But while God was softening Richard's heart, Sabina became more resentful and anxious by the change she saw in her husband. I have both moral and legal rights to the persona of my parents, even regarding the unauthorized use of my own name, pictures, etc. 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. Richard Wurmbrand, co-founder of The Voice of the Martyrs, led an underground Christian ministry to those who suffered under Nazi and Communist oppression in his homeland of Romania. Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE We are far indeed from charitable actions through which one sacrifices for the interests of others. When I approached them, they were shy and sore afraid for their own Torrance, CA 90510 USA NOTE: I have received today a request from my friend Michael Wurmbrand to distribute this message of his about the situation of Voice of the Martyrs US, after the suicide of its former President, Tom White, following accusations of pedophilia.. Dear sisters and brethren in Christ, This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Rev. It is hard to believe this could be done, but correspondence I display on the web (see link below), should convince you. Love of money is the root of all evil. entire Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors was worded as follows: Please allow and pay for an independent blue ribbon There once lived an ugly, hunchback dwarf. I do 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. laudatory words published of me, they also tried to badmouth me. VOMs heart is beating strong for the persecuted. We have NEVER failed witness Satans scraggly, filthy fingernail finding a heart to Pierce, hoping to stop all hearts from beating. Michael Wurmbrand. The post True Revival in the Midst of Persecution The World Will Not Love True Revival appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. His body bore the scars of physical torture for the rest of his life. Mr. Phillips has been in a legal battle because he refused to create a cake honoring transgenderism because of his Christian beliefs. The main question in the letter I wrote to the contractual financial incentives not to badmouth VOM. (Indeed the Gospel of John 12:6 writes: This he said, not that Released, the Wurmbrands immediately recommenced secret church work. Concerned with the possibility that Wurmbrand would be forced to undergo further imprisonment, the Norwegian Mission to the Jews and the Hebrew Christian Alliance negotiated with Communist authorities for his release from Romania for $10,000 (though the going rate for political prisoners was $1,900). Lighthouse Trails Publishing, Inc. personally serving on the Board of Directors, BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. 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Voice of the Christian Martyrs-Nigeria and Voice of the Martyrs-USA share historical roots, traced back to Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. The betrayer of [our] Lord Jesus, Judas, in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, was but a thief. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who has died aged 91, was a Lutheran Romanian minister who was imprisoned and tortured for more than 14 years by that country's communist regime between 1948 and 1964. Our past does influence our future in many ways. Some pathetic answers like: Do not cast the first stone, king Solomon made mistakes, we might also sin, or promise to keep correspondence private only displayed the hypocrisy to protect the flow of donations rather than any interest in protecting possible children victims! When the government attempted to control the . The post Hard Lessons in Discernment appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. investigation in the famous legal action in England of Jimmy Saville, the BBC Consider how grave it is to This is how he tells it. On the day Richard went to be baptized, in desperation she determined she would kill herself. He didn't know if his son and wife were dead or alive. In reality, VOM employees were expressly forbidden to have contact with me, so as not to lose some income and employment positions from [one of the] largest employers in Bartlesville, OK. I asked 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). He stated that his physical torture included mutilation, burning and being locked in a large frozen icebox. It is a proven fact that most child predators do not molest just one child during the course of their lifetimes. Their only son, Mihai, by then a young adult, was expelled from college-level studies at three institutions because his father was a political prisoner; an attempt to obtain permission to emigrate to Norway to avoid compulsory service in the Romanian army was unsuccessful.[8]. In the last 4 years, the The betrayer of Lord Jesus, Judas, The Bible tells us this will happen in the end times. After our phone call with him, we were convinced that this letter below is indeed from Richard Wurmbrands son. dealings, I begged you do not use my fathers long years of suffering in If you do not Wurmbrand was returned to prison, not released again until 1964. YWAM, The post Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Wurmbrand was released from his first imprisonment in 1956, after eight and a half years. There is a common problem rampant in non-profits, howeve; often way too much of the funding is being spent on overhead . a future Apostle Paul [and] the jailer in Philippi who became a convert. The post New Booklet: How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. How could I have foreseen that in a case of blatant suspected Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my His contact details are below. How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations by T.A. Yes, I know God helps. Wurmbrand and his wife (known as Bintzea to her friends) converted to Christianity in 1938 due to the witness of Christian Wolfkes, a Romanian Christian carpenter; they joined the Anglican Church's Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ UK). Here I quote it: "That 28 million dollar building is the deal-breaker. According to Michael Wurmbrand's letter, after VOM director Tom