Open Doors – 50 Years of Ministry

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Open Doors – 50 Years of Ministry

In 1955, a young Dutch missionary discovered that Christians behind the Iron Curtain desperately needed the Word of God.

Brother Andrew (as he would later be known) distributed a suitcase full of Christian literature behind the Iron Curtain, marking the humble beginnings of Open Doors with Brother Andrew. An international non-profit Christian organization, Open Doors has since grown into the oldest ministry operating discreetly behind closed borders, serving 200 million persecuted Christians in countries hostile to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Brother Andrew wrote God’s Smuggler, an autobiography which became a best-seller around the world.

Global Ministry
Brother Andrew's one-man operation quickly broadened to delivering Bibles in China, Vietnam and later Africa and the Muslim World. In 2005, Open Doors celebrated 50 years of serving and strengthening those suffering for their faith in Jesus Christ.
Under Brother Andrew's leadership, Open Doors has gone where most western Christians dare not go. In the early 1980s, Open Doors began to help persecuted Christians in Latin America as well. Today, Open Doors is working in approximately 60 countries, has development offices in 20 countries and employs over 350 people.

Spiritual Training, Bible Distribution and More

Open Doors’ main work in the communist world involved the delivery of God’s Word and prayer and presence ministry. However, as the ministry grew, it expanded its outreach to include leadership training and assistance, Christian community development and advocacy on behalf of persecuted believers.

Open Doors’ underground network of indigenous Christians has aided in the secret distribution of millions of Bibles each year, worldwide. In 2006, Open Doors delivered almost 6.9 million Bibles, children’s Bibles, study Bibles and other scriptural books and literature to persecuted Christians worldwide. Also, Open Doors trained 121,000 pastors and church leaders.

Brother Andrew On Open Doors

“Our very mission is called ‘Open Doors’ because we believe that any door is open, any time and anywhere….to proclaim Christ.”

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