Open Doors with Brother Andrew, Inc.

Summary

Open Doors with Brother Andrew, Inc. is a Christian Literature distribution ministry. They believe that all doors are open and that God enables His body "to go into all the world and preach the gospel." They therefore, define their ministry to include: 1) Strengthening the Body of Christ living under restriction or persecution by providing and delivering Bibles, materials, training and other helps, and encouraging it to become involved in world evangelism; 2) Training and encouraging the Body of Christ in threatened or unstable areas, to prepare believers to face persecution and suffering, and to equip them to maintain a witness to the Gospel of Christ; and 3) Motivating, mobilizing and educating the church in the free world to identify with and become more involved in assisting the suffering Church. This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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Purpose [ Back to top ]

Open Doors with Brother Andrew, Inc. is a Christian Literature distribution ministry. They believe that all doors are open and that God enables His body "to go into all the world and preach the gospel." They therefore, define their ministry to include: 1) Strengthening the Body of Christ living under restriction or persecution by providing and delivering Bibles, materials, training and other helps, and encouraging it to become involved in world evangelism; 2) Training and encouraging the Body of Christ in threatened or unstable areas, to prepare believers to face persecution and suffering, and to equip them to maintain a witness to the Gospel of Christ; and 3) Motivating, mobilizing and educating the church in the free world to identify with and become more involved in assisting the suffering Church.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Open Doors with Brother Andrew, Inc.'s Mission Statement is:

To strengthen the body of Christ living under restriction or persecution by providing and delivering bibles, materials, training and other helps, and encouraging it to become involved in world evangelism. To train and encourage the body of Christ in threatened or unstable areas; to prepare believers to face persecution and suffering, and to equip them to maintain a witness to the gospel of Christ

Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]

Open doors network of underground, indigenous believers has helped deliver over 3 million Bibles, Study Bibles, Children's Bibles, hymnals, and discipleship materials in 2002 alone to Christians desperately in need.

In 1997 Open Doors With Brother Andrew distributed 814,041 bibles, 210,908 new testaments, 87,606 gospels, 650,843 spiritual books and 387,05 other pieces of literature. Also during 1997, open doors teams reached 24,942 people in training seminars, and equipped 9,213 pastors and church leaders in full training courses. OPEN provided a wide variety of special support to the suffering church such as livelihood projects for the families of imprisoned Christians, emergency support for the families of martyrs, vocational training, church repairs, provision of medicine, social and legal support, relocation assistance, and financial assistance to new converts. OPEN assisted persecuted believers in 58 different countries.

Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

Open Door uses the following to express its Statement of Faith:

We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell, the third day rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from where He will come to judge the living and the dead.

We believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

History [ Back to top ]

During the summer of 1955, a young Dutchman, Andrew, traveled to Warsaw, Poland with Christian literature hidden in his suitcase. Polish believers were in great need of God’s Word and encouragement. While watching a parade of communist youth march by with their drums and banners, the pages of his Bible blew open to Revelation 3:2. He looked down and he read "Wake up!" The words leapt from the page. "Strengthen what remains and is about to die."

Since that day, Open Doors (OPEN) couriers have risked their freedom and their lives to distribute millions of Bibles and other Christian materials to persecuted Christians throughout the former Soviet Union, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. And Open Doors teachers have crossed hostile borders to train thousands of new leaders to serve the Suffering Church.

Ministry Needs [ Back to top ]

Open Doors express needs as follows:

Prayer is one of the most important things that can be done and Open Doors gives a list of specific prayers one can lift up.

Donations are needed to send Christian literature and Bibles to new believers for training and encouragement.

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MinistryWatch.com 5 Star Financial Efficiency Ratings [ Back to top ]

Ranking Category	Rating	Overall Rank	Evangelism Support Sector
Overall Efficiency Rating		154 of 348	17 of 37
Fund Acquisition Decision		154 of 348	18 of 37
Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	6 of 37
Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	6 of 37