Good Samaritan Ministries
Good Samaritan Ministries is the lived response to a call from God to “teach nothing but the Kingdom.” Beginning with one woman, Bettie P. Mitchell, in Beaverton, OR, it has grown over time and spread across the globe to become an international network of people who seek to emulate the love of the Good Samaritan, primarily through donation-supported teaching, training, and counseling.
This happens on the local level at our Beaverton Headquarters, domestically in centers across the Pacific Northwest, and internationally in over 25 countries.
From humble beginnings in the home of Bettie P. Mitchell, GSM has expanded over the past fifty years into a worldwide organization, with centers in more than 25 countries. Although our mission of "Teach Nothing But The Kingdom of God," remains central to each center, many locations are tailored to meet the specific needs of their communities. Some centers emphasize counseling services, while focus on job skills, and many are dedicated to educating children and teenagers.
Photo: Children in school– GSM Rwanda International Education
A Word From Our Founder
Bettie Mitchell
"Good Samaritan Ministries is a non-profit counseling ministry dedicated to relational healing. We willingly have agreed to not only pay the first price by stopping to help, but also the second price for the years that may be required to complete the healing. A person who comes to see us for counseling will be in a relationship story until wholeness has been restored. For some, it may be just once or twice. For others, it might be several years. We are unafraid to help complete the difficult tasks of healing and development.
We consider Good Samaritan Ministries to be faith in action; an organization that is available to God's work. An organization that is flexible -- active and alive. It is our desire to complete our work in a way that is pleasing to God, and for the benefit of mankind. No one is turned away, and a person of any background, ability, function, or dysfunction may come. All are welcome to stop and meet with us and complete the work of entering into the Kingdom of God."
- Bettie Mitchell, in her book Who Is My Neighbor