THE FILM
Anderson's Mission documentary is produced by Shur Film Production. This film is dedicated to the life and work of an amazing person and citizen and founder of YMCA Press Paul B. Anderson.
The release of the film coincides with the 125th anniversary of the birth of P.B. Anderson.
THE FACTS
Paul B. Anderson 27 Dec 1894, Madrid, Iowa
Paul Anderson spent his 48-year career working with the YMCAs International Committee. He lived in Russia during the overthrow of the Czar and subsequent attempts to establish a democratic government. He spent four years in Germany before moving to Paris in 1921, where he provided leadership to the Russian language YMCA Press for twenty-six years. The Press published over 400 titles, including Russian Orthodox theologians, scholarly works related to Communism, and the original Russian text of three of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novels.
Anderson returned to New York in 1947 to serve as the Associate Executive Secretary for World Service until his retirement in 1961. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor with Palms and the Officer of the British Empire in recognition of his WWII service in Europe.
THE MISSION
The boy lived in America in a simple Christian family.
And the boy met the Word in the Book of Books, and the boy wrote this Word on his heart:
"Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter." (Proverbs 24:11)
And the boy became an adult and dedicated his life to saving the doomed.
He said as he went through life: “There is no field on earth more humane than the salvation of the doomed,” and he added, “this is the Spirit and purpose of my country.”
In the furious and cruel events of the early 20th century, Paul Anderson was in the first detachments of saviors.
The cry of despair from distant Russia was heard by the Christian missionary Paul Anderson, the cry of the doomed from the abyss, where the red demons plentifully harvested ruined lives, tore the soul of the people, humiliating and killing the thousand-year traditions of culture and religion, where the Holy Spirit left the Temple of God.
Paul Anderson was one of those Christian missionaries who fearlessly took responsibility for the activities of the spiritual mission of the YMCA, who did not let the lifeless body of Russia die completely, who kindled the light of hope and redemption, who instilled confidence in the Revival and healing of the people and made an invaluable contribution to the destruction of the iron dictate of Satan in the Soviet Union.
In our rapidly rushing days among the waves in the ocean of phenomena and events, the pillars with the names of heroes rise unshakably and powerfully over time and the world, who create human civilization and proclaim: "SAVING THE TAKEN TO DEATH!".
One of these great names is the name of the American missionary to whom our film "PAUL ANDERSON'S MISSION" is dedicated.