can know its gifts are being used with integrity, care, and direct impact in communities across the country.
“Disaster can hit at any moment, and to have such a fantastic resource available to our community that not only meets physical needs, but spiritual ones as well is a resource we are more than willing to invest in. It was well worth the time.”
- Lead Pastor Matt Harman, Meadow Brook Church – Leamington, Ontario
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Ready to Become a Lighthouse Church?
Take the next step in equipping your church to serve when disaster strikes. Our team will walk with you as you discover what it means to be a Lighthouse Church.
Schedule an introductory conversation with our team. Learn how your church can prepare and mobilize volunteers. Discover training and tools available through Samaritan’s Purse Canada.
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MORE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
- PRAY.Please pray for Canadians who have experienced loss, crisis or disaster. Please pray for our volunteers and church partners willing to provide compassionate relief to suffering people in Jesus’ Name. "Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called ... bearing with one another in love." (Ephesians 4:1-2, ESV)
- GIVE.Samaritan’s Purse Canada provides our services free of charge to help the families that we serve. Your generous support allows us to meet the needs of Canadians on the road to recovery in Jesus’ Name.
- INVITE OTHERS TO BE INVOLVED.Tell others about our work so they too can help Canadians in times of need.