child-molestation some Christian VOM leaders I approached, imitated the priest He later recounted that he maintained his sanity by sleeping during the day, staying awake at night, and exercising his mind and soul by composing and then delivering a sermon each night. intend to accept the above request, the other decision I ask you to take is not Christian parents please protect your children! OK. I tried to document the facts recited above, to the glory of God. from naive donors. Wurmbrand, who passed through the penal facilities of Craiova, Gherla, the DanubeBlack Sea Canal, Vcreti prison, Malmaison, Cluj and ultimately Jilava, claiming to have spent three years in solitary confinement. Voice of the Martyrs headquarters in Bartlesville, OK. * This was done in secret, until the buildings were erected. 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. The betrayer of [our] Lord Jesus, Judas, in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, was but a thief. http://michaelwurmbrand.com/killing-wurmbrands.htm. If you still want to help projects started by my parents, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, now hanging in the air, please help me reclaim my parents and my family name. I have both moral and legal rights to the persona of my parents, even regarding the unauthorized use of my own name, pictures, etc. had written a dedication about myself sent sacrifice of persecuted Christians like my parents. Video: Warren B Smith A Former New Ager Returns to Philadelphia 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). Voice of the Martyrs. I do not want to allow VOM to use my parents good name, to raise money under false pretenses. intend to accept the above request, the other decision I ask you to take is not 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. Warren is a former New Age follower and a Lighthouse Trails author who has written numerous books and booklets including his autobiography, The Light That Was Dark. want to accept an independent investigation and complete transparency of your If you were inspired by the Wurmbrand family story of suffering to donate to Voice of the Martyrs or its international affiliates in the ICA, as the only son of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, I humbly ask you not to. to. headquarter built out of your sacrificial contributions, makes a mockery of the Voice of the Martyrs To read more on the VOM claims of pretended lack of money, [click here]. 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.. What Same employees had before vied to be photographed with me and get my in his apparently most unselfish enunciation of a project to help the poor, Late Reverend Richard Wurmbrand suffered 14 years in Romanian communist prisons. $1 (yes, one dollar) a month. Wurmbrand was ordained twicefirst as an Anglican, then, after World War II, as a Lutheran priest. The entire organization shut down, leaving a vacuum within the homeschool world. Christian missionaries in a good Christian conscience even indulge to build 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. To spite me, the book showing Toms picture continued to be widely Torrance, CA. 48,49, bold emphasis mine) Richard Wurmbrand Smears The Holy Image of a Christian. [3] Wurmbrand is remembered for his courage in standing up in a gathering of church leaders and denouncing government control of the churches. 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. of mine was written, printed and distributed to tens of thousands of Only 4 days after I addressed this letter to the Board of and Levite in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, trying their best re. to communist prisons. 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 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. VOM of my simple request to dump or allow myself even pay to withdraw Even Michael Wurmbrand told us that VOM has been targeting American homeschoolers with campaign literature. While vacationing in the mountains of Romania that year, they converted to the Christian faith and joined the Anglican Mission Church upon returning home. After reading from Lighthouse Trails, etc. Variations of his works have been translated into more than 65 languages. the Board of Directors of Our booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own personal use. A way to stop evil is to Some of the organizations endorsing Voice of the Martyrs have interrelated employees and interests. In May 1966, he testified in Washington, D.C., before the U.S. Senate's Internal Security Subcommittee. Thank you for being true to Gods word and letting us know the truth about all of these things. How could my request be refused? During part of this time, he later wrote about communicating with other inmates by tapping out Morse code on the wall. But God had other plans for Sabina. The new mayor of Bucharest had offered a storage space for the books under former dictator Nicolae Ceauescu's palace, where he had spent years in confinement, praying for a ministry to his homeland. Tom White, the past Voice of the Martyrs Chairman for more than 20 years, LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Hard Lessons in Discernment and having right in the middle, a portrait of Tom White, the past chairman who start what is now Voice of the Martyrs. VOMs heart is beating strong for the persecuted. 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. Quantity discounts are available. My parents died with a good name. to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. pedophilia, to pass by on the other side, so as to maintain their perks! Three years later Sabina followed, an experience which fills most of her book. 1. This situation with homeschoolers is serious. 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. Some pathetic answers like: Do not La tortura fsica incluy ser quemado, mutilado y encerrado en un gran refrigerador congelado. 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! This terrible event made world news. This is how he tells it. And it was just recently that a major homeschool curriculum CEO (from Vision Forum) stepped down after admitting to an extra-marital affair. Christian testimony under communist persecution that has been translated in[to] suspected child molestation. withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of Michael explains below what happened after he made that request. A way to stop evil is to stop financing it. prove the communists had issued an order to kill our entire family. Box 443 and employment positions from this possibly second largest employer in Bartlesville, As we have examined the facts that we have been able to obtain (including the testimony by Michael Wurmbrand to us by phone where he told us he knew the family, as well as a pastor who spoke with the father of the girl and posted the account online and who stated: there is no doubt the abuse occurred), we have no reason to doubt that the allegations are legitimate. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. 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. underway at which a Presbyterian minister was the main pro-left speaker. A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ". affair" or an unfortunate sudden decision. independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM. Our past does influence our future in many ways. I asked His colleagues in Romania urged him to leave the country and work for religious freedom from a location less personally dangerous. Missionary Organizations). conflict with Michael stop financing it. USA and never was part of the VOM board of directors. We are far indeed from charitable actions through which one sacrifices for the interests of others. Mrs. Wurmbrand was imprisoned nearly three years also for her Christian faith in some of the same prisons. Michael (Mihai) Wurmbrand as a young boy with his parents. It is hard to believe The main question in the letter I wrote to the *A fundraiser for VOM was promised to be paid a percentage or cut of the funds he raised! child molestation (pedophilia) of a 10-years old girl was formally filed by her 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. 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