The Story of Brother Andrew - God's Smuggler

Meeting the need

As the work grew he was joined by others and began smuggling Bibles to Christians in Communist countries. And today, that small Dutch mission has become an international ministry at work in more than 60 nations to strengthen the persecuted church.

Open Doors continues to distribute hundreds of thousands of Bibles and Christian books every year. But we also train and support persecuted Christians in other ways.

“When I first discovered a persecuted church behind the Iron Curtain the need was for Bibles,” said Brother Andrew. “But as our ministry expanded, other needs emerged.

“In some countries pastors have little or no seminary training. We train them so they can be more effective leaders of their congregations. In other regions Christians are discriminated against, denied education and quality job opportunities. So we can strengthen the church by providing small loans to help Christians start businesses. The needs and the strategies vary from country to country.”

Speak out

In 1955, Brother Andrew risked it all. Today, the charge goes out to Christians across the globe: to commit to pray, give and speak out to support their persecuted family of faith.