It is no doubt shocking and distressing to consider claims that ones spouse was a sexual predator. The misrepresentations, red herrings, and conspiracy theories are just really bad and he consistently never addresses anything of substance. By Tyler O'Neil 11:45 AM on December 05, 2017. RZIMs Canadian branch suspended fundraising efforts and donation collection through April, while the UK-based Zacharias Trust is threatening to split if RZIM does not apologize to victims and institute major reforms. Then he said they have a ton of cash due to an insurance policy on RZ. I know that there are many who would like to see Ravi Ministry and testimony destroyed. Posts are made by RZIM, the ministry Ravi founded in 1984 that continues to. Not surprisingly, they didn't make a public statement about that. David Limbaugh: RIP Ravi Zacharias, good and faithful servant Zacharias died on May 19 at 74 following a battle with cancer. RZIM calculated to hide the credential nonsense behind this sort of thing just like the latest sri red herring, cloaking a deception Ravi doesnt know whether to inflate or puncture, not being sure of any of his views about anything anyway. Certainly not an apology. Luke 12:2-4 Defending Ravi Ravi Zacharias' wife Margie's letter: What is missing? No one? As I recover, I will pray, read, and write. To me these smoke screens that just hide smoke screens would be a heinous scandal WITHOUT the bad sex: all these aspects have got to be made to unravel too. A lot of betrayed women go to great lengths to overlook or not believe that their spouse is not faithful to them because it is a huge threat to their own value as a person in their perception. This is a very difficult decision necessary only because of the situation we find ourselves in, she wrote. , We Christians have fallen for it again, and destroyed the work of a man on technically hearsay. As The Roys Reportreported in October, the house in which Ravi and Margie Zacharias lived was bought in 2018 by an LLC managed by an RZIM executive. Although, Ravi Zacharias was Anglican, which is not generally included under the umbrella of . Anurag Sharma, who co-owned spas with Zacharias and Blue, has similarly testified that Zacharias had a pattern of exposing himself to therapists and masturbating. We support you. So, let me phrase it this way: John Maxwell, Charles and Andy Stanley, and Michael Youssef visited Ravi in the hospital on many occasions. The board (whose names are not publicly available) and leadership have been planning for a reckoning since investigators interim report in December prepared RZIM to expect the worst. undefined reference to function in cpp Lets hope that Mrs. Zacharias does truly break her silence with a public announcement of restitution for survivors and release of Lori Ann Thompson from a nondisclosure agreement. Your daily news briefing from the editors of CT: over months of internal reckoning at RZIM, After Chaos and Crisis, Beth Moore Still Finds Refuge in the Church, Christian Conservationists Sue to Protect Ghana Forest, I Was the Proverbial, Drug-Fueled Rock and Roller. And who hired M&M was someone trying to turn coat at that early stage? The board wrote on Thursday that we believe Lori Anne Thompson has told the truth about the nature of her relationship with Ravi Zacharias.. Have mercy. NO WAY. And to be truthful I would hate it if now that both my wives are gone for someone to bring up evidence that either of them was involved in gross immorality! RZIM released the Miller & Martin investigation report into Ravi Zacharias's sexual misconduct on Thursday, along with two statements. I was certainly not cruel and even gave him advice that I said that I hope it would help. Joel and Victoria have to be thinking, Why didnt we think of that. In an email to her extended family, Margie Zacharias defended her husband, saying that after searching through all of Ravi Zacharias personal belongings, she did not find anything suspicious . Keith CRN offers a lifeline to conservative people of faith. Ravi was not serving Jesus Christ, as evidenced by the life he was livingand concealing. I believe there are people who benefit from this scandal. For example, you declared a function in a . His statement is Biblically illiterate and poorly reasoned. When Jessica isn't writing, she enjoys West Coast Swing dancing, reading, and spending time with her friends and family. I believe all of the women that have come forward and I also can believe that Margie probably did not find paper evidence of Ravis infidelity, (unfaithful spouses are often very careful to cover their tracks-especially if they have a lot to lose) but she is clearly in denial to refuse to accept the other evidence. Like the Pharisees, Ravi, Margie, Nathan, and others in Zacharias, Inc. have some head knowledge, but in their practical lives are gross, abusive, lying, money-grubbing hypocrites whose evil deeds continue to be brought to light. Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (26 March 1946 - 19 May 2020) was an Indian-born Canadian-American Christian evangelical minister and apologist who founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM). Damning Report Shows How Ravi Zacharias Committed Spiritual and Sexual Thanks for that information. At first, RZIM hired the firm of one of the lawyers who sued the Thompsons. But he helped author a statement that wouldn't even hint at the fact that there could still be love for my Dad." . Going into the process in September 2020, the ministrys official stance was that the allegations couldnt be true but that it would conduct an investigation to clear Zachariass name. 3djh ri 2q 6hswhpehu &kulvwldqlw\ 7rgd\ sxeolvkhg dq duwlfoh flwlqj doohjdwlrqv e\ wkuhh dqrq\prxv vrxufhv wkdw wkh odwh 5dyl =dfkduldv vh[xdoo\ kdudvvhg wkhp dw wzr vsdv kh fr rzqhg Zacharias rose . Funny as he told someone else that hed never block someone for asking questions or disagreeing but only if they were cruel. Plus did he by any chance have an office at the RZIM headquarters? Sadly, all of my comments have been unjustly