The cognitive dissonance is mind numbing. The RZIM board released a statement alongside the investigation expressing regret and taking some responsibility: Ravi engaged in a series of extensive measures to conceal his behavior from his family, colleagues, and friends. In a statement released Sunday, December 3, 2017, Zacharias says he first met the couple in October 2014 while he was speaking at a conference in Canada. You dont ignore something this serious! He claimed Sara only partially believes the report. In a span of eight months, RZIM has gone from having to reimagine the work of its global ministry following the death of its renowned namesake to having to restructure entirely, as Christians inside and outside the organization lost trust in its longtime leader. Some senior apologists in RZIM think national separation is the only way to preserve parts of the ministry that are doing good work. Insist that identities of all accusers be revealed then they will face journalists to unmask them. 8. Scroll down to WARNING. And who hired M&M was someone trying to turn coat at that early stage? This week, she believes God answered her prayer. Toggle some bits and get an actual square. 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. Be strong. Then I pointed out that RZIM could not legally kick his mom out if its her house. We should support her efforts to tell the truth to the world. When I asked why did she publicly denounce her father to Christianity Today, he couldnt answer. Nathan Zacharias, Ravi's son, has started a blog called "Defending Ravi", in which he takes issue with a number of the assertions made . Real Experts should question all female accusers and all naked women if they know Ravi Zacharias "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! She only spoke out because she wanted other womenwomen hurt by Zacharias, and women victimized by other famous and celebrated Christiansto know the truth. (Update: The day after the report was released the UK board voted unanimously to separate from RZIM and choose a new name.). The secret of Zachariass abuse started to unravel the day of his funeral in May 2020. There is no battle. At the start of the new year, RZIM was bracing for a split. Margie Zacharias wrote a letter defending her late husband Ravi Zacharias. Miller & Martin attorneys Lynsey Barron and William Eiselstein, hired by RZIM to investigate, interviewed 50 witnesses and examined phones Zacharias used from 2014 to 2018. (1) RZIM hired Miller and Martin as a result of what the stories going around about Ravi. The Canadian board said in a statement that It is clear that this ministry cannot be built on previous structures but must be built on new approaches and relationships.. Margie Zacharias, Ravis widow, resigned from the board and the ministry in January, while her daughter Sarah Davis stepped down as board chair but remains CEO. As The Roys Report reported in October, the house in which Ravi and Margie Zacharias lived was bought in 2018 by an LLC managed by an RZIM executive.RZIM's 990s also state that RZIM provided a "housing allowance or residence for personal use" to Ravi and Margie Zacharias. But he helped author a statement that wouldn't even hint at the fact that there could still be love for my Dad." . After the Thompson case, the investigators noticed that Zacharias did a better job of deleting his messages in ways that could not be detected or uncovered. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Powered by. The current allegations are of such a serious nature that I cannot be involved in any ongoing activity in the name of RZIM, Lennox wrote in a statement to the UK and US boards. It's also worth noting that the statement comes from the board of directors as a whole and not from the individuals (including Zacharias' family members) who dismissed . Be blessed. READ NEXT: Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School, Margie Reynolds: Ravi Zacharias Survived By His Wife of 48 Years, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Nathan (apart from about the phones) and Margie are saying very different things. 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. 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.. It is no doubt shocking and distressing to consider claims that ones spouse was a sexual predator. As will we all. Another possibility is that it was written to family members with the intention for someone to leak it. Zacharias' wife, Margie, has so far refused to release Thompson from the NDA, she said in January. I get Nathan Zacharias blog DEFENDING RAVI!!! Several days after three of Ravi Zacharias old colleagues and employees, including his business partner and co-owner Anurag Shamra accused the renown, now deceased Christian Apologist of sexual harrasment at a Spa he co-owned, RZIM has released a statement on the incident, saying they believe the allegations to be false, and that it would be 'virtually impossible' to investigate them. The couple met at a youth church group and were married on May 7, 1972. In its statement released with the report, the RZIM board acknowledged the failure and apologized to Lori Anne Thompson. 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 accounts raise questions about a potential pattern of sexual harassment by Zacharias. I really hope Ravis family will initiate another investigation. "In my 45 years of marriage to Margie, I have never engaged in any inappropriate behaviour of any kind." Just weeks after the Thompson case he was engaging with similar behaviour with a Malaysian masseuse. I guess normal, civil discourse is grooming because you want to make a good impression on someone.. If the cognitive dissonance causes them to stroke out and die or they end up eating a bullet to make it stop, at this point I do not care. Much of the abuse uncovered by investigators took place around massage, which Zacharias relied on to treat a chronic back injury. Ravi's widow deserves to stay in that home. (RNS) Popular Christian evangelist and apologist Ravi Zacharias died Tuesday morning (May 19) at age 74, a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. Luke 12:1 provides the context of verses 2-3: In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.. Speaking specifically about how the family celebrated Christmas, Reynolds said: At Christmas, we incorporated a custom we first saw practiced in Jordan and used it to teach the children our oneness not just as a family but as part of Gods family because He had sent his son to earth. 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 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. The attitude from the younger Zacharias is much of what is wrong with the approach As far as she could tell, this atheist blogger was the only one who cared that Zacharias had sexually abused people and gotten away with it. 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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). CRN has a list of professing Christians to mark and avoid (Rom 16:17-18). In the real world we even have evangelical rugby players! Not an acknowledgement. Gilman told CT he was deeply concerned the ministry he loved would choose to rebrand but not repent. Zacharias said in a 2018 blog post, in which he again referenced the similarities between the couples wedding and the royal wedding, that he felt his wife was a beautiful blend of the Irish and Scottish. Zacharias said in the post that the couple was married in Windsor, Ontario with their wedding reception taking place at a Howard Johnsons. The family of the late apologist Ravi Zacharias have continued to defend him despite an independent investigation confirming that he engaged in sexual and spiritual abuse over a number of years. The real issue is they should have done it while Ravi was alive. We regret the statement that we released on September 15, 2020. Did he have OFFICES at either RZIM ministries or elsewhere? Therefore, the majority of the couples wedding photos have the airport in the background. All it does is add fiber, not prevent anything. , denies that her deceased husband was guilty of spiritual and sexual abusedespite extensive evidence to the contrary. And why is Margie shredding company business? God also is in your side. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Continued coverage by Julie Roys and other reporters is necessary to achieve such ends.