'''Brother Andrew''' (so called to preserve anonymity and because he is a brother to other Christians) is the founder of [[Open Doors]] and a former Bible smuggler. Some of his life experiences, including Bible smuggling, are documented in the books ''God's Smuggler'' and ''Light Force''.
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Andy van der Bijl, born 1928 in [[The Netherlands]], known as '''Brother Andrew''' (so called at the time to preserve anonymity and because he was a brother to other Christians) is the founder of [[Open Doors]] and a former Bible smuggler. Some of his life experiences, including Bible smuggling, are documented in the books ''God's Smuggler'' and ''Light Force''.
Brother Andrew started smuggling Bibles into communist countries in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
Brother Andrew started smuggling Bibles into communist countries in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.