deleted. The massage therapists and the women pictured in Zachariass phone albums were decades younger than him, many in their 20s. After the staff reductions and national splits, the team that remains will likely be some of the speakers who were closest to Zacharias and have well-established relationships with major donors. John Lennox, a Northern Irish mathematician and apologist who famously debated Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and other new atheists, has urged the UK branch of RZIM to separate. Why? Finally after my first wife passed due to cancer in 2008 her Mother got progressively worse! For the sake of justice and truth, please, tell your side of this story to the world. Shes had the benefit of living in a $700k house for 3 years rent free. The accounts raise questions about a potential pattern of sexual harassment by Zacharias. After going through her husbands effects, Margie said, In short, I want you, his family, to know beyond a shadow of doubt that I found not one suspicious receipt, letter, card, expenditureabsolutely nothing to support the claims being made or the charges against him.. (3) And keep this in mind. The unnamed ministry board of Abdu Murray, former senior vice president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), is reportedly challenging the conclusion, The Lighten Groupa new apologetics ministry started by Ravi Zacharias daughter and several former RZIM speakershas announced its shutting down less than, A Christian billionaire charged with running a multibillion-dollar stock fraud is the man who funded Ravi Zacharias 2017 lawsuit against Lori Anne. I agree that it SHOULD have been done! Thanks! So. Sep 29, 2020Statements from massage therapists alleging sexual harassment and abuse by Zacharias are included in the news coverage from Christianity Today and WORLD Magazine. The woman from the spas told CT she didnt expect anything from RZIM. All of whom stand to gain monetarily in big way! In the press release announcing his death, Sarah Zacharias said that her father returned from receiving chemotherapy in Houston to be at home in Atlanta. Margie Zacharias, the widow of the disgraced apologist Ravi Zachariasand former board member and chief cultural officer for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM)has broken her silence regarding her late husbands alleged sexual abuse. Not defending Ravi. Ravi Zacharias, who died of cancer on May 19, 2020, at age 74, is survived by Margie, his wife of 48-years; his three children:Sarah, the Global CEO of RZIM, Naomi, Director of Wellspring International, and Nathan, RZIM's Creative Director for Media; and five grandchildren. I have and am forgiving them both as they continue to deny and have now disowned me. Assurance of security is a matter of inference between him and God. The boards and staff of RZIM Africa do not align with your opinions. She sorted pain medication, pens and watches, and the bag of crosses he gave to every therapist who helped him and which have been used against him, called expensive gifts used to bribe or groomIm not even sure what that is. He got to keep his sinecure job but Ravi's wife, who was innocent in this whole ordeal, was shown the door. She reached out to Baughman and then eventually spoke to Christianity Today about Zachariass spas, the women who worked there, and the abuse that happened behind closed doors. Here is my stand. According to the Miller & Martin report, the Executrix refused to cooperate with their investigation by granting investigators access to a notebook of evidence Ravis lawyer had compiled related to allegations by Lori Anne Thompson. She has written about me already. Understand things can be deleted or destroyed! Margie Zacharias Dismisses Miller & Martin's Report It is no doubt shocking and distressing to consider claims that one's spouse was a sexual predator. The problem is there is too much muddying the waters on both sides. * Margie Zacharias, Ravi's wife, has continued to refuse to negate the non-disclosure agreement with the Thompsons. In fact, one day after Zacharias publicly stated in 2017 that he had learned a difficult and painful lesson over his communication with Lori Anne Thompson, he received more photographs from another woman, investigators found. Did he have OFFICES at either RZIM ministries or elsewhere? She only spoke out because she wanted other womenwomen hurt by Zacharias, and women victimized by other famous and celebrated Christiansto know the truth. The text messages released to the public demonstrate this, and Zacharias has not denied it, and has indeed indicated that it was true. An honored apologist and well-known speaker, this was nothing out of the ordinary for him.According to Zacharias, the wife asked him to follow up with her husband, who apparently was questioning the Christian faith. Margie Zacharias, Ravi's widow, resigned from the board and the ministry in January, while her daughter Sarah Davis stepped down as board chair but remains CEO. Ravi Zacharias' family continue to defend late evangelist following Ummm, both Naomis and Nathans Instagram accounts are still up and running. (Even if were not yet clear why Nathan and Naomi stayed in the firm so long.) In an email to her extended family, Margie Zacharias defended her husband, saying that after searching . So so sad really. According to investigative journalist Julie Roys, Margie Zachariass email was originally posted in a private Facebook group called Friends who like Ravi Zacharias. However, Nathan Zacharias explained on Instagram that he has posted his mothers email on his blog, Defending Ravi, at her request, saying she remains convinced of my Dads innocence and is glad for people to know why. The Duplicitous World of Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias The Increasingly Strange Case of Ravi Zacharias Your prayers mean more than youll ever know. RZIM employees told CT that they expect the international ministry, which once boasted 100 speakers and 250 staff members nationwide, will be reduced to a fraction of that.