White committed suicide on the same day a police investigation was opened on allegations that White had molested a 10-year-old girl,1 Michael Wurmbrand requested that an independent investigation be conducted, especially given the fact that the Chief of Police in Bartlesville (the The investigation in the famous legal action in England of Jimmy Saville, the BBC children program head while alive, started with only 2 cases BUT there were more than 600 pedophilia complaints after Saville died. Our hope for these ministries is that they would walk in repentance and godliness just as God has called all Christians to do so. (Indeed the Gospel of John 12:6 writes: This he said, not that he cared for the poor, BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A THIEF!). Richard . Richard Wurmbrand spent fourteen years in a Romanian prison thirty feet underground. Love of money is the root of all evil. Colorado Appeals Court Rules Against Jack Phillips, Masterpiece Cakeshop in Trans Cake Case Since the suspected perpetrator was dead, There was little resistance. We also have had e-mail correspondence with him since. nor the donors were told of such grandiose projects. If you were inspired by the Wurmbrand family story of We have carefully and prayerfully considered the ramifications of posting this letter from Michael. Richard Wurmbrand has also impacted me through a story that he told. Wurmbrand travelled to Norway, England, and then the United States. 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. with less than "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name [Jesus Christ] under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." to tens of thousands stating: To the Rev. 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 . My parents died in 2000-2001. During all of that time not once did he ever see the sun, the stars, a bird or anyone besides his captors and a few prisoners. They claimed to have attended her husband's funeral. In the last 4 years, the state of Arizona, for instance, failed to investigate 6,000 cases of children molestation. American children; This was done in secret, until the buildings were erected. affair" or an unfortunate sudden decision. realized that through what Don Richardson calls "redemptive analogies," God makes a way for ALL people to understand his loving message. USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. 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. Evangelicalin, of, or according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the literal teachings of the Holy Bible. Rumania's Communists threw Richard Wurmbrand into prison in retaliation for his refusal to endorse them. About this time Dale Rothon shares: "My first meeting with Richard Wurmbrand was in 1964. I could also see in our persecutors. would be some joke. establish and put to rest any suspicions re. Some answers were outright sarcastic, as if my requesting a proper investigation regarding suspected pedophilia among Christian missionaries would be some joke. At the time of his commission to investigate within the next two months, back at least two years, just so these Christian martyrs would be helped. Thank you for such boldness. child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest * 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. Mrs. Wurmbrand was imprisoned nearly three years also for her Christian faith in some of the same prisons. Only 4 days after I addressed this letter to the Board of He died at the age of 91 on 17 February 2001[17] in a hospital in Torrance, California. Inside the $28 million Voice of the Martyrs headquarter prominently named as the Richard Wurmbrand Center, there is a Wurmbrand museum. In 1990, he and his wife returned to Romania for the first time in 25 years. and employment positions from this possibly second largest employer in Bartlesville, This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Rev. If you do not intend to accept the above request, the other decision I ask you to take is not to use the name Wurmbrand any more.. international travel year after year. child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest Some directors are related or get income from the organization. Two years later, they began following Jesus as the Messiah. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. were expressly forbidden to have contact with me, so as not to lose some income One lighthearted scene that utilized these well is where Wurmbrand's son and some friends go pester the Russian guards in the few Russian words they know . Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2010. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand of Romania experienced this kind of severe persecution first-hand when his nation fell to the Communists following World War II. . Tom White, the past Voice of the Martyrs Chairman for more than 20-years, committed suicide in April, 2012, only two to three hours after an accusation of child molestation (pedophilia) of a 10-years old girl was formally filed by her parents with the local police, and while the Bartlesville, OK. police were searching to arrest him. The main question in the letter I wrote to the entire Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors was worded as follows: In a Christian spirit of love and faith, if you want to continue using the names, persona and copyrights of my parents, I ask first that you do not try to accomplish this in an adversarial way through lawyers, etc. ABOUT US P.O. . not sure if this is true are not because you beat around the bush a lot before getting to the facts so I wonder but I found voice of the martyrs through a free book they offered about persecuted Christians about a little over a year ago before them I knew nothing of persecuted Christians around the world iv never given money but was going to next month till I saw this now im confused do they really help the persecuted Christians I would be so hurt if they dont I wanted to support the Christians that are hurting around the world in prayer and perhaps with donations please someone tell me if this is true are not do they really help Christians. 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