My Nonprofit Reviews

Learning about Open Doors and Partnering with them has been a huge impact on my faith and growth in the Lord. While I realize the motivation to give should be out of love and care for others, joining in the suffering of our brothers and sisters throughout the world through prayers and tears and financial help has strengthened my faith and helped me to grow bit by bit to be less materialistic, self centered and greedy and to think daily about the needs of our brothers and sisters around the world. In this I can now teach my children. Instead of buying yet another new toy or decoration for the house, we are learning to truly find our joy in Christ and better use our resources for the Kingdom of Heaven, so by God's power and grace alone, we are growing in grace and love and striving to live out our prayer, "Thy Kingdom Come." At mealtimes now we pray for those suffering and hungry. The prayer app was huge for me. I am thankful for God's grace through Open Doors to serve those throughout the world who are suffering for Christ and for giving us the opportunity to be part of Christ's "hands and feet."

I read God's Smuggler when I was a teenager. Recently I felt led to help the people in China and looked up for a way to support them with my money and found Open Doors. I was really happy to find out that brother Andrew's work was being continued in such a way. I really love the prayer app. It really has helped me grow in my faith and really has given me a good opportunity to turn my little time that might have been used on social media or playing video games into prayer time for my persecuted brothers and sisters across the world.
I wish people would start virtual mission trips with their youth groups and churches. A group of people could agree to fast their time and their resources and their money for a week or a month or even a year and then they could donate it to our brothers and sisters through open doors or other Christian nonprofits. A youth group could agree to give up eating out or drinking coffee or buying anything for a week other than just the necessities of life and all extra money could be donated to our brothers and sisters in dire need. A youth group or women's group could also agree to not do any social media for a week and use that time praying instead. I pray somebody start a website or maybe many websites with this idea and encourage people to take virtual mission trips because now God has given us great power through the internet to affect the world around us. Let it not be said of us in the Day of Judgement that we wasted this great opportunity.