Ministry Pilot - B757

Location:

Greensboro, NC, United States

Job

Date Posted:
Nov 26, 2025

Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Ministry Pilot to join our Mission Aviation Services department in Greensboro, NC. As a Ministry Pilot, you will operate ministry-owned aircraft to transport life-saving cargo in response to international disasters. This position requires a minimum of 5,000 flight hours with 1,000 hours in the B757/B767 series aircraft, as well as a current B757/B767 type rating. Come use your aviation gifts and talents to serve the Kingdom!

Please note that this position requires residence in or relocation to Greensboro, NC. When not actively flying, a minimum of 40 hours per week of in-office work is expected.

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Ministry Pilot
, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Perform pilot duties as needed or assigned. Must be able to perform Pilot in Command (PIC) and/or Second in Command (SIC) duties as required in assigned ministry aircraft.
• Plan domestic and/or complex international trips with the assistance of an international trip planning service. Perform pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight checks to ensure safe flight operations.
• Maintain expert knowledge of assigned aircraft, Approved Flight Manual (AFM), aviation regulations, policies and procedures to ensure the highest level of readiness and professional skill as a pilot.
• Complete flight logs in a timely manner; maintain electronic charts, databases, iPads, documents, etc. in current and orderly manner.
• Work with Samaritan's Purse mechanics and contracted maintenance personnel to identify and resolve any maintenance discrepancies. Follow ministry pilot guidelines in regards to not being authorized to conduct aircraft maintenance.
• Maintain the aircraft in a clean and organized fashion when at home and away from base.
• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or five (5) to ten (10) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must maintain appropriate type ratings and meet both the minimum total flight hours, and minimum flight hours in type requirements. Current or recent flight hours in type required.
• Minimum of 5,000 flight hours with 1,000 hours in B757/B767 series aircraft required.
• Current B757/767 type rating required.
• Recent international flight experience in B757/767 required.
• FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with the appropriate AMEL rating.
• Currency must be maintained in all assigned aircraft as provided by the ministry.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel), and general computer applications required.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies required; if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete requirement is available upon hire.

Job Location: Greensboro, NC

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: This position requires domestic and international travel of approximately 60 days per year; required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary.

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
  
  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  
  Matthew 28:19;
  John 10:30;
  Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
  
  Matthew 1:23;
  John 1:1-4 and 1:29;
  Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24;
  Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21;
  Philippians 2:5-11;
  Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost…