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.