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God’s smuggler passes away at 94

Brother Andrew, whose clandestine Bible deliveries behind the Cold War Iron Curtain earned him the title of “God’s smuggler” and who launched a global organisation supporting persecuted Christians, died yesterday at his home in Harderwijk, Netherlands. Brother Andrew, whose given name was Andrew van der Bijl, was 94 years old. […]

Persecution of Christians has reached ‘genocidal’ proportions, conference concludes

Originally published in Church Times THE persecution of Christians around the world has reached “genocidal” proportions, and needs a response on the scale of the abolitionist or climate-change movements to raise awareness, a conference of politicians, bishops, and charities concluded. One in every seven Christians is facing discrimination and persecution daily — much of […]