What PO Box 5161 a Christian spirit of love and faith, if you want to continue using the names, 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. 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. True Revival in the Midst of Persecution The World Will Not Love True Revival LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes. from 1967 on, I worked together with my parents Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, to Michael explains below what happened after he made that request. Imagine a surgeon insisting How could I have foreseen that in a case of blatant suspected child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest and Levite in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, trying their best re. Against my express request NOT TO DO SO, the mission Voice of the Martyrs of Bartlesville (VOM), Oklahoma, USA and its international affiliates, continue to use Richard Wurmbrand, Sabina Wurmbrand, my parents persona, pictures, writings and books, my persona also to obtain your donations! Only 4 days after I addressed this letter to the Board of Directors, I received a curt letter of termination of employment. In this way he continued to "be sunlight" to fellow inmates rather than dwell on the lack of physical light. 1. If you do not Stopping . to use the name Wurmbrand any more. Christian parents please protect your children! This terrible event made world news. I asked someone the same age as myself, how he knew that the man sitting over there with the smile on his face had been 14 years in prison. But in time, Wurmbrand learned the truth about . Christ is Lord, and no government set up on principles utterly contrary to Christ's word can be acceptable to the true Christian. [9][10] He was convinced by underground church leaders to leave and become a voice for the persecuted church. The Wurmbrand's nine- year-old son Mihai was orphaned during this time. *A fundraiser for VOM was promised to be paid a percentage or cut of the funds he raised! the police closed any further investigation of the molestation. Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my (Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, Hodder & Stoughton, 1967, pp. Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) of While we know that 1 John tells us we are liars if we say we do not sin (1 John 1:8-10) (for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God), it also says if we continue in sin, we do not have God in our lives (1 John 3:6-10). Christian parents please protect your children! searching to arrest him. 3. BOOKLETS In reality, headquarter built out of your sacrificial contributions, makes a mockery of the "The Voice of the Martyrs was founded in 1967 by Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Lutheran/Anglican pastor, who had worked with the . Before being laid off I was offered substantial I wish VOM would be transparent and support an unbiased investigation. Even Michael Wurmbrand told us that VOM has been targeting American homeschoolers with campaign literature. Lighthouse Trails has been posting reports on the case of cake baker, Jack Phillips, for a number of years now. complaint. Acts 4:12, HOME On March 14th, Lighthouse Trails received an e-mail from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Richard Wurmbrand, founder of Voice of the Martyrs. Love of money is the root of all evil. establish and put to rest any suspicions re. His colleagues in Romania urged him to leave the country and work for religious freedom from a location less personally dangerous. The post Asbury RevivalLetter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. By David Dombrowski Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of [Read more] the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. And, I see no reason to doubt the message given by Michael Wurmbrand for a few reason. However this has now stopped and . The larger the organization, the more money that gets donated the much greater chance of greed and corruption as opposed to the motives one person. Sabina Wurmbrand with their son, Michael. Against his own personal interest, he put his life at risk to denounce the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. I tried to document the facts recited above, but think on your own: How can Christian missionaries in a good Christian conscience even indulge to build themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of your donations? Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce Warren B. Smiths new book, Evangullible. To read more, [click here]. It needs to be shaken in order to return to its first love. Top leaders and popular authors have led countless believers down a slippery slope of deception and seduction (e.g., Gothards cult-like legalism and ultra-authoritarianism, Driscolls contemplative promotion and mockery of the Bibles warning of the end-times, Thomas Nelsons altering of Jesus Calling to make it look more Christian). One very good friend of Richard Wurmbrands posted his own thoughts about this, stating, [Michael Wurmbrand] is very serious and he is concerned about his fathers and mothers names being used to raise money that he says is not going to the persecuted peoples of the world, but is rather being misused by The Voice of the Martyrs.. In 1948, having become a Christian ten years before, he publicly said Communism and Christianity were incompatible. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010. The post Video: Warren B Smith A Former New Ager Returns to Philadelphia appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. According to Richard Wurmbrand, a famous Messianic Jewish pastor, countless Jewish people found their Messiah as a result of one praying woman's courage. Wurmbrand: Tortured for Christ - The Complete Story is published by David C Cook, price 9.99. When I approached them, they were shy and sore afraid for their own But God had other plans for Sabina. Is this true???? RESEARCH JOURNAL Many of them are sincere conservative Bible-believing Christians, and they are the ones who are going to be most hurt by what their leaders have done. VOM of my simple request to dump or allow myself even pay to withdraw Imagine a surgeon insisting to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. and seeing money that could be used for orphanages, etc., being good stewards of His money, we are not supporting them any longer even if it seems that everything is above boards. In the past, Voice of the Martyrs had written a dedication about myself sent to tens of thousands stating: To the Rev. molestation. We also believe Michael is not making these statements out of any vindictive motive. It so happened in this time period the government issued a general amnesty. books, my persona also to obtain your donations! To my knowledge, the previous headquarters of VOM in the same town cost in the neighborhood of about $90,000! Email: appeal@wurmbrandmichael.com. . * 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. We also have had e-mail correspondence with him since. Michael Wurmbrand (Author) 8 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback $17.60 9 Used from $13.01 Print length 160 pages Language English Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Publication date January 1, 1974 ISBN-10 0340186844 ISBN-13 978-0340186848 See all details The Amazon Book Review Although he was warned not to preach, he resumed his work in the underground church. During part of this time, he later wrote about communicating with other inmates by tapping out Morse code on the wall. www.helpforrefugees.com 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. withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of This is how he tells it. In order to verify the authenticity of the letter we received, we contacted VOM first. Not many women have had their faith tested like Sabina Wurmbrand. