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Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ Paperback – May 1, 2008

by Brother Andrew (Author), Al Janssen (Author)
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In his most incredible and eye-opening book to date, Brother Andrew invites you to meet brave men and women you never knew existed. This is the riveting true story of the Church in Islamic countries struggling to come to grips with hostile governments, terrorist acts, and an influx of Muslims coming to Christ. The names and places have been changed to protect the real people in the real places. But the stories are true.
Now available in paperback, Secret Believers not only gives you a glimpse of the lives of these courageous believers, it also proposes four practical initiatives for Christians in the West to help these persecuted brothers and sisters. It calls us to join a new kind of jihad, leaving vengeance behind in favor of forgiveness, radical love, and unyielding prayer.
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"As riveting and fast-paced as any well-written novel."--Library Journal

In his most incredible and eye-opening book to date, Brother Andrew invites you to experience the riveting true story of the Church in Islamic countries. In the Middle East, Christians struggle to come to grips with hostile governments, terrorist acts, and an influx of Muslims coming to Christ. The names and places have been changed to protect the real people in the real places. But the stories are true.

Secret Believers not only gives you a glimpse of the lives of these courageous believers, it also proposes four practical initiatives for Christians in the West to help these persecuted brothers and sisters. It calls us to join a new kind of jihad, leaving vengeance behind in favor of forgiveness, radical love, and unyielding prayer.

"Brother Andrew and Al Janssen reveal the amazing stories of those who witness the love of One they once refused and passionately searched for until they found Him, even in the face of great opposition."--Ravi Zacharias, author and speaker


Brother Andrew began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed borders in 1955. That work has since developed into Open Doors International. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books, including God's Smuggler. Brother Andrew makes his home in the Netherlands.

Al Janssen has co-written or authored more than twenty-five books, including Light Force. He is a member of the board for Open Doors (USA) with Brother Andrew and is director of communications for Open Doors International. Janssen lives in Colorado.

About the Author

In 1955, Brother Andrew (1928-2022) discovered that Christians behind the Iron Curtain were denied access to Bibles. He told his story in God's Smuggler, then for the next 50 years ministered to persecuted Christians around the world while presenting the Gospel to extremist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

Al Janssen has more than five decades of experience as a writer, editor and publisher. He worked alongside Brother Andrew for 15 years, and together they wrote Light Force and Secret Believers, telling the stories of Christians in the Islamic world. Find more of their devotional teaching at aljanssen.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Revell (May 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0800732642
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0800732646
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.5 inches
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Georgia
5.0 out of 5 stars All western world believers in Jesus need to read this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2023
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I would urge all western world believers in Jesus as Lord to read this book and take to heart the message and urgency revealed from Brother Andrew. Time IS short.
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True disciple
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book life-changing
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2008
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This book was great. It is about Muslims who have converted to Christianity in tough Muslim-dominating countries. This book narrates the story of each of these newly converted Christians and the struggles they face, such as family struggles, abuse from their country, threat from Muslims. The narrations were very well-written. I couldn't even put down the book the way it was suspenseful.

This book literally changed my life, really (I'm not being cheesy). As a Christian in America, there is no persecution. It's easy compared to other places. In some Muslim countries, if a person was found baptizing someone, he could spend six months in prison. It showed me how great I have it here in America where I can be baptized as I was or baptized people and I can read the bible freely without the government after me.

I will never look at evangelism the same. It is a war out there and we Christians, especially in America where we don't have a threat, should really be giving our all for Christ.

(The only problem as I have with this book, as well as most Christian books is that they think all churches are fine. I believe and know from the bible that the Church of Christ is the only true Church. Brother Alexander makes it seem like all churches, denominations, as long as they believe in Christ, are true. The truth is: there is only one church. Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. And baptism is not symbolic. Baptism is actually where your sins are forgiven (Acts 2:38) and you're saved.
But great read!
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C R
5.0 out of 5 stars Tip of the Iceberg?
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2007
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This book offers something different from many of the books written about the present state of Islam vs. the world. Brother Andrew, while advocating the spread of genuine Christian faith, ends up completely loving Muslims. This is not a hateful or disrespectful book.

I particularly enjoyed seeing how ex-Muslim Christians can move around in a Muslim country, work, marry and have their lives. Islam does not seem to be as completely pervasive in the so-called "Islamic World" as I once thought. I was also interested to see that sometimes the most devout and loving Christians started out as hate filled members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Go figure.

I don't want to overstate it either. Many of these former Muslims pay for their new faith with the ultimate price: a bloody and violent death. But as was once said about the early church "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the faith" so too do we find a deep vein of Muslims looking for a way out of the hatred.

This book shows that everywhere there are opportunities for Christian belief. I was particularly impressed with the ex Muslim who instead of lamenting that his passport still described him as "Muslim" sees in it rather an opportunity to go to Mecca on the hajj so he can tell people about Jesus Christ!

One gets the impression that much more of this kind of "underground" conversion is going on in the Islamic world than we were once led to believe.
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DM
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2007
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Although I've known of Brother Andrew for years, I had never read anything he's written. Secret Believers popped up on my Amazon "recommended for you" list because I had ordered Joel Rosenburg's Epicenter and Journey into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist by Mark Gabriel. Impulsively, I hit my Amazon Prime one click, and the book promptly arrived at my door.

I was interested by the fact that the authors state upfront they've fictionalized the lives of many people in the Islamic world, weaving their stories and personalities together to create a true-to-life picture that shelters the real subjects from harm. Secret Believers starts slowly; it takes a while to explain all this and to establish characters. Nonetheless, I found myself unable to put it down and literally finished it the day it arrived.

I had never thought much about the Christians who are born into Islamic societies. Additionally, it had not occurred to me that there would exist a major chasm between these Christians and Muslims who convert to Christianity--people whom the book terms "Muslim background believers." Because of Brother Andrew's reputation and because of stories I've heard coming from Islamic countries, I believe this book is based fully in truth, and I was deeply moved by the characters' struggles and triumphs.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars An eye opener
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2017
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Thank you! Going through conversion myself I've read God's Smuggler also written by Brother Andrew. I couldn't put the book down so naturally I looked up other books written by Brother Andrew. Please do read this, you won't regret! It will open your eyes and your heart.
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Luke Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars Puts faith into perspective
Reviewed in Australia on June 12, 2014
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This is a powerful witness to the work of God in difficult places. Brother Andrew helps us to see our Christian lives in light of Jesus' death. We should be willing to work courageously for the one who was most courageous.
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Kenisha
5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this!
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2020
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I really appreciate this book. It has great morals and values. I will be buying more of them to give away. Maybe even start a reading group using it. It’s a great read. I highly recommend it. I was on missions when it was recommended to me and I really like how it’s written. Very good!
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5.0 out of 5 stars God at work in muslem countries
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2015
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I am so thankful that a dear friend told me about this book, as I was not previously aware of it!

It is amazing testimony of the work Jesus is doing in the lives of those who have been brought up as muslems. Wonderful though this is, there is a cost: a very high price in relationships and safety, in many cases; although there are those who also choose to follow Jesus as a result of seeing the change in other muslem background believers. Some have paid with their lives, whilst others have needed to move to live in another location or country.

As a backdrop, we can also see what Bro Andrew and his ministry is doing to help those in this work.

Of necessity, I read the book in short pieces over a protracted time, so I now want to read it again over a much shorter timespan, such that I can flow better with all the people and their lives in this great novel, which is based on real people, events, and their lives.
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John T/C
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening content !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2016
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I read this recently and found it to be a very informative book and challenging to the western church, so bought it for a friend's birthday present!
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