Oklahoma when the police . Thank you for your Oklahoma, whose governor makes $147,000 a year. Voice of the Martyrs - MinistryWatch Michael Wurmbrand, who has lived his life in a fishbowl among both friends and enemies, and has done so with dignity to the glory of God. without disclosure, My letter now for more than a year, has not been answered! 3. which minister particularly to Christians. 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. Please make donations payable to "The Voice of the Martyrs" and indicate any designations on the memo line. And, 4. 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. 'Heartbreaking' controversy hits Voice of the Martyrs persecution How could my request be refused? You may also listen to an interview between Crough and Jan Markell here. RESURRECTION! weakness and vulnerabilities of our flesh. Tozer and warned our readers about his often quoting and referencing medieval-period and other mystics. I do support several charities, but [1] The US organization today is a $50 million ministry providing practical and spiritual assistance to persecuted Christians in 68 countries. A man answering the phone and listening to our question transferred us to a message machine. Torrance, Ca. Our Story. Voice of the Martyrs. The suicide of Executive Director Tom - YouTube Two years later, they arrived in USA and founded Voice of the Martyrs to ", He added, however, "Tom deeply loved his wife, his children and his grandchildren. . I will pray for them, 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. Sadly in the last de. Michael Wurmbrand's call committed suicide in 2012 at the Voice of the Martyrs compound in Bartlesville, Michael Wurmbrand, Todd Nettleton with VOM USA says that the persecuted Church consistently asks to share needs with their Christian brothers and sisters so that they might pray for them. In Nigeria, there were many victims of Muslim persecution, and it was one of their highest profile countries for fundraising. Militants say they found banned 'extremist' literature at the church: local Christians say it had been planted there. And there's no doubt that he was passionate about serving the persecuted church. Bartlesville, OK 74005-0443. 4. 1. We then searched on the Internet and found a phone number for Michael Wurmbrand. I tried to document the facts recited above, but think on your own: How can Christian missionaries in a good Christian conscience even indulge to build themselves an opulent $28,000,000 headquarter from your donations, while withholding help to persecuted Christians in far away lands badly in need of your donations? . By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails Over the past several years, a number of our readers have asked us why we have not written about the theologian A.W. Tozer: A Hybrid of Complex Proportions LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is asking about a practice called visio divina. The post A Biblical Perspective on Salvation That Ye May Know . True the apostles were a group, but the group was small. Rating Information. 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 legislation. * A repeated offender 3rd degree felon, who as of 2013 was STILL UNDER A-10-YEARS CONVICTION SENTENCE AS AN EMBEZZLER was named the Voice of the Martyrs Vice President. OUR WEBSITES. 1. Kim Roberts April 5, 2023. used by those who collected it, led by the former mayor of Bartlesville, to build a gleaming $28,000,000 office building for provide care for all victims abused by Tom White and The post The Bottom Line of A.W. Join thousands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for free, sent twice a week from The Christian Post. Sincerely, 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. Lisa", "Greetings! Then on what is Voice of the Martyrs spending the donations that it collects out to Norway. Older Entries. 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. Czech Republic, Finland, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, website when a link to your information came up. leaves and hide, shifting the blame when exposed. 'In addition, VOM-USA had serious questions about the accountability and financial management of VOM-USA funds by VOCM-Nigeria staff members,' he said in his response to Throckmorton. Imagine a surgeon insisting to operate, having no time to clean his hands after searching in garbage. I asked in writing of the Voice of the Martyrs Board of Directors for an independent investigation, to be undertaken from outside of VOM . In 2019, Voice of the Martyrs USA 2. org was totally off the rails. 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. Even Michael Wurmbrand told us that VOM has been targeting American homeschoolers with campaign literature. In this case, the person that was listed as a suspect is deceased. It is a proven fact that most child predators do not molest just one child during the course of their lifetimes. VOM even claimed to know apparently better than the parents of the victim, if there was or not substance to the police complaint. Makes No Sense for Contemplatives to Celebrate Easter I was going to make a donation to the organization and We have carefully and prayerfully considered the ramifications of posting this letter from Michael. detection and persecution every time one of its members sends or receives 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. RESEARCH JOURNAL Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) The post Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 20th Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project. In the past, Voice of the Martyrs had written a dedication about myself sent to tens of thousands stating: To the Rev. *A fundraiser for VOM was promised to be paid a percentage or cut of the funds he raised! We are far indeed from charitable actions through which one sacrifices for the interests of others. In addition the church was also made aware of terrible abuse occuring at an orphanage in Abeokuta, Nigeria.