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Sam Childers Biography

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Sam Childers (born 1962) is an American philanthropist, missionary, and former construction worker known for his humanitarian work in South Sudan and northern Uganda. Once a motorcycle gang member and drug dealer, he converted to Christianity and founded the Angels of East Africa orphanage, rescuing war orphans and former child soldiers. His life story inspired the 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler.

Sam Childers (born 1962) is an American philanthropist, missionary, and former construction worker known for his humanitarian work in South Sudan and northern Uganda. Once a motorcycle gang member and drug dealer, he converted to Christianity and founded the Angels of East Africa orphanage, rescuing war orphans and former child soldiers. His life story inspired the 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler.

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“Since that day there is nothing anyone could ever say to convince me that one person cannot change a nation. One person can do unbelievable things. All it takes is that one person who's willing to risk everything to make it happen.”

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Book:Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

Source: Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

“I'm more of a freedom fighter than I am a Christian. I serve Jesus Christ. How I believe is that God's promises are not for here on Earth. They're for when we leave this Earth and we go to Heaven - that's when there's no more tears, no more sorrows.”

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“A lot of times people that aren't Christian, or that might not fully believe... they know there's a higher power but they don't fully believe, they'll say: "Well, if there's a God, how come children be mutilated?" But you've got to remember that the promises are when we leave this Earth and we go to Heaven. That's what I believe.”

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“Educate yourself on what's going on around the world where children are dying. Educate yourself on what's going on in Africa.”

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“Being honest with you, if I would run into a situation where I'd have to pick up a firearm to save another child, would I? Absolutely! I wouldn't even think about it. I rescue people and feed people. I will do whatever I have to do, as long as it's within the law, to rescue a life.”

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“The Bible says that if we're going to boast about anything, it should glorify God. I'll boast about all of my faults, I'll boast about all of my addictions that God has conquered, I'll boast about everything that God has conquered in my life, but there's just certain things that I'll never talk about.”

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“I was a drug dealer, so I've killed a lot of people, with drugs. When you're a drug dealer and you see drugs to people and you get them addicted and three or four years later they get killed in a car wreck, I have to answer for that. So, I've hurt a lot of people and done a lot of bad things that I have to answer for.”

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“I don't have a problem with dying but I have a problem with what I'm going to die for. I don't want to die for no reason at all. If I'm going to die for something, I want it to be worthwhile.”

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“I do a lot of drug and alcohol speaking with people to stop addictions. I'm not a Bible-thumper. I don't preach like that. I tell people that has addictions: "If you want your addiction cured, it begins right here. It begins right here." Jesus Christ is not a genie in a bottle. You got me? Jesus Christ can help you get through anything but even with addiction, he's not going to say 'hocus pocus, your addiction's gone'! You have to say: "I'm done!" It all begins right here in your mind.”

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“It's just after I walked away from my addictions and the things that I struggled with, that's when I chose Jesus Christ and now he helps me and guides me through the rest of my life.”

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“As much wrong as I did in life and as many people as I hurt, I can say that God never stopped talking to me. I just stopped listening.”

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Book:Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

Source: Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

“For me to sit here and give all kinds of excuses to make it right, I can't do. But what I want to ask everyone out there, everyone that has a child, everyone that has a brother, a sister: if your child or family member was abducted today, if a mad man came in, a terrorist came in, abducted your family member or your child and if I said to you I can bring your child home...does it matter how I bring them home?”

“All my life, from birth, it's been a fight. And it always seemed to be another man's war. I always seemed to be fighting for someone else. But it always came back to me. The Word says we're born into sin, and sin always comes back to war.”

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“I ask you, if a mad man came in and abducted your child and I said to you I can bring your child homedoes it matter how I bring them home?”

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“There is nothing anyone could ever say to convince me that one person cannot change a nation. One person can do unbelievable things. All it takes is that one person who's willing to risk everything to make it happen.”

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Book:Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

Source: Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

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Born: 1962
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