Michael wurmbrand
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The Pastor's Wife
When I was very small, about five I think, I had a recurring dream about being unjustly imprisoned. I don't even know where I'd gotten some fledgeling understanding of such things. Perhaps in a Sunday school lesson.
I know it was in the church library that I found Richard Wurmbrand's book Tortured for Christ when I was in high school. When a Russian pastor (accompanied by hovering keepers) visited our church in the early '80s, I asked him (with a boldness not at all in keeping with my timid nature) to tell me about the underground church. He all but patted me on the head. Don't be silly. Christ's church doesn't need to be underground! I remember his nervousness...and the dandruff on his dark blue suit jacket.
In more recent years, I have followed the news of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, and prayed for the saints there. Pastor Wang Yi is certainly not the only Christian imprisoned for his faith these days, but he has served for me as a face for all as I have prayed for him.
I am grateful that the persecut
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“Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Matthew 5:44
A received a text from my daughter this week with a link to the movie, “Sabina,” a presentation from the Voice of the Martyrs ministry. Since that part of the world is all over the news today, it piqued my interest to watch it! Sabina was born in that part of the world that is now the Ukraine. It’s a beautiful story of love for Christ and the power of forgiveness on display in spite of persecution. It’s rated PG13 because of the evil actions of the soldiers. It’s a powerful and compelling picture of God’s real work in dark places! Never underestimate the power of prayer and forgiveness when extended to your enemies!
Sabina Oster was born in 1913, in Czernowitz, now a part of Ukraine. She was born into a Jewish family in a city where education and culture were part of their life. She graduated from high school, then studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. She described herself as an atheistic, non-practicing Jew, out fo
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Sabina Wurmbrand
Co-Founder of the Voice of the Martyrs
(1913-2000)
While many in todays world speak of peace, for thousands in the church today, their world screams of a different word
persecution. These Christians suffer for no other reason than for following Jesus Christ. For the greater part of the 20th century, one woman devoted her life to speaking out for the underground church in Eastern Europe.
Sabin Oster Wurmbrand was born on July 10, 1913 in Czernowitz, a city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which became a part of Romania after WWI and part of the Ukraine after WWII. She was born into a Jewish family and the town where she grew up was an important educational and cultural hub for the Jewish faith. She graduated from high school in Czernowitz and then studied languages at the Sorbonne in Paris.
In 1936, at the age of 23, Sabina met and married Richard Wurmbrand. While the couple was vacationing that year in the mountains of Romania, both Sabina and Richard were converted to the Christian fai
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