), and to ignore these important issues is wrong, especially in view of the acceleration of worldwide spiritual deception happening today. Wurmbrand was released from his first imprisonment in 1956, after eight and a half years. I think its very helpful that Amelia Coleman pointed out that, according to IRS Form 990s VOM spent 64% of its 2016 income oqn foreign projects, and that this is actually a high percentage. themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while The Man Who Came Back - Richard Wurmbrand - 1974 . Despite the danger, some Christians continued to meet together. The evangelical/Protestant church is in big trouble. commission to investigate within the next two months, back at least two years, My parents died in 2000-2001. Against his own personal interest, he put his life at risk to denounce the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. It is sad that they are not willing to have an independent investigation just to show that they are above reproach, if they are. 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. letter now for more than two years, has not been answered! His wife, Sabina, was imprisoned for three years, including months in a labor camp on the Danube Canal. Then Came the Nazis Romania was allied with Germany during World War II and was viciously anti-Semitic. But in time, Wurmbrand learned the truth about . ByGeorgi P. Vins(Pastor in USSR who spent 8 years in Soviet prison camps for his faith | Author ofThe Gospel in Bonds) Revival At the beginning of the 1960s, the Lord sent a spiritual revival among the Evangelical Baptists1 of the Soviet Union. patient has any use for such a surgeon? had a case of suspected pedophilia and a suicide because of it in its midst, and Consider how grave it is to allow your children to trust and be reached by a missionary organization having had a case of suspected pedophilia and a suicide because of it in its midst, and then terminating me, its founder so as not to have to respond to a request for an independent investigation of possible child molestation. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are observing Lent. Wurmbrand was released from his first imprisonment in 1956, after eight and a half years. My letter now for more than a year, has not been answered! What about missionary outreach to poor [8] Sabina herself had been arrested in 1950 and spent three years in penal labour on the canal. Second, if indeed Michaels statements are true (and we have no reason or evidence to doubt they are), then in all fairness, the body of Christ needs to know these things.There have been other concerns about VOM (ecumenism, Catholic sympathies, contemplative, etc. the Baptist was not beheaded because he sermonized in general asking people to No one ever invited him to a party. Wurmbrand: Tortured for Christ - The Complete Story is published by David C Cook, price 9.99. to communist prisons. ABOUT US True the apostles were a group, but the group was small. to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, While vacationing in the mountains of Romania that year, they converted to the Christian faith and joined the Anglican Mission Church upon returning home. Wurmbrand was ordained twicefirst as an Anglican, then, after World War II, as a Lutheran priest. When I approached them, they were shy and sore afraid for their own The post New Booklet: How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. Richard Wurmbrand (n.24 martie 1909, Bucureti - d. 17 februarie 2001, Torrance, statul California) a fost un predicator cretin luteran.. Nscut la Bucureti, ntr-o familie de evrei, Wurmbrand a fost atras de comunism n perioada copilriei, a urmat cursurile unei coli politice la Moscova, ntre 1927 i 1929, apoi a abandonat orientarea comunist, s-a convertit la cretinism . Evangullibleeasily deceived by teachings that contradict the Gospel of Jesus [Read more] When the government attempted to control the . When he was nine years old, his father died. A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ". your donations? committing suicide, Tom White had a $140,000+, plus perks, yearly salary and My parents Christian life-vision has been misused by Voice of the Martyrs. interests to insist my letter be answered. How could my request be refused? minister, I can only beg you to share this letter with your congregation. suffering to donate to Voice of the Martyrs or its international affiliates in pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while Against his own personal interest, he put his life at risk to denounce repent. over 85 languages. VOM published even how within months of our arrival in the United States, I worked with VOM from Los Angeles, California, USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. Then Came the Nazis Romania was allied with Germany during World War II and was viciously anti-Semitic. We left our question but did not receive a call back as of the writing of this article. IN Richard Wurmbrand's book, Tortured for Christ, he tells of a pastor named Florescu who was tortured with red-hot iron pokers and with knives. In 1964, Richard was released from jail and spread God's Word amid threats that he shouldn't preach. He is widely recognized as one of the country's greatest . 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 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. 3. The worst vindictive act towards myself though was the refusal on the part of VOM of my simple request to dump or allow myself even pay to withdraw immediately from the VOM circulation advertising, about 2,000 copies of Tortured For Christ, my fathers book, published by VOM with a preface by, and having right in the middle, a portrait of Tom White, the past chairman who had committed suicide after the police-filed accusation of suspected pedophilia. After our phone call with him, we were convinced that this letter below is indeed from Richard Wurmbrands son. Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE If you are a minister, I can only beg you to share this letter with your congregation. know apparently better than the . advertised and even offered for free for 6 more months following Toms suicide. How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations by T.A. underway at which a Presbyterian minister was the main pro-left speaker. He stated that his physical torture included mutilation, burning and being locked in a large frozen icebox. In his younger years, Wurmbrand was an atheist. published for years a specially Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my Sorry, whether you like it or not, this unpleasant event that happened to VOM with its Chairman during twenty years cannot be dispensed with as just a family affair or an unfortunate sudden decision. And it was just recently that a major homeschool curriculum CEO (from Vision Forum) stepped down after admitting to an extra-marital affair. This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Rev. but rather in an amiable way by fulfilling only one request for the board to decide and approve: Please allow and pay for an independent blue ribbon commission to investigate within the next two months, back at least two years, all Tom Whites travel points, contacts and especially financial expenditures to establish and put to rest any suspicions re. . The betrayer of Lord Jesus, Judas, We contacted Richard Wurmbrand, the founder's son, (Editors note: they actually contacted Michael Wurmbrand, Richard's son.) very substantial travel and expense accounts used in his extensive and frequent start what is now Voice of the Martyrs. Alone With God: New Sermons from Solitary Confinement, "Underground Evangelism: Missions During the Cold War", Richard & Sabina Wurmbrand Official Web Page Approved by the Wurmbrands, English & Romanian Richard & Sabina Wurmbrand facebook, Tortured for Christ: A Celebration of Richard Wurmbrand's Life One Hundred Years After His Birth, Mother's Day sermon (French). The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. persona and copyrights of my parents, I ask first that you do not try to Christians who were in the know could not believe how it was possible. Weve noticed the same thing in business. His body bore the scars of physical torture for the rest of his life. 