From 1918 through 1989, the communist government of the Soviet Union promoted state atheism, banning God and the Bible in all of the countries they controlled or influenced. For the last 10 years, however, the countries of the former Soviet Union have been requesting that a non-profit group, Eastern European Mission (EEM) place Bibles and biblical literature in their public schools.

How EEM Began

In 1961, six couples from Abilene Christian University in Texas moved to Vienna, Austria with the goal of setting up a base of operations for smuggling Bibles into the Soviet Union. This group of Christians printed Bibles in different languages and utilized a variety of methods to send the materials behind the Iron Curtain. In 1974, the group purchased a four story building in Vienna which was used to house two large presses on the ground floor and was utilized as a church, offices and an apartment for the missionaries.

By the time the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, millions of Bibles had been smuggled into the Soviet Union. At that time, EEM expanded their printing operations to include local print shops inside the disbanded Soviet Union; by 2007, they were using 16 different locations. This not only gave the organization more flexibility and saved money but helped the local economies, too.

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