Media Releases

TIME: Project Pearl - 1 Million Bibles into China   (113KB)
TIME has learned that the remarkable mission, dubbed Project Pearl and executed with military precision last June, was engineered by Open Doors with Brother Andrew International, a nondenominational, evangelical missionary organisation. The group has specialised in smuggling Bibles mostly into Communist countries for some two decades. The purpose of Project Pearl was to bring badly needed copies of the Scriptures to 5 million Chinese Protestants, who worship under the watchful eye of the Peking government in an estimated 50,000 "house churches."

CHRISTIAN TODAY: Brother Andrew Reflects on 50th Anniversary   (136KB)
Friday, 15th July marks the 50th Anniversary of Open Doors, the oldest international ministry to support persecuted Christians. The founder Brother Andrew reflects on past, present and future of the ministry.

World Watch List 2010   (242KB)
The World Watch List, started by the Open Doors Research Department in 1991, seeks to understand the unique persecution fingerprint of each country. This is to ensure effective intervention since Open Doors ministers to the persecuted church in more than 50 countries worldwide. The data is derived from a questionnaire containing 53 questions sent to Open Doors co-workers, key church leaders and recognized experts in 70 countries. The questionnaire examines every aspect of persecution, including the degree of legal restriction, state attitudes, how free the church is to organize itself, as well as noting incidents of persecution, such as church burnings, anti-Christian riots and even martyrdom. Open Doors is uniquely positioned to provide this research as it is the world’s largest mission agency working on behalf of the persecuted.
For more information, including a list of all 50 countries, go to www.worldwatchlist.com.au