Sam Childers – The Machine Gun Preacher

6th May 2026

Sam Childers, widely known as “The Machine Gun Preacher,” is an American pastor, former outlaw biker, and humanitarian whose life story has inspired people around the world.

After a troubled past marked by addiction, violence, and crime, he experienced a dramatic Christian conversion that changed the course of his life.

He went on to dedicate himself to rescuing vulnerable children in war-torn East Africa, particularly in South Sudan and Uganda, where he founded children’s villages and orphanages through his ministry, Angels of East Africa.

His extraordinary journey was portrayed in the 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler.

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