![]() Wurmbrand became my friend and coworker from that meeting until his death on February 17, 2001. Its startling testimony so impressed AFCI that we felt compelled to invite Wurmbrand to Australia to talk about the persecuted, martyred church behind the Iron Curtain. One of my coworkers wrote on the flyleaf, “This book changed the course of my life”-a response repeated by others around the world. We knew in an instant that this was Richard Wurmbrand.Ībout a year earlier, the board of AFCI had read Wurmbrand’s best-selling book, Tortured for Christ (1967). ![]() That was what we saw appearing through the door: suit, collar, and hat, with a dark overcoat against the winter chill of August in Sydney. We had seen pictures of our guest-6 feet 3 inches and always in a dark suit, clerical collar, and homburg hat. The door opened, and a figure stood gazing into the crowd. The sliding door opened at intervals a trickle of passengers arriving in Australia made their way into the terminal. ![]() I was standing with the crowd in the international arrivals hall at Sydney Airport, along with two other representatives from Ambassadors for Christ International (AFCI). ![]()
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