About The Murch Family
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Bruce
Evan Murch has been a minister of the Gospel since 1981, the year he and
Beverly were married. They have seven boys and two girls, aged 8 to 23.
They met attending Bible College together at Elim Bible Institute in Lima,
NY.
The
Murch Family is committed to several areas of ministry:
To boldly proclaim the Gospel in the Marketplace, to show the people
their sins and preach the necessity of people to REPENT of their sin,
and believe in the redemptive work of Christ's death burial and resurrection.
This is done in the streets and on college campuses across America.
To battle the abomination of abortion, the legalized slaughter of
children made in the image and likeness of God. We do this with public
displays of graphic signs, which show the brutal truth of what abortion
is. We also hand out literature and do street preaching. We take these
signs on the road periodically and do anti-abortion tours in various
parts of the country.
To bringing God's will concerning His plan for families to Christians
who have taken the world's view of Birth Control and insist on preventing
the Blessings and Rewards that God would otherwise give them.
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Lo,
children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb
[is his] reward. As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so
[are] children of the youth. Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver
full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with
the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127: 3-5
Blessed
[is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou
[be], and [it shall be] well with thee. Thy wife [shall be] as a
fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive
plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be
blessed that feareth the LORD. Psalm 128:1-4
Bruce
and Beverly were group home parents for troubled youth in Ontario, Canada
in 1981-1982. Bruce has served as associate pastor for two churches
from 1986 to 1989.
He
founded Project Rescue in Springfield, Massachusetts (a group that blocked
the entrances of abortion clinics in an attempt to stop abortions).
This became full-time work.
During
the years of 1989-1995, Bruce was arrested approximately 50 times, spending
an accumulated year and a half in jail. After the Freedom of Access
to Clinic Entrances (FACE) law was passed, Operation Rescue was virtually
legislated out of existence. Instead of facing charges on trespassing
and minor infractions, they were faced with federal felonies for doing
what any other social protest group in America could do with nothing
but a slap on the wrist.
During
this time, Bruce also established the Pro-Life Press, a commercial printing
company that serviced Christian and pro-life ministries and individuals
with low-cost printing. This also allowed him to publish a monthly 12-16-page
newsletter called "Salt & Light".
In
1999, The Murches moved to Virginia, partly as precaution against the
threat posed by the widely predicted potential disaster of Y2K.
The
Murches returned to full time ministry with the Un-Masking Planned Parenthood
tour in Pennsylvania in June 2000. We do a Public Witness local at local
events opposing sodomy and baby-killing, in addition to traveling over
30,000 miles a year to witness, preach, hand out tens of thousands of
pieces of literature and expose wickedness at special events, college
campuses and in city-to-city tours. We raise all of their own support.
Since
then, we have also taken a stand for righteousness at the Indianapolis
Baptist Temple, where the federal government seized a 50-year-old Baptist
church on an unconstitutional tax charge; stood with Alabama Chief Justice
Roy Moore in Alabama to try to prevent the removal of the Ten Commandments
monument from the Rotunda; and the effort to save the life of Terri
Schiavo in Florida.
The
Murch Arrows
Aaron Murch is 23
years old. He lives at Covenant Farm with his family. Aaron earns money
for the family by doing real estate title examinations in rural courthouses
all over central and southside Virginia. In addition to that, he designs
web sites for Christian ministries on the side.
Aaron
and Bruce take turns doing the title work so that each can participate
in the ministry tours on a regular basis. Aaron was only six years old
when Bruce and Bev first brought him to the streets to oppose abortion
in 1989. Since then he has been a zealous defender of the faith, a witness
for Christ and a witness against the wickedness of abortion, sodomy
fornication and the other evils that plague the culture. He particulary
enjoys college campus witnessing.
Ben
Murch is 21 years old and lives and works at Covenant Farm. Ben got
his first job in a commercial woodworking shop at age 15 and was hooked
for life. This year we emptied one of the outbuildings here on the farm,
invested in some basic machinery and Ben started Covenant Farm Woodworks.
Ben also has most of the responsibilities for maintaining the farm proper
and the equipment.
Ben
accompanied Lauren to Pinnelas Park, Florida in February to stand with
the parents of Terri Sciavo and remained until Terri died. Ben was only
4 years old when he first began his Public Witness. He is a man of prayer
and action. He doesn't say much, but his actions speak for themselves.
