Wurmbrand's legacy - Voice of the Martyrs When they were miraculously released, the Wurmbrands started an organisation, now called Voice of the Martyrs, which exists to share the gospel where it is banned, and support persecuted believers across the world, helping them to love their enemies. LTRP Note: We urge readers of this article to contact Voice of the Martyrs and beseech them to allow an independent investigation in order that other children connected to VOM may be protected. [11] He devoted the rest of his life to this effort, despite warnings and death threats. Only 4 days after I addressed this letter to the Board of Merv, the co-founder of VOM Australia, shares this week stories of the Wurmbrands, how they ministered both under persecution and after coming to the free world, and some of the challenges . Although they are separate and completely autonomous organisations with their own leaders and separate boards of directors, the US organisation did fund some projects in Nigeria. They now realize that Gothards teachings were wrong; sadly, rather than finding what true biblical Christianity is, many will merely turn to another extreme and perhaps even away from God all together, blaming Him for what man has done. When I was only a child, the communists forcefully took away my parents to communist prisons. a Christian spirit of love and faith, if you want to continue using the names, Pursued by Sigurana Statului (the secret police), he was arrested and held in Doftana prison. Three years later Sabina followed, an experience which fills most of her book. 1. How could I have foreseen that in a case of blatant suspected Richard Wurmbrand exposed the persecution of Christians by atheistic Communist governments--his testimony . Between hammer and sickle Paperback - January 1, 1973 by Michael Wurmbrand (Author) 8 ratings Paperback from $49.83 3 Used from $49.83 1 New from $49.99 Print length 172 pages Language English Publisher Tyndale House Publication date January 1, 1973 ISBN-10 0340149892 ISBN-13 978-0340149898 See all details The Amazon Book Review 48,49, bold emphasis mine) Richard Wurmbrand Smears The Holy Image of a Christian. Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open. The police chief and the former mayor of the town of Bartlesville, OK. were personally serving on the Board of Directors of Voice of the Martyrs. Our booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own personal use. At times he stole to eat. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. over 85 languages. As we have examined the facts that we have been able to obtain (including the testimony by Michael Wurmbrand to us by phone where he told us he knew the family, as well as a pastor who spoke with the father of the girl and posted the account online and who stated: there is no doubt the abuse occurred), we have no reason to doubt that the allegations are legitimate. If you still want to help projects started by my parents, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, now hanging in the air, please help me reclaim my parents and my family name. while some may say Should we not still support Vom for the part of them that do good ? In 1944, when the Soviet Union occupied Romania as the first step to establishing a communist regime, Wurmbrand began a ministry to his Romanian countrymen and to Red Army soldiers; the Socialist Republic of Romania had a doctrine of state atheism. autograph. Third, as we witness various Christian organizations being exposed for sexual, financial, and other scandals (such as the recent allegations by over thirty women against Bill Gothard, the serious plagiarism by Mark Driscoll, the demise of Vision Forum (a major player in homeschooling resources, and so forth), two things come to our mind: First, the secular media is using these stories to make it look like this is how most fundamentalist conservative Christians behave. Below In this way he continued to "be sunlight" to fellow inmates rather than dwell on the lack of physical light. want to accept an independent investigation and complete transparency of your John the Baptist was not beheaded because he sermonized in general asking people to repent. But many of these Christian leaders are beginning to be exposed. 79 Copy quote. Short Biographical Information Documented communist plot to assassinate the Wurmbrand family and the teaching derived from it May 2015 SERMON MATERIAL [8] Sabina herself had been arrested in 1950 and spent three years in penal labour on the canal. Like the first Christians please ask: Brethren, what shall we do? (Book of Acts 2:37) You may write to me at the address below. This confinement was in a cell twelve feet underground, with no lights or windows. To spite me, the book showing Toms picture continued to be widely advertised and even offered for free for 6 more months following Toms suicide. His wife, Sabina, had died six months earlier on 11 August 2000. