Brother Andrew: God's Undercover Agent

by Alan Millwright

Brother Andrew (born 1928) is one of the world's most unusual Christian heroes. Part Billy Graham, part James Bond, he has spent his adult life smuggling Bibles and Christian booklets into countries that forbid such gospel work. From a suitcase load of tracts in Warsaw, Poland, to a ship's hold full of one million Bibles bound for China, Brother Andrew has distributed untold numbers of Christian materials to persecuted believers around the world. Though his work is dangerous, the Lord has protected him. "With God," Brother Andrew once said, "I was a majority."

Genres: Biography, Christian, History, Nonfiction

5 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kelsey Bruinwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a book I would have picked up on my own, but my grandpa gave me a copy to borrow and I'm so glad I read it! Brother Andrew's primary ministry work was smuggling Bibles into countries where Christian material was/is illegal. He began his work in Communist countries, and eventually spread to nearly every continent.
Brother Andrew's commitment to the gospel is truly inspiring, and this book made me realize just how much I take access to the Bible for granted!

[Luann Habecker]

What are you holding on to? What is it that will cost you your soul?

All Andy's Bible reading had not affected his heart at all.

Morning "Quiet Time" = His reasoning became lucid. His emotions became tranquil.

How can I, one small man, strengthen anything?
Don't you see, that it is when we are weakest that God can use us the most.

He could get the sacred text anytime he wanted it in Holland. He could own a hundred Bibles if he wished, even a thousand. Here there seemed a thousand people for every Bible.

On the West Coast, where he was going to fly out, he was invited to speak at a large church. He threw his heart and soul into a sermon on the Suffering Church. Some in the congregation were openly weeping. The pastor nodded his approval as Andrew sat down--and then he made an impassioned plea for new seat cushions!
I hate to admit it, God, Andrew silently fumed, but Americans are just as i imagined them--selfish.

Hail Hovespian spoke out for the release from prison of Pastor Mehdi Dibaj. He told Andrea, "When the authorities kill me, it will be for speaking out not for being silent. "

[Lisa]

Worth the time. Brother Andrew lived on the edge. God used his fearlessness and took away his pride and the result was a man who did much for the kingdom and for those behind the Iron Curtain who had no access to God's word and were suffocated by communism.

[Amon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read the real first person account with the subtitle God's Smuggler

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a GREAT biography. So worth the read. His life is amazing to discover on paper - I can only imagine what it was like to live it!