The police chief The present chairman of VOM is a former mayor of Bartlesville and was part of the city leadership. and having right in the middle, a portrait of Tom White, the past chairman who This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the He compiled circumstantial evidence that Karl Marx was a Satanist.[13][14]. complaint. This terrible event made world news. Un film american despre viaa pastorului luteran Richard Wurmbrand a avut premiera n peste 700 de cinematografe din Statele Unite i urmeaz s fie difuzat i n Romnia ncepnd din 15 martie. VOM published even how within months of our arrival in the United States, In order to verify the authenticity of the letter we received, we contacted VOM first. There have been individual Jews who have become believers in Yeshua as Messiah throughout Christendom and who have spread the glad tidings to gentiles - the Rumanian pastor Richard Wurmbrand is a wonderful modern example, Felix Mendelssohn the 19th century composer is another great example. 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. Top 60 Richard Wurmbrand Quotes (2023 Update) 1. persecuted Christians under communism, now in their 90s, we are technically out Already Lighthouse Trails has heard from many believers who have repented after being deceived by the Jesus of Jesus Calling. While it is not the intention of Lighthouse Trails to destroy any ministry, we cannot in good conscience push under the rug situations that come to our attention when they affect so many. from 1967 on, I worked together with my parents Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, to True Revival in the Midst of Persecution The World Will Not Love True Revival There is a common problem rampant in non-profits, howeve; often way too much of the funding is being spent on overhead . During his imprisonment, he was beaten and tortured. 79 Copy quote. 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). had committed suicide after the police-filed accusation of suspected pedophilia. which he shared his memories with patience and enthusiasm. As soon as I asked Box 443 to tens of thousands stating: To the Rev. [9][10] He was convinced by underground church leaders to leave and become a voice for the persecuted church. Eventually, Wurmbrand was a recipient of an amnesty in 1964. victims! would be some joke. Richard Wurmbrand. Though a devout Lutheran priest, Wurmbrand was highly ecumenical in that he worked with Christians of many denominations. A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ". Their leaders, like all others, will be held accountable by a just God. VOM is Pastor Richard Wurmbrand of Romania experienced this kind of severe persecution first-hand when his nation fell to the Communists following World War II. In prison, Wurmbrand was repeatedly tortured. Wurmbrand, the youngest of four boys, was born in 1909 in Bucharest in a Jewish family. 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? According to Josephus, Rome crucified 3,000 Jews in A.D. 7 alone. To my knowledge, the previous headquarters of VOM in the same town cost in the neighborhood of about $90,000! all Tom Whites travel points, contacts and especially financial expenditures to parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police I worked with VOM from Los Angeles, California, ". 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 . child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest 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 . . How could my request be refused? I tried to document the facts recited above, He was upset at first but soon grew calm, believing God would keep him alive no matter how severe the suffering ahead. 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. Stopping . Before being laid off I was offered substantial There was little resistance. Christian missionaries in a good Christian conscience even indulge to build May 8th 1988, Qubec City Canada MP3, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Wurmbrand&oldid=1136743307, American people of Romanian-Jewish descent, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2020, Articles with Romanian-language sources (ro), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 22:42. With Raluca Botez, Emil Mandanac, Gabriel Costin, Adrian Titieni. And this is why we are compelled to post articles like this letter below by Michael Wurmbrandto bring light to areas of darkness but also to defend true Christianity, to say to the world that there are believers in Christ all over the world who day after day, year after year serve the Lord faithfully, who do not molest children, do not plagiarize, do not practice the contemplative stillness in order to know God, and do not steal money or grow monstrous corporations that knock down everything in their path. minister, I can only beg you to share this letter with your congregation. Torrance, Ca. Richard Wurmbrand. 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] In 1950, his wife Sabina was also imprisoned. In 1936, Richard and Sabina met and were married. Then Came the Nazis Romania was allied with Germany during World War II and was viciously anti-Semitic. A way to stop evil is to With no apparent explanation regarding the changes, Sarah Young's publisher, Thomas . Michael explains below what happened after he made that request. "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." When returning to his mother country, Wurmbrand was already an important Comintern agent, leader, and coordinator directly paid from Moscow. 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. my fathers name not be associated with this past chairman - even if he Weve noticed the same thing in business. Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my autograph. [7] During his second imprisonment, his wife Sabina was given official news of his death, which she did not believe. I worked with VOM from Los Angeles, California, USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. RESEARCH JOURNAL In 2006, he was voted fifth among the greatest Romanians according to the Mari Romni poll. At times he stole to eat. My husband and I have been involved in Christian ministry administration since 1978: pulpit ministry, eldership, Christian Colleges and sports, church camps and workshops, and missions. According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. Christian parents please protect your children! www.michaelwurmbrand.com. What Variations of his works have been translated into more than 65 languages. We are not the only ones doing so in a spirit of deep concern. Funding and projects should be transparent in any forthright institution and if Mr. Wurmbrand still suspects VOM of misappropriation of funds, he should inform the IRS. themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while I was answered IN WRITING that my request is morally wrong. Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, I got the letter in the mail today. LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Despite the danger, some Christians continued to meet together. Love of money is the root of all evil. What about missionary outreach to poor persecuted Christians? Voice of the Martyrs, with its opulent ($28 million) headquarter built out of your sacrificial contributions, makes a mockery of the sacrifice of persecuted Christians like my parents. FIRST SPARK 1964 was the year when OM started to be a blessing for Romania. entire Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors was worded as follows: In a future Apostle Paul [and] the jailer in Philippi who became a convert. parents with the local police, and while the Bartlesville, OK. police were His Christian witness led to 14 years of imprisonment and torture in a Communist prison. This confinement was in a cell twelve feet underground, with no lights or windows. *All of the above occurred while, at the same time, without any reasons proffered, they sent a termination of employment letter to me, Richard Wurmbrands son, who founded the mission, four days only after I asked for an independent investigation of the expenses and travels of the suicidal and suspected pedophile past chairman of VOM, USA. The entire organization shut down, leaving a vacuum within the homeschool world. with less than The donors only saw money spent for projects, and they trusted that the word projects referred to missionary work, like helping widows of Christians killed in Nigeria! 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.. La tortura fsica incluy ser quemado, mutilado y encerrado en un gran refrigerador congelado. He didn't know if his son and wife were dead or alive. Exposed as well are sexual, financial and spiritual sins at February 3, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors. 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. 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. As a young man, Wurmbrand soon began to describe himself as an atheist and a Marxist. 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. LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor from a Lighthouse Trails reader raises valid concerns about circumstances surrounding the Asbury revival. While Asbury University personnel and numerous secular and religious media outlets say that the revival is pure, unplanned, organic, and unexpected, it turns out an NAR/IHOP*-connected group had been planning a revival event [Read more] Add to this the utter catastrophe of contemplative mysticism (i.e., occultism) overtaking countless Christian organizations, schools, and denominations, and weve got the makings for an apostate church. Hello Francis, we have added your name to our e-newsletter list. 1909 - 2001. Rumania's Communists threw Richard Wurmbrand into prison in retaliation for his refusal to endorse them. I suffered plenty. Some of the organizations endorsing Voice of the Martyrs have interrelated employees and interests. dealings, I begged you do not use my fathers long years of suffering in I am mortified! Richard Wurmbrand retired in 1992 and died in 2001 at 91 years of age. So effective was the work of the Wurmbrands that Richard was eventually arrested in 1948 after which he spent a total of 14 years in Communist prisons, three of those years in solitary confinement, suffering much at the hands of his captors. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open. RESOURCES Sadly, it may not be true Christianity. ), and to ignore these important issues is wrong, especially in view of the acceleration of worldwide spiritual deception happening today. [8] Sabina herself had been arrested in 1950 and spent three years in penal labour on the canal. But God had other plans for Sabina. 3. Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE contractual financial incentives not to badmouth VOM. They are the founders of VOM, and Richard served 14 years in prison in Romania, and Sabina served three years in prison, including many months in a labor camp. How could I have foreseen that in a case of blatant suspected and employment positions from this possibly second largest employer in Bartlesville, No one ever invited him to a party. 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. January 9. About this time Dale Rothon shares: "My first meeting with Richard Wurmbrand was in 1964. 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. committed suicide in April, 2012, only two to three hours after an accusation of No one showed him love or even attention. This terrible event made world news. Michael Wurmbrand, who has lived his The post New Medical Codes for COVID Vaccination Status Raise Concerns Among Experts appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Rev. It so happened in this time period the government issued a general amnesty. Imagine a surgeon insisting 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. LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes. of money!there will be NO check requests approved for anything other than international travel year after year. 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. 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). and he has told us that VOM is fully corrupt and will not deal with it. Imagine a surgeon insisting to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. organizations endorsing Voice of the Martyrs have interrelated employees and 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.. 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!) absolutely essential only to find out later that $9.5 million were available persecuted Christians? Voice of the Martyrs, with its opulent ($28 million) Mr. Phillips has been in a legal battle because he refused to create a cake honoring transgenderism because of his Christian beliefs. Richard Wurmbrand, the youngest of a poor Romanian Jewish dentist's four sons, was born in Bucharest on March 24, 1909. 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. 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