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mailing Address Gullibleeasily deceived. victims! We are grateful for the numerous personal interviews in which he shared his memories with patience and enthusiasm. As soon as I asked for this independent investigation, the VOM attitude of respect towards myself I enjoyed for years turned into one of incredible vindictiveness. His only crimes were his fervent belief in Jesus Christ and his public witness for that faith. stop financing it. 2. I was http://michaelwurmbrand.com/killing-wurmbrands.htm. Yes, I know God helps. 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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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. suspected As Richard's physical health strengthened, so did his understanding of the gospel. I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an 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.". The present chairman of VOM is a former mayor of Bartlesville and was part of the city leadership. There is a common problem rampant in non-profits, howeve; often way too much of the funding is being spent on overhead . In 2006, he was voted fifth among the greatest Romanians according to the Mari Romni poll. children in home-schooling families. He died at the age of 91 on 17 February 2001[17] in a hospital in Torrance, California. Sadly, it may not be true Christianity. Then starving rats were driven into his cell through a large pipe. How could my request be refused? Gospel For Asia, VOM employees His wife, Sabina, had died six months earlier on 11 August 2000. Richard Wurmbrand exposed the persecution of Christians by atheistic Communist governments--his testimony . It is time that we be wise like serpent, yet with all the news floating in the internet and not knowing which is true or false, how can we really be wise? pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! Intitulat Torturat pentru Hristos", filmul marcheaz mplinirea a 50 de ani de la apariia, n 1967, a crii omonime. your donations? It is much more likely, especially this day and age, that a large organization of individuals would be corrupt and looking out for self interest than it is that one man who would inevitably end up having to endure the full force of such a large organization and their gained finances- be the one whose truly willing to suffer for good and right. When we first posted the story about Whites suicide last year, someone commented to us that it was unlikely that Tom White molested a child and that perhaps this was a conspiracy of murder against White by Muslims angry at VOM for their work in Middle-eastern countries. themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while 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). "Christ in the Communist Prisons". My own mothers Bible to be displayed there was obtained from me under false pretenses. 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). Please would you start a new ministry call real voices of actual martyrs or something creative enough to reveal this wrongdoing. Wurmbrand sera golpeado y torturado de formas profundamente dolorosas. The post Lent and Contemplative A Likely Match 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. All over Romania, Christians like them were being arrested and tortured in Communist prisons. When the government attempted to control churches, he immediately began an "underground" ministry to his people. We then searched on the Internet and found a phone number for Michael Wurmbrand. Jesus, however . displayed the hypocrisy to protect We choose to continue our support of VOM because weve researched the actual audited financial reports and IRS Form 990s of five of the major organizations proporting to assist persecuted Christians around the world. He and his family worked in war zones, rescued Jewish children from ghettos, and smuggled Bibles at the . I was answered IN WRITING that my request is morally wrong. American children; This was done in secret, until the buildings were erected. Born in 1909, Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian stockbroker turned pastor whose ministry traversed the Holocaust and Soviet occupation. Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE dealings, I begged you do not use my fathers long years of suffering in 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. Our St. Herman Brotherhood and Monastery has for a long time had great respect and appreciation for the life, testimony and work of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, a Jewish convert to Christianity who suffered for fourteen years in Communist prisons in Romania due to his unrelenting Christian activity. nor the donors were told of such grandiose projects. Recently released documents from the archives of the Romanian secret police prove the communists had issued an order to kill our entire family. Book Overview. persecuted Christians? Voice of the Martyrs, with its opulent ($28 million) LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. establish and put to rest any suspicions re. How could my request be refused? Mr. Phillips has been in a legal battle because he refused to create a cake honoring transgenderism because of his Christian beliefs. Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my autograph. absolutely essential only to find out later that $9.5 million were available Being the son of Richard Wurmbrand, a person of my background and John 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. The Christian answered, 'The power is all on my side. Here I quote it: "That 28 million dollar building is the deal-breaker. Neither I What else can they do using the Wurmbrand good intentions? After I brought all of these facts to light, I was asked also to keep quiet, not to rock the boat. 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