Brother Andrew

      Amidst the millions of committed Christians in each generation, a handful rise to special prominence.

      Brother Andrew is a hero of the faith, not for his preaching or teaching, but for the millions of Bibles he's smuggled into countries opposed to the gospel.

      Brother Andrew prayed, and the guards passed his car bulging with Bibles across the Yugoslav border in 1957. He began his mission to bring the Word to worshipers cut off from their religion. It was a mission fraught with peril and pathos, financed by faith, supported by miracles.
      

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1.) Defining Moment
       In 1957 Andy went behind the Iron Curtain to a Communist youth conference in Poland. He despised Communism but it was the only way that he could see for himself what Communism was doing to the church behind the Iron Curtain. He had 'smuggled' in some religious tracts and passed them out. He had even 'preached' at a few token churches allowed by Co ...read more

2.) Failures
      In 1953 Andy intended to begin study at the World Evangelization Crusade school in Scotland. Still in Holland, he was informed WEC had no openings. He went to England anyway. His English was not only unintelligible but laughable. After he was finally allowed entrance to the school, within days his back 'went out'. Often he would crumple from excruc ...read more

3.) Flawed
       As a youth of 19 in 1947, Andy van der Bijl was a commando in the Dutch East Indies when the Dutch were fighting Indonesian 'rebels'. Andy was no half-hearted soldier either. He was the most daring of the daring. He once single-handedly captured ten armed guerillas on sheer bravado. He defiantly wore a bright yellow hat so the enemy could see him ...read more

4.) Human
       In 1953 Andy's back 'went out' while studying at the World Evangelization Crusade school in Scotland. He endured excruciating pain that seemed to never end. One comfort was reading Oswald Chamber's inspiring Christian classic, My Utmost for His Highest. One passage read, 'If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude ...read more

5.) Interview with Brother Andrew
      by Open Doors OD: How do you feel the world has changed since September 11? Andrew: During the 'good old days' of communism, everybody knew who the 'enemy' was. It's no longer so. OD: How has it changed for Christians living in the Muslim world? Andrew: Definitely for the worst. Christians are paying the price for how Muslim fundamentalists ...read more