As Jesus was preparing to ascend into heaven, He left His followers with a job and the power to complete it. He said, ‘You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.’
(Acts 1:8)
Jerusalem was the hometown where people spoke the same language and had the same values, Judea was the state/region and Samaria was the neighboring country.
Over the past 2,000 years, the world has changed, moving cultural boundaries that defined people so clearly. Many people no longer live their entire lives within a close radius of their birthplace as they did.
Today’s “Samaritans,” the people from the neighboring culture, live within the borders of other groups. Urban centers across the globe have received “immigrants,” “refugees” and other “aliens (or foreigners)” in large numbers.