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand: Finishing the Race. Hard Lessons in Discernment 2. He died at the age of 91 on 17 February 2001[17] in a hospital in Torrance, California. promise to keep correspondence private only displayed the hypocrisy to protect displayed the hypocrisy to protect Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years in the communist prisons of Romania, author of the book Tortured For Christ, a book of valiant Christian testimony under communist persecution that has been translated in over 85 languages. We also believe Michael is not making these statements out of any vindictive motive. withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of Gullibleeasily deceived. [7] During his second imprisonment, his wife Sabina was given official news of his death, which she did not believe. Being the son of Richard Wurmbrand, a person of my background and position could have more inside information than I can discuss publicly. With Raluca Botez, Emil Mandanac, Gabriel Costin, Adrian Titieni. Our hope for these ministries is that they would walk in repentance and godliness just as God has called all Christians to do so. VOM published even how within months of our arrival in the United States, But in time, Wurmbrand learned the truth about . sacrifice of persecuted Christians like my parents. Wurmbrand we try to solve with prayer and mediation! OUR WEBSITES. My parents Christian life-vision has been misused by Voice of the Martyrs. It was a story about a Cistercian monk, which is an order in the Catholic Church that is always quiet. New Booklet: How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations autograph. Missionary Organizations). He was arrested again in 1959 and sentenced to 25 years. It was raised in the following year to the value of about 2 tanks of gas/month worth of help only because I wrote feet of email messages and renounced a total of over $100,000 of my salary over four years (I accepted being paid only $500/month!) My parents died in 2000-2001. organizations endorsing Voice of the Martyrs have interrelated employees and Imagine a surgeon insisting to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. * Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) spent $28 million dollars not on the mission field but to build its own headquarter thus in economic times difficult for us all, encouraging construction in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA, a town of only about 32,000. ". investigation in the famous legal action in England of Jimmy Saville, the BBC *A fundraiser for VOM was promised to be paid a percentage or cut of the funds he raised! Copyright 2002-2023. Richard . Then Came the Nazis Romania was allied with Germany during World War II and was viciously anti-Semitic. [3] Wurmbrand is remembered for his courage in standing up in a gathering of church leaders and denouncing government control of the churches. OK. (Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, Hodder & Stoughton, 1967, pp. In prison, Wurmbrand was repeatedly tortured. to communist prisons. VOM employees therefore for an independent investigation! [4] He was arrested on 29 February 1948, while on his way to a Divine Service.[5]. I read it. Already Lighthouse Trails has heard from many believers who have repented after being deceived by the Jesus of Jesus Calling. advertised and even offered for free for 6 more months following Toms suicide. In the last 4 years, the state of Arizona, for instance, failed to investigate 6,000 cases of children molestation. He couldn't sleep, but had to defend himself all the time. Voice of the Martyrs headquarters in Bartlesville, OK. * This was done in secret, until the buildings were erected. absolutely essential only to find out later that $9.5 million were available At the time of his committing suicide, Tom White had a $140,000+, plus perks, yearly salary and very substantial travel and expense accounts used in his extensive and frequent international travel year after year. Michael Wurmbrand, who has lived his life in a fishbowl among both friends and enemies, and has done so with dignity to the glory of God. The Wurmbrand's nine- year-old son Mihai was orphaned during this time. Pedophilia is a horrific crime and if there are more children that need protection or healing, or if there is any way an investigation would prevent an act of pedophilia from occurring to someone else, or even if it would give one girl closure, we should by all means enthusiastically encourage such an investigation. For more than 25 years of a ministry that spanned almost three-quarters of a centurywhether free or imprisoned; through peace, war, and unspeakable tortureRichard Wurmbrand kept firm on that goal. I do not want to allow VOM to use my parents good name, to raise money under false pretenses. Michael (Mihai) Wurmbrand as a young boy with his parents. After our phone call with him, we were convinced that this letter below is indeed from Richard Wurmbrands son. We do have a concern in the midst of these kingdoms crumbling and that is for the Christians who have been followers of these organizations. As an adolescent, he was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. The post New Medical Codes for COVID Vaccination Status Raise Concerns Among Experts appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. Against his own personal interest, he put his life at risk to denounce the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. He later recounted that he maintained his sanity by sleeping during the day, staying awake at night, and exercising his mind and soul by composing and then delivering a sermon each night. repent. A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ". How could my request be refused? Merv Knight is one of the longest-serving members of VOM's worldwide family, having met VOM founder Richard Wurmbrand on the first day of August in 1969. Gospel For Asia, Richard Wurmbrand, the youngest of a poor Romanian Jewish dentist's four sons, was born in Bucharest on March 24, 1909. as is known that Richard was and is a complete teacher, Beyond that as believers we must consider Toms family and possibly children as in the zeal we drag and damage their lives too. Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ 3 likes Like "The following is one of the oldest sermon illustrations used in the Christian church. Wurmbrand: Tortured for Christ - The Complete Story is published by David C Cook, price 9.99. than 600 pedophilia complaints after Saville died. Its 440-622-6611, This was truly disturbing information. for this independent investigation, the VOM attitude of respect towards myself I Imagine a surgeon insisting from 1967 on, I worked together with my parents Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, to If you do not want to accept an independent investigation and complete transparency of your dealings, I begged you do not use my fathers long years of suffering in communist prisons and the intense suffering of his whole family to raise money from naive donors. I was written by VOM, when asking help for formerly persecuted Christians under communism, now in their 90s, we are technically out of money!there will be NO check requests approved for anything other than absolutely essential only to find out later that $9.5 million were available not for mission work, but for construction work in Oklahoma (see above link). VOM of my simple request to dump or allow myself even pay to withdraw Love of money is the root of all evil. suspected pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! VOM published even how within months of our arrival in the United States, from 1967 on, I worked together with my parents Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, to start what is now Voice of the Martyrs. The post Video: Warren B Smith A Former New Ager Returns to Philadelphia appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. " Not all of us are called to die a martyr's death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and love to the very end as these martyrs had. Early history [ edit] The Voice of the Martyrs was founded in 1967 under the name "Jesus to the Communist World" by Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Lutheran priest of Jewish descent, who had worked with the underground church in Romania after it was taken over in 1944 by the USSR, which held a policy of state atheism and implemented antireligious . And it was just recently that a major homeschool curriculum CEO (from Vision Forum) stepped down after admitting to an extra-marital affair. If you do not I was written by VOM, when asking help for formerly (Indeed the Gospel of John 12:6 writes: This he said, not that he cared for the poor, BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A THIEF!). had written a dedication about myself sent Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Michael Wurmbrand, I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM. repent. Before being laid off I was offered substantial contractual financial incentives not to badmouth VOM. Two years later, they began following Jesus as the Messiah. What I am mortified! immediately from the VOM circulation advertising, about 2,000 copies of For more than 25 years of a ministry that spanned almost three-quarters of a centurywhether free or imprisoned; through peace, war, and unspeakable tortureRichard Wurmbrand kept firm on that goal. But if perchance You exist, which I contest, it is not my duty to believe in You; it is Your duty to reveal Yourself to me.". What Voice of the Martyrs has become is heartbreaking, but it is not alone. Not many women have had their faith tested like Sabina Wurmbrand. published for years a specially Wycliffe Bible Translators, Sadly, it may not be true Christianity. pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! I could also see in our persecutors. For example, millions of homeschool families have sought out the teachings of Bill Gothard. In April 1967, the Wurmbrands formed Jesus to the Communist world, later renamed Voice of the Martyrs, an interdenominational organisation working initially with and for persecuted Christians in Communist countries, but later expanding its activities to help persecuted believers in other places, especially in the Muslim world. child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest had respect for Richard Wurmbrand, my father, please send this letter to all Soviet newspapers [Read more] Because Lighthouse Trails is a research ministry, it does at times post news stories from both religious and secular sources. Mrs. Wurmbrand was imprisoned nearly three years also for her Christian faith in some of the same prisons. We are grateful for the numerous personal interviews in For example, he later recounted having the soles of his feet beaten until the flesh was torn off, then the next day beaten again to the bone, claiming there were not words to describe that pain. 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