Introduction
When Dr. Gerald Lauria walked into a town hospital in Congo in 2005, he was stunned. Coming from working in a large hospital in the United States consisting of many doctors per specialty, he was shocked to find this hospital run by just one physician. Dr. Lauria described the hospital as “sparse” and “primitive”, ridden with x-ray machines outdated by at least twenty years and empty medicine cabinets. Dr. Lauria’s experience is not an outlier. The dysfunctional and unsophisticated hospitals present in developing countries across the globe compared with the technologically elite and fully staffed hospitals in the United States only represent only one example of the many healthcare issues that developing countries face today.
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The lesson of this story influences every area of work that this organization contains. Their mission, pertaining to a diverse range of fields and people, can be summarized through Luke 10:37: “Go and do likewise”. Samaritan’s Purse openly states that the driving force behind all that they do is the Lord Jesus Christ, and this will never be sacrificed no matter the mission. From the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, to aiding mission hospitals in Zambia, to earthquake relief in Nepal, Samaritan’s Purse uses and trusts in the healing and sustaining power of Jesus Christ in all that they do (“About Us”). Despite their clear evangelistic intentions in all that they do, Samaritan’s Purse has proved capable of loosening any harmful separation between church and …show more content…
Samaritan’s purse is a figure with many arms, and World Medical Mission is the medical arm of the organization. One significant function of World Medical Mission is to staff mission hospitals, from Latin America to Oceania, with Christian medical professionals such as physicians and dentists. From a general surgeon need in Liberia, to an OB/GYN need in Honduras, World Medical Mission provides a variety of medical specialties to cover as much as the developing world population as possible (“World Medical Mission”). With Sub-Saharan countries suffering with less than one doctor for every 40,000 people, an organization that feeds called medical professionals into developing countries effectively addresses this clear issue. Through their Post-Residency Program, World Medical Mission establishes two year programs for Christians physicians in areas of urgent need (“World Medical Mission”). By doing so, Samaritan’s Purse fulfills their mission of serving the Great Physician, Jesus
When Dr. Gerald Lauria walked into a town hospital in Congo in 2005, he was stunned. Coming from working in a large hospital in the United States consisting of many doctors per specialty, he was shocked to find this hospital run by just one physician. Dr. Lauria described the hospital as “sparse” and “primitive”, ridden with x-ray machines outdated by at least twenty years and empty medicine cabinets. Dr. Lauria’s experience is not an outlier. The dysfunctional and unsophisticated hospitals present in developing countries across the globe compared with the technologically elite and fully staffed hospitals in the United States only represent only one example of the many healthcare issues that developing countries face today.
Developing …show more content…
The lesson of this story influences every area of work that this organization contains. Their mission, pertaining to a diverse range of fields and people, can be summarized through Luke 10:37: “Go and do likewise”. Samaritan’s Purse openly states that the driving force behind all that they do is the Lord Jesus Christ, and this will never be sacrificed no matter the mission. From the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, to aiding mission hospitals in Zambia, to earthquake relief in Nepal, Samaritan’s Purse uses and trusts in the healing and sustaining power of Jesus Christ in all that they do (“About Us”). Despite their clear evangelistic intentions in all that they do, Samaritan’s Purse has proved capable of loosening any harmful separation between church and …show more content…
Samaritan’s purse is a figure with many arms, and World Medical Mission is the medical arm of the organization. One significant function of World Medical Mission is to staff mission hospitals, from Latin America to Oceania, with Christian medical professionals such as physicians and dentists. From a general surgeon need in Liberia, to an OB/GYN need in Honduras, World Medical Mission provides a variety of medical specialties to cover as much as the developing world population as possible (“World Medical Mission”). With Sub-Saharan countries suffering with less than one doctor for every 40,000 people, an organization that feeds called medical professionals into developing countries effectively addresses this clear issue. Through their Post-Residency Program, World Medical Mission establishes two year programs for Christians physicians in areas of urgent need (“World Medical Mission”). By doing so, Samaritan’s Purse fulfills their mission of serving the Great Physician, Jesus