Because of this strategy, the economic impact on a community is minimal and allows us to reach millions of new children every year with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Local churches distribute shoebox gifts to children in different communities each year to avoid giving the same children gifts year after year. It is our desire to give one shoebox to a child in his or her lifetime, and this is the model used in our training. Together, they strategize how to reach children in their country with the Gospel. In each shoebox receiving country, we partner with a National Leadership Team that consists of year-round volunteers from various church denominations. More important than the items inside the shoebox, the gifts are an opportunity to share God’s love-and the Good News of Jesus Christ-with children in need. For many children, this is the first gift they will ever receive. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to provide local churches who are our ministry partners around the world with shoebox gifts as a way to reach children in their communities.

Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART).Operation Christmas Child Processing Center Seasonal.