YWAMer Rudi Lack Passed Away February 3. 2010,
Rudi Lack was YWAM’s first member from Switzerland and Europe. He joined Youth With A Mission in the winter of 1969 after translating for Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With A Mission, in a German speaking church in Switzerland.
The ministry that God had Rudi involved in spread across the world. He was the first person from YWAM to minister in East Africa, South Africa, China and many other regions and nations of the world.
Rudi’s ministry will live on the countless lives that he touched while serving in YWAM. He gained the nick-name “the YWAM Bumblebee” because he was known to “cross-pillinate and share vision that leads to great fruitfulness!”. He distributed millions of Christian books around the world and wrote two books, “Breakthrough – Taking the Gospel Across Forgidden Borders” and “101 Leadership Principles”.
You can read more about Rudi Lack and his ministry and influence in Youth With A Mission here.
When I was in Switzerland in 1999 I was blessed to hear Rudi speak and purchased his book Breakthrough, which was an amazing book (I only wish I still had it). Although it appears that the book Breakthrough is now no longer in print and you can not get it from YWAM Publishing, Amazon.com has some for sale here.
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I have just read Rudi’s book “Breakthrough” and enjoyed every letter and chapter. I wanted to contact him to tell him about his remarkable book, not realizing that he passed away on 3 Feb this year. I am so sorry to hear that. If I was only 30 years younger I would have joined YWAM. When I got saved in 1974 I did not know about YWAM, only once crossed my road in Worcester in 1983. I met a few young people on a far with Christian friends of mine. If Rudi’s wife is still alive i just want to say to her, what a remarkable man, the Rudi used to know through his book. Thank you Lord for Rudi
I am in the process of reading breakthrough for the second time. I bless God for Rudy. His work is still changing and challenging lives. Praise God.
I have just finished reading breakthrough. My heart has received such great inspiration from all the accounts in the book. Much more to discover that Rudi’s first arrest by the police happened in my country Zambia as he distributed the little red gospel booklet to the Chinese workers on the TAN – ZAM rail project. Now we have a Chinese church and fellowships here in Zambia. Thanks to God for gracously using his servant the obedient YWAMER bumblebee. Thank you YWAM, thank you Lorren & Darlene!
I casually checking the internet just now about Rudy Lack whom I got acquainted in Singapore & at a conference in Manila some decades back. To my surprise, I found that he died a year ago! He was the person who facilitated me the licensing rights to reproduce ‘Scripture in Songs’ from NZ without my prompting. He was indeed a live wire for our Lord. I shall be finding out a little more about his early demise. He is with our Lord, and he is in the best place ever. Jimmy Teo, Singapore, 0036am/Friday/4 Feb 2011
I Read BREAKTHROUGH and SIGNPOSTS OF LIFE by Rudi in 2004. They inspired me a lot and still use some of the quotations in my speech. A man of practical approach. This day(5th, March 2011 I came to known about his pass-away and it shocked me. Thank God for sending Rudi and got inspired by his work.
I read ‘BreakThrough’ from my Pastor who loaned me his copy. A friend of mine later gfifted me the copy. Awesome book! I had never read a Christian book, so inspiring as this. I was fully engrossed and shared a an imagination of what he adventoured for the gospel. What metal has this guy!
But it more impresses on me the love and passion he has for Jesus. Lord, please help me love you.
One day, I will see him yonder the shore and listen more from him.
Salute to all the relentless, faithful Christian workers!
Rudi Lack’s life and books have had an indelible and profound impact upon my life and ministry. He was a mentor and a true leader. He had an incredible way of teaching us practical truths from the Bible. He inspired me to get into mission work and use YWAM’S “No guns, no bullets” slide presentation by Loren Cunningham in Schools in Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands of Mauritius and Seychelles. He encouraged me to write and had my book printed and distributed in Africa. I spent some inspiring days with him and Elianne in Switzerland. He was a leader among leaders and has left a great legacy for us! Until that glorious morning, we continue to honor his memory!
Rudi was my friend and the best man at my wedding. We first met at the British Assemblies of God Bible College in 1962. He was an inspiration as we shared many adventures together in difficult and out of the way places including the villages of the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram region of North Pakistan. It was usually Rudi who provided the vision and thrust when things got really tough. Much missed!
John Mosey