Brother Andrew And Open Doors

Open doors was founded in 1955 by andrew van der bijl a dutchman more widely known as brother andrew when he decided to smuggle bibles to discriminated christians in communist poland.

Brother andrew and open doors. In 1981 open doors smuggled one million bibles into communist china in one night in the legendary project pearl. Brother andrew the now 91 year old founder of open doors first became widely known after publishing god s smuggler which captured his exploits smuggling bibles behind the iron curtain during the height of the cold war. This 60th anniversary edition includes an exclusive interview with brother andrew about his experiences since the original publication of god s smuggler especially in the middle east as well as a collection of vintage photos. And those of us who are a part of it like andrew welcome anyone who follows christ to come alongside us and join our work.

We hope today you will choose to join us in being the brother andrews of this generation. Open doors is the movement that brother andrew inspired. Open doors still distributes hundreds of thousands of bibles and christian books every year. God s smuggler brother andrew s autobiography chronicling those early years details dangerous border crossings kgb soviet secret service pursuits and his courageous journey toward living radically for jesus christ.

And today brother andrew s small dutch mission has become an international ministry working in more than 60 nations to strengthen the persecuted church. He continued this work in smuggling bibles to many of the soviet controlled countries and in 1957 was given a blue volkswagen beetle which he used to make deliveries within the communist bloc. But we also train and support persecuted christians in other ways. Brother andrew as he would later be known around the world distributed a suitcase full of bibles and christian literature making the humble beginnings of open doors with brother andrew.