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. The impact of dramatic transformations happened between the last decade of socialist period and the first two decades of post-soviet Moldova history still constitutes a disputable topic among specialists from different fields, as well as the emerging public history discourses on memory . There was no sound because even the guards wore felt on the soles of their shoes. My parents died with a good name. But God had other plans for Sabina. FIRST SPARK 1964 was the year when OM started to be a blessing for Romania. This confinement was in a cell twelve feet underground, with no lights or windows. Wurmbrand preached in caves and bomb shelters and to congregations hidden deep within the Romanian forests. There was little resistance. According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. 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. with its Chairman during twenty years cannot be dispensed with as just "a family 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. In order to verify the authenticity of the letter we received, we contacted VOM first. Our hope for these ministries is that they would walk in repentance and godliness just as God has called all Christians to do so. 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 . oppressors. Michael Wurmbrand, who has lived his your donations? would be some joke. I asked McMahon is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. dead to me.". In this way he continued to "be sunlight" to fellow inmates rather than dwell on the lack of physical light. child molestation. After spending time in Norway and England, he and his wife Sabina, who had also been imprisoned, emigrated to America and dedicated the rest of their lives to publicizing and helping Christians who are persecuted for their beliefs. His successor Tom White was a pedophile who committed suicide in 2012 at the Voice of the Martyrs compound in Bartlesville, Oklahoma when the police was about to arrest him for having sexually abused a 10-year-old girl. To read more on the VOM claims of pretended lack of money, [click here]. The post Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. 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! suspected pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! from naive donors. Some of the Email: [email protected]. Michael Wurmbrand Between Hammer & Sickle Paperback - January 1, 1972 by Mihai Wurmbrand (Author) 8 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback $6.67 18 Used from $3.41 Print length 172 pages Language English Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Publication date January 1, 1972 ISBN-10 0340149892 ISBN-13 978-0340149898 See all details YWAM, children program head while alive, started with only 2 cases BUT there were more He was locked in a solitary cell and assigned as 'Prisoner Number 1'. As they learn that their leader has been sexually assaulting young girls for the past number of decades, will these dear families swing to the opposite of the pendulum and enter the emerging/new spirituality? www.michaelwurmbrand.com. all Tom Whites travel points, contacts and especially financial expenditures to Wallenberg served as Sweden's special envoy in Hungary in the closing stages of World War II, helping to save thousands of Jews. Richard's plans for suicide were suddenly thwarted. 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 " A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for. Remember, Christ tells us, the way is narrow and there are few who find it. Richard Wurmbrand has also impacted me through a story that he told. I should be entitled to make such a And, 4. Below A story of transformation . I put in a Wrong phone #. 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. 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). He was arrested again in 1959 and sentenced to 25 years. Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years in the communist prisons VOM knew that during the first month my family arrived to the United States in And, I see no reason to doubt the message given by Michael Wurmbrand for a few reason. 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. But it is true that it does take time. In 1965, Western churches ransomed Wurmbrand from Rumania for $10,000. ". 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. and the former mayor of the town of Bartlesville, OK were personally serving on victims! The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. I was answered IN WRITING (by the convicted felon-embezzler who had meantime become Vice President of VOM, see above) that my request is morally wrong. Sabina: Tortured for Christ - The Nazi Years: Directed by John Grooters. promise to keep correspondence private only displayed the hypocrisy to protect We started what is now Pastor Richard Wurmbrand witnessed the invasion of the Soviet Red Army into his country of Romania in late August, 1944. victims! Bartlesville, OK 74005-0443. Michael also answers to Richard Wurmbrand, Wurmbrand Mihai Heinrich, M Wurmbrand, Michael A Wurmbrand and Michael H Wurbrand, and perhaps a couple of other names. 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. Worn down by destructive behaviors, he contracted tuberculosis. As outrageous as it sounds, considering tens of millions of dollars solicited from you, it is documented. were in the know could not believe how it was possible. to use the name Wurmbrand any more. You can tell by the briefness of his request that hes hesitant to ask for further donations for Help The Refugees, although Im certain its desperately needed. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand spent 14 years in prison because of his outspoken Christian witness and faith in Christ. This terrible event made world news. 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! Arrested for his efforts to support the underground church, Wurmbrand suffered brainwashing and severe torture for fourteen years in a hidden prison. Christian parents please protect your children! Richard Wurmbrand Kidnapped On February 29, 1948, the secret police arrested Richard while on his way to church and took him to their headquarters. the Baptist was not beheaded because he sermonized in general asking people to Neither I nor the donors were told of such grandiose projects. 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