Brother Andrew's Blog, page 134

How Prison Made Me a More Efficient Evangelist

Buddhist-background believers in Southeast Asia risk imprisonment in very difficult circumstances. Dok* from Laos was imprisoned for 13 years. Recently, an Open Doors team visited him to hear how he was doing. Prison didn’t break him.

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A Digital Revolution: How the Face of Bible Smuggling Has Radically Changed

Today, technology has revolutionized the way people do everything--including Bible smuggling! As a result, the gospel doesn’t have to be driven into cities anymore. It can be transmitted down the internet’s electronic highway and right into villages.

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Your Children or Your Faith?

For Ma Thay, the consequences of becoming a Christian began immediately.

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“Wherever I go, persecution waits for me.”

My name is Vipur. I wish I could share my real name with you, but it’s too dangerous...

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How an Ex-Soldier Braved Demons to bring a Buddhist Village to Christ

When sixty-one year old Dano* retired from his career as a military man, he had no idea life would take him to an altogether different battlefield: a spiritual one.

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The Greatest Power of the Kingdom in the Heart of a Nigerian Child

Dialing his father’s phone, Toben whispered a prayer too deep for words...

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Persecuted Indigenous Children Under Risk

There’s a spiritual darkness along the scenic Caribbean coast of Colombia. In the Sierra Nevada mountains of Santa Marta live multiple indigenous people groups, each with their own language and customs. Yet they are united in one key way: they all persecute and drive out anyone who claims the name of Christ. Over the last […]

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What If Your Family Disowned You Because of Christ?

What if your family rejected you because of your belief in Jesus? Would you leave home? This is Cheu’s* dilemma. Believers from Buddhist countries usually come from very tight-knit families living in equally tight-knit communities. An Open Doors fieldworker tells the story of Cheu after spending some time with him one hot afternoon in Laos: […]

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Wake Up Breakfast With David Curry

Emanuel Temple hosts Open Doors CEO David Curry, and other Middle-East field experts for a conversation about international religious persecution. They will provide a vivid look into the lives of Syrian and Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution and devastation. Learn how you can engage the issue and be a part of the solution. Millions of refugees from Iraqi and […]

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A Teenager Meets Christ Through a Secret Christian Camp … and a Crush on a Girl

The shroud of religious hostility still hangs over many former Soviet countries.

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