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Storyteller · Speaker · Writer · Teacher
Paul Estabrooks is a veteran international worker with a deep concern for Christians in restricted countries. He has completed more than thirty-eight years of ministry among persecuted Christians with Open Doors International.
Paul is a story-teller and loves to share the joys and triumphs as well as the challenges of members of the part of the body we call the Persecuted Church. Over the past thirty-five years he has distributes Bibles, brought encouragement, training and other assistance to Christians living in areas where they are persecuted or are restricted in living out or sharing their faith…encouraging them to reach out to others around them.
It was during the years of considerable travel throughout Asia for FEBC in the 1970s, that he developed an awareness and concern for Christians in spiritually needy countries like China, Russia, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Burma.
He was the project coordinator for the delivery of one million Chinese Bibles (232 tons) to Shantou, China in one night — June 18, 1981 — called Project Pearl. TIME magazine called it “Risky Rendezvous in Swatow,” but he says, “for me, it was the most exciting night of my life! The subsequent testimonies of Chinese people who received those Bibles suggest it was also the most significant activity of my life…as well as for the other nineteen men on the team.” This project is the subject of one of his books and a DVD documentary. He also served Open Doors for three years as Southeast Asia Coordinator—based in Singapore—as well as the first full-time Director for Open Doors Canada for five years (1986-1991).
Paul is the author of twelve books and a number of booklets… most on Amazon. One is a major training manual used around the world in more than 50 languages titled STANDING STRONG THROUGH THE STORM (SSTS). His latest volumes are AROUND THE WORLD IN FORTY DAYS, LIVING LIKE A LAMB AMONG 21ST CENTURY WOLVES: Balancing Grace and Truth, ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA, NIGHT OF A MILLION MIRACLES: The Inside Story of Project Pearl and DAILY INSPIRATION FROM THE LION’S DEN: Devotionals to help you Stand Strong Through The Storm.
LIVING LIKE A LAMB AMONG 21ST CENTURY WOLVES
Qualities that enable us to be like Jesus – “full of grace and truth.”
Paul has led mission trips to Asia for many years. In the summer of 2010, he led a team of sixteen on a prayer walk to North-east China and North Korea.
As a representative of Open Doors, he has visited Christians in restricted countries as diverse as Cuba, Tibet, Iraq, China, Bhutan, Mongolia, Iran, India, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. He has shared his experiences of meeting Persecuted Christians with numerous audiences in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South and North America. He also chairs the board of HOPE Outreach of Canada, assisting ministries in the Holy Land and visits that region every year.
He co-teaches “Standing Strong Through The Storm” (SSTS) seminars internationally as well as a seminary-level course titled “Theology of Persecution and Discipleship” (TOPAD). In North America, he also teaches a 1-day SSTS seminar that shares the biblical principles learned from the Persecuted Church.
Estabrooks graduated from Tyndale University (LCBM – London, Ontario) in 1966 with a Bachelor of Theology honours degree. He later received a Bachelor and Master of Arts (with distinction) from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan majoring in Mass Communications. In 2016, Tyndale University selected him as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year!
He and his wife, Dianne, have been married for sixty years. They have three grown married children, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. They make their home in London, Ontario, Canada.
Tel: 1-519-473-4267
E-Mail: paule@rogers.com
MUSIC
MAMAZ BOYZ
My three younger brothers and I sang accapella quartet even before we were teenagers. In the year 2003, after our father’s passing, we recorded a personal CD for our dear Mother (pictured here) who lived alone at the time. It was titled: MAMAZ BOYZ. Below are the thirteen tracks from that CD.