New Open Doors
When the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, DPM already had access to millions of previously unreached people. They had been broadcasting into Russia in faith, even though there was no feedback. Suddenly with the fall of the curtain a flood of letters came in.
At this time, a young Dutchman who was already working in Eastern Europe, opened DPM's outreach office for Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union). He and his coworkers met hundreds of pastors and young Christians who had heard the radio broadcast and were hungry for more of Derek's teaching. Book translations were immediately begun and, since then, one and a half million books have been printed in Russian and the other languages of Eastern Europe.
At the same time the Video Bible School was developed using Derek's 'Laying the Foundation' (a ten-video series containing a condensed version of The Spirit-filled Believer's Handbook), and more than twenty hours of his other foundational teaching.
 In May 1993 DPM held a conference in Moscow for a thousand leaders from as far away as Magadan, which is north of Japan. Derek brought his basic teaching: the cross, release from the curse, deliverance from demons, and the baptism in the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts. In addition, much reconciliation took place between representatives of different people groups as well as healing of deep wounds caused by life under a repressive regime.
Derek said,
The worship was in a totally different class from anything I have ever experienced. The people were so enthusiastic! They would sing 'Jesus Christ is Lord' twenty times. They were so hungry for the Word of God. What a privilege to teach people like that!
In the year following, thirty-four Bible schools were started in the CIS. One year later, Derek and Ruth were in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in Central Asia for a similar conference for people from the southern republics of the CIS.
Derek traces all this back to a sabbatical in 1990, when he said to God:
I give it all over to You, Lord Ð every book, every audio cassette, every video, every radio broadcast Ð everything I have produced or will produce. It is no longer mine. I leave it in Your hands to do whatever You want to do with it.
Since that time, the outreach of the ministry has increased in an unparalleled way.
Another example is Indonesia. Since 1990 DPM has published more than three hundred thousand copies of Derek's books in more than thirty titles. His teaching cassettes are being duplicated and distributed in Indonesia, and a translation of the radio broadcast is being planned.
Another rapidly growing work is in India, where twelve books have been translated into Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and some minority languages. The current project is for hundreds of thousands of books to be produced and distributed by Indian coworkers in major cities and surrounding nations.
Doors have opened in dramatic ways to distribute Derek's material in Spanish throughout Latin America. In 1995, DPM began printing, legally, in Cuba, on government printing presses! Derek and Ruth ministered there for the first time at the end of 1996. They also participated in a large conference in Bogota, Colombia, in 1997 where hundreds came to the Lord. Sixteen of Derek's books have been produced in Spanish, as well as thousands of cassettes. DPM has distributors in Costa Rica, Cuba, Venezuela and other Latin American nations. Books are also being produced in Brazilian Portuguese.
The door to the Middle East is opening wider. Conferences were held in Turkey in 1995 and Bahrain in 1996. Derek's Arabic radio program reaches the whole Middle East from both the Seychelles and Lebanon. Six new books in Arabic are being widely circulated.
DPM began a new venture in June 1997 with a Video Conference in Belarus, a republic of the former Soviet Union. The teams that provided intercession, live worship and ministry reported that the impact of Derek's teaching was just as powerful in that format as when he teaches personally.
 It is impossible to calculate the impact of the ministry in mainland China where an estimated twenty-five thousand people come to the Lord every day. In addition to radio broadcasts, many of Derek's books have been translated. To date over 6 million books have been printed inside China, but the demand outweighs the supply which is hindered only by a lack of funds.
Much increase in the ministry is due to the men who work for Derek Prince Ministries. The International Director of Derek Prince Ministries, David Selby (husband of Derek's daughter Anna), has been with Derek since 1971. In addition to the U.S. office, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, there are national offices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Each office was founded by a man who heard God's call to extend this ministry in his own nation and the harvest fields of the world. They are each governed by a board of trustees or directors, but the International Council, of which was orignally established by Derek, bears responsibility for worldwide coordination and planning.
The vision of DPM is summed up in its motto: Reaching the Unreached - Teaching the Untaught!
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