Franklin Graham, Toxic Charity Concerns Send Churches Packing From Operation Christmas Child

Years of viral news articles describing Operation Christmas Child as a form of toxic charity have contributed to a movement of churches away from the Samaritan’s Purse ministry.

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Jeff Brumley

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