How Richard Wurmbrand and Persecuted Christians Inspired an Ambitious Video Bible

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🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

“You can help persecuted Christians, but they can help you more.”

Richard Wurmbrand, the founder of The Voice of the Martyrs, shared this truth with Steve Cleary and it changed forever his perspective about being in fellowship with our persecuted family. Cleary, founder and president of Revelation Media, was an early staff member at The Voice of the Martyrs, including traveling to churches and other events with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand.

Today, Steve is following God’s call to develop iBible to share Gods Word in animated video form with people all over the world. The iBible app and content is designed to present the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It’s already impacted people all over the world.

“I want to make iBible and give it to the church. So, we’re asking the church to help us,” Cleary says. By 2033, Steve and his team hope to have the whole Bible completed in 300 animated episodes.

Listen as Steve shares memories from serving with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand and what he learned from them about our persecuted family. “Richard taught me that [persecuted Christians] are not victims, but that they are strong in Christ. And they can strengthen us.”

Steve will also tell about his role helping bring Wurmbrand’s story to life on film through Tortured For Christ.

You can watch completed episodes of the Bible—in multiple languages—on the iBible app, and you can watch Tortured for Christ and the prequel, SABINA: Tortured For Chris, the Nazi Years, on the VOM app. Pray for Steve and the iBible team as they work with the global church to develop partnerships to build and distribute Biblical content throughout the world.

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0:00.0	Early in his career, Steve Cleary served Richard and Sabina Wormbrand, the founders of the Voice of the Martyrs.
0:06.0	Steve's job was to help organize the Wormbrand's schedule.
0:10.0	But Steve learned very quickly he could make plans, but Richard... But,
0:15.0	Richard was going to follow the Lord's agenda.
0:18.0	Richard loved God with all his heart and he loved his neighbor as himself. We could never go anywhere without him
0:26.2	witnessing. If you were going to a restaurant, him sharing Christ with the
0:31.0	weight staff was more important than eating.
0:33.2	It was more important than when our food comes.
0:35.4	I might be there and I'm young and I'm trying to organize everybody and I'm trying to
0:39.0	get things going and he just wants to talk to the weight staff.
0:41.9	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:47.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:50.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:53.6	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:56.5	and they're still coming true today
0:58.2	in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:00.7	Join host Todd Nettleton,
1:02.1	as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:08.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton and I am in the studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with a old friend of mine. I should say a long-time friend of mine.
1:19.0	Steve Cleary is the founder and president of Revelation Media.
1:23.3	He is also one of the very early employees
1:26.4	at the Voice of the Martyrs USA.
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