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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.
The Voice of the Martyrs opened a printing facility and bookstore in Bucharest. The new mayor of Bucharest had offered a storage space for the books under former dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu 's palace, where he had spent years in confinement, praying for a ministry to his homeland. [ 16 ]
The November observance has been promulgated by many NGOs that champion human rights for Christians, including Voice of the Martyrs, Open Doors, and International Christian Concern. [3] Victims of persecution, including believers and missionaries, have also advocated to spread the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. [14] [15]
Jesus Freaks is a 1999 book by DC Talk and Voice of the Martyrs.The name comes from DC Talk's album and song Jesus Freak that they released in 1995. It includes stories and testimonies of Christians from all over the world, past and present, who have been persecuted, tortured, or martyred for their Christian beliefs.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs. London, UK: John Day. OCLC 751705715. Keane, Paul (2009). The Martyr's Crown. Family Publications. ISBN 978-1907380006. Jesus Freaks: D.C. Talk and the voice of the martyrs — stories of those who stood for Jesus. D.C. Talk (organization). Bethany House Publishers. 2014.
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...
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Heather Marie Mercer (born 1976) is an American who was one of 24 aid workers arrested in August 2001 by the Taliban in Afghanistan in connection with the Antioch International Movement of Churches and Germany-based Christian aid organization Shelter Now International. [1]