Brother Andrew.

Andrew van der Bijl, also known as Brother Andrew, is a Christian missionary famous for his exploits smuggling Bibles to communist countries earning him the nickname "God's smuggler". Brother Andrew was born in the Netherlands, the fourth of seven children. He was raised Dutch Reformed and studied at the Bible Training Institute in Scotland.

A visit to the underground church in Poland in 1955 led to many more ventures into several Communist countries, home to persecuted Christians. Two years later, Brother Andrew traveled to Moscow in a new Volkswagen, given to him by a mentor couple, full of Bibles and spiritual literature, in violation of laws banning religious literature. "He often placed the material in plain view when stopped at government checkpoints, as a gesture of trust in God's protection" (from God's Smuggler). He later founded Open Doors, and the Volkswagen became a signature of the organization.

In the 60s, Andrew visited China, hostile towards the Christian religion, Czechoslovakia, with no religious freedom, and Cuba, after the revolution. In 1976, he wrote a book about spiritual struggle in Africa and encouraged congressional action. Brother Andrew also focused on the Middle East, visiting Lebanon, Israel and Palestine several times.

The first edition of 'God's Smuggler,' was written with John and Elizabeth Sherrill and published in 1976. The book tells the story of Andrew's early childhood, Christian conversion and adventures as a smuggler.

In the book Light Force, Andrew writes about Arab churches that "express great delight because of the mere visit of a fellow Christian from abroad, because they feel the church in the Western world at large is ignoring them. Also he visits some alleged Palestinian terrorists that were deported to an isolated mountainous area by Israel, and preaches the gospel to them." (wikipedia). His seventh book, Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ, was released on July 1, 2007.