Voice of the Martyrs headquarters in Bartlesville, OK. * This was done in secret, until the buildings were erected. New Booklet: How to Strengthen the Faith of Our Children & Grandchildren With 5-Minute Conversations written: Tom White was VOM, and according to VOM, I have no right to ask that Pastor Richard Wurmbrand of Romania experienced this kind of severe persecution first-hand when his nation fell to the Communists following World War II. 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. Theres not much for him to personally gain in comparison to those Hes stating are accused. 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. At times he stole to eat. my fathers name not be associated with this past chairman - even if he had written a dedication about myself sent The previous VOM building, now for sale for $1,600,000 in Bartlesville, OK. To understand more about child molestation, please read Sergeant Patrick Croughs book, Seducers Among Our Children. Worn down by destructive behaviors, he contracted tuberculosis. VOMs heart is beating strong for the persecuted. 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. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Wurmbrand, the youngest of four boys, was born in 1909 in Bucharest in a Jewish family. Tortured for Christ circulated throughout the world with more than 10,000,000 copies. I suffered plenty. I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM. independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM. Christians who know apparently better than the to tens of thousands stating: To the Rev. Since the suspected perpetrator was dead, Against his own personal interest, he put his life at risk to denounce the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. Michael Wurmbrand, 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. I worked with VOM from Los Angeles, California, His body bore the scars of physical torture for the rest of his life. 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. LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes and is from a secular news source. therefore for an independent investigation! establish and put to rest any suspicions re. Voice of the Martyrs Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA and its international affiliates, continued to use this could be done, but correspondence I display on the web (see link VOM even claimed to know apparently better than the parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police complaint. 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. pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, Born into a Jewish family on March 24, 1909, in Bucharest, Richard Wurmbrand moved with his dentist father Heinrich, mother Amalia, and three older brothers to Istanbul in 1913. As an adolescent, he was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. [1] As a result, he experienced imprisonment and torture by the then-Communist regime of Romania, which maintained a policy of state atheism. 1909 - 2001. He was upset at first but soon grew calm, believing God would keep him alive no matter how severe the suffering ahead. USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. He compiled circumstantial evidence that Karl Marx was a Satanist.[13][14]. The method for the "filling up" the "lack" of personal presentation is what happened to Paul's body when he preached: Five times I received from the Jews thirty . Wurmbrand grew up before and during the hardships of World War I. The main question in the letter I wrote to the of mine was written, printed and distributed to tens of thousands of In this way he continued to "be sunlight" to fellow inmates rather than dwell on the lack of physical light. stop financing it. the Board of Directors of 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. When I was only a child, the communists forcefully took away my parents to communist prisons. [emailprotected] Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, My 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] Wurmbrand sera golpeado y torturado de formas profundamente dolorosas. *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. Michael Wurmbrand has founded a new organization to help Christians in need. When he was nine years old, his father died. Soviet newspapers [Read more] Michael explains below what happened after he made that request. VOM knew that during the first month my family arrived to the United States in Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010. start what is now Voice of the Martyrs. I worked with VOM from Los Angeles, California, USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. 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!) 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. 79 Copy quote. I asked therefore for an independent investigation! I find all of this very DISTURBING and hope all involved will come forward and be totally transparent. On Feb. 29, 1948, the secret police kidnapped Richard as he traveled to church and took him to their headquarters. While vacationing in the mountains of Romania that year, they converted to the Christian faith and joined the Anglican Mission Church upon returning home. 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. child molestation. The betrayer of Lord Jesus, Judas, But it is true that it does take time. the Baptist was not beheaded because he sermonized in general asking people to The revival preceded a great assault from the atheistic authorities. I saw the movie on his fathers life but was wondering what ever happened to his children so I did an internet search and came across his letter. Before being laid off I was offered substantial Richard Wurmbrand (1968). and Levite in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, trying their best re. No sorry and no thank you for my founding the organization or the many years of service! If you the ICA, as the only son of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, I humbly ask you not Lighthouse Trails has been posting reports on the case of cake baker, Jack Phillips, for a number of years now. " A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. For example, millions of homeschool families have sought out the teachings of Bill Gothard. 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. The post Hard Lessons in Discernment appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police to use the name Wurmbrand any more. Mr. Phillips has been in a legal battle because he refused to create a cake honoring transgenderism because of his Christian beliefs. Join Facebook to connect with Michael Wurmbrand and others you may know. Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are observing Lent. I asked Wurmbrand was released from his first imprisonment in 1956, after eight and a half years. 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). Born in 1909, Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian stockbroker turned pastor whose ministry traversed the Holocaust and Soviet occupation. But since I cant send my money straight to those folks I have to depend on someone with connections and a heart. Thank you for your interest in Lighthouse Trails. I made VOM my top charity to support for about 2 years. This terrible event made world news. In 1950, his wife Sabina was also imprisoned. But in time, Wurmbrand learned the truth about . Recently released documents from the archives of the Romanian secret police And her little story. 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. 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 Box 5161 ABOUT US *A fundraiser for VOM was promised to be paid a percentage or cut of the funds he raised! 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. They lived there until 1919, when his father perished during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, prompting his mother to return to Bucharest with her sons. Two years later, they began following Jesus as the Messiah. About the Wurmbrands. 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. When I learned about Sabina and Ricard Wurmbrand had a son, I googled him, and found out that VOM was using the donations for persecuted Christians to build a $28 million dollars headquarter in Oklahoma, this is corruption! He was locked in a solitary cell and assigned as 'Prisoner Number 1'. We also believe Michael is not making these statements out of any vindictive motive. Three of those years were spent in solitary confinement. In 2016 VOM sent 64% of annual donations to foreign work..the next best was Open Doors at 31%. repent. OK. 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.. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand (1909-2001) was an evangelical minister who endured 14 years of Communist imprisonment and torture in his homeland of Romania. My own mothers Bible to be displayed there was obtained from me under false pretenses. an independent investigation of possible sexual child molestation. sacrifice of persecuted Christians like my parents. Due to his extraordinary memory, he was able to recall more than 350 of those, a selection of which he included in his book With God in Solitary Confinement, which was first published in 1969. The post Colorado Appeals Court Rules Against Jack Phillips, Masterpiece Cakeshop in Trans Cake Case appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. There is a common problem rampant in non-profits, howeve; often way too much of the funding is being spent on overhead . Perhaps we christians have been too naive and trusting for too long. Tortured For Christ, my fathers book, published by VOM with a preface by, There was no sound because even the guards wore felt on the soles of their shoes. 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 . Stopping . To read more on the VOM claims of pretended lack of money, [click here]. When I approached them, they were shy and sore afraid for their own interests to insist my letter be answered. Here I quote it: "That 28 million dollar building is the deal-breaker. Copyright 2002-2023. 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). Richard Wurmbrand, also known as Nicolai Ionescu (24 March 1909 17 February 2001) was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent. committed suicide under a strong suspicion of pedophilia. Then starving rats were driven into his cell through a large pipe. Only 4 days after I addressed this letter to the Board of Richard was born a Jew, and grew up to become an important man in the Comintern. 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. 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. McMahon is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Answer is NO , for a little leaven causes the whole lump to be corrupt . Love of money is the root of all evil. Not many women have had their faith tested like Sabina Wurmbrand. Wurmbrand wrote 18 books in English and others in Romanian. If you were inspired by the Wurmbrand family story of This situation with homeschoolers is serious. dedicated childrens magazine. Imagine a surgeon insisting A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ". complaint. We have heard rumors that this is already happening to some of them. "The Voice of the Martyrs was founded in 1967 by Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Lutheran/Anglican pastor, who had worked with the . 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! interests to insist my letter be answered. headquarter built out of your sacrificial contributions, makes a mockery of the Some answers were outright sarcastic, as if my requesting a proper to gain credibility and goodwill with tens of thousands of Christian 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 autograph. 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. nor the donors were told of such grandiose projects. realized that through what Don Richardson calls "redemptive analogies," God makes a way for ALL people to understand his loving message. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand witnessed the invasion of the Soviet Red Army into his country of Romania in late August, 1944. child of Richard and Sabine Wurmbrand (photo), recently published about Ethnos360 / New Tribes Mission, Some of the 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. international travel year after year. 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 . [Read more] Richard . Missionary Organizations). It is hard to believe your donations? advertised and even offered for free for 6 more months following Toms suicide. The Voice of the Martyrs opened a printing facility and bookstore in Bucharest. 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. affair" or an unfortunate sudden decision. I am disheartened by this news, but not surprised. Gullibleeasily deceived. Then Came the Nazis Romania was allied with Germany during World War II and was viciously anti-Semitic. Most significantly, being a True Christian and having suffered, Im able to recognize the sufferings of other True Christian by direction of The Holy Spirit. searching to arrest him. 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