New Medical Codes for COVID Vaccination Status Raise Concerns Among Experts 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. displayed the hypocrisy to protect 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. After all the 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). I made VOM my top charity to support for about 2 years. 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. He couldn't sleep, but had to defend himself all the time. Michael Wurmbrand, who has lived his 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. to those who inquired were that this is a personal (?!?) parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police There was no sound because even the guards wore felt on the soles of their shoes. 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. Wurmbrand preached at bomb shelters and rescued Jews during World War II. He stated that his physical torture included mutilation, burning and being locked in a large frozen icebox. This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the late Rev. After I brought all of these facts to light, I was asked also to keep quiet, not to rock the boat. 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 . Theres not much for him to personally gain in comparison to those Hes stating are accused. He was locked in a solitary cell and assigned as 'Prisoner Number 1'. 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. I have supported VOM both financially and by recommendation to others to support, for close to 20 years. child molestation (pedophilia) of a 10-years old girl was formally filed by her Pastor Richard Wurmbrand of Romania experienced this kind of severe persecution first-hand when his nation fell to the Communists following World War II. To read more on the VOM claims of pretended lack of money, [click here]. in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, of money!there will be NO check requests approved for anything other than But many of these Christian leaders are beginning to be exposed. 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. Their leaders, like all others, will be held accountable by a just God. 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! laudatory words published of me, they also tried to badmouth me. Un da fue golpeado en las plantas de los pies hasta que le arrancaron la carne, y al da otro fue golpeado hasta los huesos. He prayed: "God, I know surely that You do not exist. Some pathetic answers like: Do not under a communist sentence of LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes. the sin of Herod, the ruler of the day. This sad letter you are reading comes from Michael Wurmbrand, the son of the 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. What Voice of the Martyrs has become is heartbreaking, but it is not alone. Copyright 2002-2023. I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an While vacationing in the mountains of Romania that year, they converted to the Christian faith and joined the Anglican Mission Church upon returning home. Variations of his works have been translated into more than 65 languages. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. 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. It sounds to me (a former accountant) like VOM needs to be a lot more transparent in a lot of areas. OUR WEBSITES. [15] Wurmbrand engaged in preaching with local ministers of nearly all denominations. I am disheartened by this news, but not surprised. Michael Wurmbrand has founded a new organization to help Christians in need. Without any reasons proffered, they sent a termination of employment letter to me, Richard Wurmbrand's 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. searching to arrest him. After reading from Lighthouse Trails, etc. If he rested a moment, the rats would attack him. Open Doors with Brother Andrew and others (see were expressly forbidden to have contact with me, so as not to lose some income 1. [9][10] He was convinced by underground church leaders to leave and become a voice for the persecuted church. Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my RESEARCH JOURNAL 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. My parents Christian life-vision has been misused by Voice of the Martyrs. I am mortified! I can kill you.'. No one ever invited him to a party. "Christ in the Communist Prisons". After our phone call with him, we were convinced that this letter below is indeed from Richard Wurmbrands son. withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of 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). Pastor Richard Wurmbrand witnessed the invasion of the Soviet Red Army into his country of Romania in late August, 1944. The post New Medical Codes for COVID Vaccination Status Raise Concerns Among Experts appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. books, my persona also to obtain your donations! therefore for an independent investigation! My letter now for more than a year, has not been answered! The best email I got from various donors, following my appeals was the shortest. What Michael Wurmbrand is 84 years old today because Michael's birthday is on 01/07/1939. Some directors are related or get income from the organization. What else can they do using the Wurmbrand good intentions? VOM published even how within months of our arrival in the United States, from 1967 on, I worked together with my parents Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, to start what is now Voice of the Martyrs. 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. and Levite in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, trying their best re. VOM even claimed to know apparently better than the parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police complaint. organizations endorsing Voice of the Martyrs have interrelated employees and In the past, I suffered plenty. Imagine the teaching/propaganda that he had to overcome. Box 5161 When the government attempted to control churches, he immediately began an "underground" ministry to his people. than 600 pedophilia complaints after Saville died. YOUNG RICHARD WURMBRAND, a Romanian Jew who described himself as an atheist and a Marxist, stole to get food when he had to as a child, became a successful businessman, married Sabina Oster (also a Jew), and lived a life of self-indulgence. minister, I can only beg you to share this letter with your congregation. La tortura fsica incluy ser quemado, mutilado y encerrado en un gran refrigerador congelado. autograph. Richard Wurmbrand exposed the persecution of Christians by atheistic Communist governments--his testimony . I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM. entire Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors was worded as follows: Please allow and pay for an independent blue ribbon 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. In prison, Wurmbrand was repeatedly tortured. We are not the only ones doing so in a spirit of deep concern. BOOKLETS Weve noticed the same thing in business. I asked 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] [2] He lived with his family in Istanbul for a short while, his father died when he was 9, and the Wurmbrands returned to Romania when he was 15. [6] Members of the Secret police visited Sabina posing as released fellow prisoners. Christian missionaries in a good Christian conscience even indulge to build It would take a very long time and a lot of money to try to stop such use through courts. 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