Encouraging reports from Central Asia

Regardless of what you think of Open Doors and Brother Andrew, these reports are encouraging. Many of these organisations can be disappointing at times and are not above doctrinal criticism... and in some cases the reports from abroad are mixed. Sometimes it's disappointing to find some bad doctrine is creeping in. We can pray for them and pray that as these churches are in their formative stages they will come under solid teaching.

As far as Brother Andrew goes, regardless of what his organisation may represent and the valid criticisms levied at it, his own story is pretty fascinating. I heartily recommend God's Smuggler to anyone who would read it. I think it to be an especially good read for young people.

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/stories/the-surprising-way-god-is-growing-his-young-church-in-central-asia/

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/stories/he-used-to-traffic-heroin-in-central-asia-now-he-smuggles-bibles/