LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY crazyjane13)

Hey all,

This is a request for information relating to the faith-based charity called Samaritan's Purse. What little I've found so far rings a few alarm bells, and I've just received a request from my kids' school asking for every family to contribute a present to something called "Operation Christmas Child".

According to its own history, it was founded by a missionary evangelist called Bob Pierce, who was affiliated with Youth for Christ. He handed it on to Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham.

Now, the Samaritan's Purse Australian website is awfully cagy. I could be seeing Martians here, but does anyone have any info on this organisation or the people involved, please?