Ben is spearheading a drive to recruit Liberty University students to
become involved in activities to oppose abortion and reach the unsaved
at other college campuses.
Lauren
Murch is 19 years old and lives at Covenant Farm. Lauren has had a zeal
for serving the Lord most of her life. She helps home-school the younger
children at home. She volunteers at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg
along with her regular vists with the rest of the family to the abortuaries
in Roanoke.
Lauren
can't get enough of ministry events, and would be on the road 24/7 if
she had her way. She was two years old when we first took to the streets,
and she has never known anything else.
Lauren
is best known as one of the "Philadelphia Five" who were arrested
for simply handing out literature and preaching and witnessing at a
homosexual event on the public sidewalks of Philadelphia. Charges were
eventually dropped, but Lauren was facing a possible 47 years in jail
on these bogus charges.
Sam Murch is 17 years old and is already a strapping lad of 6'2",
dwarfing his father and his older brother Ben. Sam is one of the key
guys in our farm work, and is learning the ropes of operating equipment
and helping maintain the property. Sam is also interested in the woodworking
operation and is eager to learn the trade from his older brother.
Sam
has been in the streets witnessing, opposing evil and standing up for
the truth all his life. When he was 14, Sam was arrested while handing
out literature to cars stopped at a traffic light, by an overzealous
cop. The charges were dropped, but Sam was determined he would pay any
price to speak up for the truth.
Jesse
Murch is 16. Jesse is a second hand on the farm, and is also interested
in learning the woodworking trade. Jesse started preaching on his 10th
birthday, July 4th, 2000 in front of the Liberty Bell In Philadelphia.
His Dad had just got done preaching. Jesse jumped up and held forth
for about 30 seconds. He then sat down and cried. That was it. He's
been a street preacher ever since.
Since
then, he has preached on the street in a dozen different states or more,
on street corners, in front of abortuaries, and at homosexual "pride"
events and on college campuses.
Hannah Murch is 14. Hannah is Mom's right hand around the house. She
is our one-girl comedy act at home (although you'd never know it in
public). She has great disposition and a heart to serve God. Hannah
is an excellent servant, and can be relied upon for anything she is
asked to do.
Hannah
has served the Lord all her life. Although she is often in the background,
she is a constant and persistent witness, and goes on ministry tours
whenever she can. She quietly takes care of her younger brothers, and
her Mom in her illness. She probably thinks this goes unnoticed. It
doesn't.
Evan
Murch is 12. Evan is our miracle baby, having been conceived soon after
we lost another baby by miscarriage, and conceived into an environment
in Bev's womb that was most certainly not fit for his survival. But
God...
Evan
began preaching when he was 7 years old, in front of the Planned Parenthood
abortuary in Roanoke, VA. He preached to the clinic workers, he preached
to administrator, he preached to the parents and boyfriends of those
bringing in women and girls to have their babies killed. He's been preaching
ever since. Evan also preaches at homosexual "pride" events,
abortuaries, and street corners.
Elijah
Murch is 9. Elijah awakened last year to a desire to preach as well.
He had his first go at the "Truth Horn" in 2004 at age seven,
at a conference of Ob/Gyn physicians in Philadelphia, many of whom were
abortionists. He preached a "repent and believe" message of
the gospel, and witnessed against the horror of abortion. He's eager
to preach at every opportunity, and Dad is more than willing to give
them to him!
Elijah
loves the Lord, and is zealous in his prayer time. He is eager to be
used by God.
Josiah
Murch is 8. He is a quick wit, and often stuns us with his vocabulary
and his understanding of what's going on around him. As most of the
kids, Josiah was along with the family and didn't participate much when
he was very young. We never force the children to come to events, or
to be involved.
But
Josiah is an eager participant and has been for over two years. He endures
the heat and the cold alike on the streets, and understands that this
is all about changing hearts, saving babies, and standing up for Christ.
We
know that nobody's children are perfect. But we have done everything
we could from before their birth to ensure that they had the proper
training and protection from the wicked influences of the culture that
would give them their best chance of living godly lives of service,
honesty and integrity. Besides being born at home and schooled at home,
the Murch kids have been without a television since 1998, and have grown
up without its polluting influence of drugs, sex and materialism.
Instead,
they themselves have become an influence AGAINST those things in a culture
that has rejected and forgotten God. We believe what the Bible says
in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in
the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Lord, bless our efforts.
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