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“I feel great and have no symptoms,” Keller, 69, wrote on Facebook and other social media posts.
Prominent pastor and author Tim Keller has pancreatic cancer
by: Paul O’Donnell June 7, 2020 (RNS) — Timothy Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and a bestselling author and church planter, announced on Sunday (June 7,) thatRead More
(Franklin) Graham — the son of the Rev. Billy Graham — reiterated that the field hospital does not discriminate in whom it treats.
Samaritan’s Purse Central Park field hospital to close as virus cases drop in NYC
by: Yonat Shimron May 4, 2020 (RNS) — The Central Park field hospital erected by the evangelical humanitarian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse will shut down after it releases its lastRead More
"What drives them is, ‘How can I do God’s work by healing people and saving lives?'"
Under fire from many, Samaritan’s Purse finds an unlikely champion
by: Yonat Shimron April 21, 2020 (RNS) — Whitney Tilson and his wife, Susan, were out walking their dog early one Sunday morning when they noticed workers unloading trucks andRead More
The cathedral is partnering with the Mount Sinai hospital network and Samaritan’s Purse...
Temporary hospital planned for New York’s St. John the Divine
—————————————- By Egan Millard Reprint permission Episcopal News Service Posted Apr 6, 2020 [Episcopal News Service] In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, hospitalsRead More
The field hospital housed in a series of white tents is intended as a Christian mission.
Franklin Graham on his Central Park field hospital: ‘We don’t discriminate. Period.’
by: Yonat Shimron April 1, 2020 (RNS) — It was a culture clash waiting to happen. Almost as soon as Samaritan’s Purse assembled a 68-bed field hospital in Central Park’sRead More
Each stop on their route was a place where people are commonly ensnared and exploited by sex traffickers...
Stations of the Cross for trafficking victims protests New York’s decriminalization effort
by: Rosie DawsonNEW YORK, April 19, 2019 (RNS) — They began the day outside the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan, where many young, vulnerable people arriving in New YorkRead More