Also, given that the FB group consists of supporters of Ravi and Margies, that indicates that it probably was shared with permission. Happy Mother's Day, Margie, and to all the mothers on this day. Zacharias died on May 19 at 74 following a battle with cancer. 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! In Jesus name I pray amen. (Even if were not yet clear why Nathan and Naomi stayed in the firm so long.) And I would like to say that I have reread the report from MILLER & MARTIN today. [ This article is also available in Zacharias warned the womana fellow believerif she ever spoke out against him, she would be responsible for millions of souls lost when his reputation was damaged. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS) Three-time Dove-winning musician, Fernando Ortegawho just lost his mother, Eva Pacheco Ortega, age 93reflects on the passing of Ravi Zacharias. Evangelist Ravi Zacharias engaged in sexual misconduct, report says why would he not admit (as he has) it was needless, for its meaning, to exaggerate the Daniel issue just to tickle the fundamentalists? I defend you and other victims and the LORD defends you more. We are profoundly sorry for this.. While Ravi Zacharias was alive, his massage therapist reported directly to Ravi Zacharias. Here is my stand. Indonesian,and All of whom stand to gain monetarily in big way! Another possibility is that it was written to family members with the intention for someone to leak it. I think they found plenty in the light of what they could do! Be blessed. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. 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). Jesus Among Secular Gods, The Countercultural Claims of Christ by Ravi See Julies blog. Was she the one who misled Lennox and Orr Ewing (who enjoy influence at camps and conferences) into thinking Ravi was procedurally sound as if they couldnt take their own trouble? Once an email is posted on a private FB group with 31K members, its a public statement. why was it thought degenerate of him to play cricket? Zacharias said this was for security, but it ensured his communication could not be monitored. If this doesnt make them wise up, nothing will. He was 74 years old. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. The findings, alongside details revealed over months of internal reckoning at RZIM, challenge the picture many have had of Zacharias. "I am trying to formulate a response to the [report] and [the RZIM] board statement . RZIM released the Miller & Martin investigation report into Ravi Zacharias's sexual misconduct on Thursday, along with two statements. 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. So I am not impressed with Mrs. Margie Zacharias email! 195 talking about this. Mock-scandalised evangelicals are replicating Ravis own errors in claiming to comment on Ravis salvation. Nathan Zacharias, Ravi's son, has started a blog called "Defending Ravi", in which he takes issue with a number of the assertions made . I thank God for great medical expertise and look forward to a speedy recovery and being on the road again. Zacharias died on May 19 at 74 following a battle with cancer. 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. There might even be a different storage spot she doesnt know about, although I doubt it. One thing did change, though. Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias dies of cancer at 74 He used his need for massage and frequent overseas travel to hide his abusive behavior, luring victims by building trust through spiritual conversations and offering funds straight from his ministry. AD . I believe there are people who benefit from this scandal. Later documents I obtained indicate that the $700,000 home Ravi and Margie Zacharias occupied the past several years was bought in 2018 by an LLC managed by an RZIM executive. Zacharias also said that he never met Thompson alone, publicly or privately.. Recently the pain has intensified and I have battled several flare-ups. One of the massage therapists he groped, masturbated in front of, and asked for sexually explicit images watched in shock as the apologist was honored and celebrated on a livestream. Who Will Pay for the SBCs Abuse Reforms Over the Long Term? . Such a man could not be guilty of what is being alleged and there is no evidence at all to support those allegations, not in his personal effects, his financial records, his correspondence, his actions observed by all who knew him over 74 yrs.. Ravi Zacharias was guilty of sexual abuse on many occasions, in different places, over a period of many years. John MacArthur should be ashame of himself for what he is saying. Of course he hid evidence. The content, however, should be analyzed in its context as private correspondence intended for an audience of fewer than twenty persons. Margie Zacharias officially broke her silence about Ravi Zacharias with an email released to her closest friends and family. Zacharias spoke about the importance of physical safeguards to protect my integrity, but the Miller & Martin report notes that As the architect of those physical safeguards, Mr. Zacharias well knew how to elude them.. 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 . SMH. 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. Sadly, all of my comments have been unjustly deleted. Joel and Victoria have to be thinking, Why didnt we think of that. , even though it had been promised to her after her husbands death for as long as she wanted to live there. By Julie Roys April 21 2021 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 husband's alleged sexual abuse. The wear and tear of travel are literal and figurative. Not surprisingly, they didn't make a public statement about that. Go back and study the chapter, and youll find that Jesus is talking to His disciples about the gospel. 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.. #MothersDay #Repost @sarahdavisrzim Happy 48th Anniversary, @ravizacharias and Margie. Your prayers mean more than youll ever know. RZIM says it 'does not agree' with entire explosive Guidepost report, but vows to 'learn' from mistakes. That got me blocked. Move forward. I feel sorry for all the victims. (1) RZIM hired Miller and Martin as a result of what the stories going around about Ravi. A woman . Ravi Zacharias | Alpharetta GA - Facebook I think it takes a complete fool to leave stuff behind! I think it happened in Gods perfect time, she said. We regret the statement that we released on September 15, 2020. Was Margie not on the board / some section of the board? One can delete material from computers and cellphones. She would never tell anyone including the born conceived and born through that criminal act! A four-month investigation found the late Ravi Zacharias leveraged his reputation as a world-famous Christian apologist to abuse massage therapists in the United States and abroad over more than a decade while the ministry led by his family members and loyal allies failed to hold him accountable. We should support her efforts to tell the truth to the world. absolutely nothing to support the claims being made or the charges against him., She added: He could never have kept a secret like they are alleging (alleging, I say, as there is not one whit of evidence to support what they are saying). In its statement released . The plaintiffs and the defendant Must be present in order to reach a verdict! One of the best definitions of denial Ive heard is: lying + pride = denial. She wanted to help Ravi Zacharias save the world but ended up defending 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. Ravi is Innocent! I do delete comments like these that just call names and are inflammatory. She even went and stayed with her oldest daughter who was conceived in rape. Dont be afraid of the harmful former collaborators and evangelical Christians churches of USA. The Ravi Zacharias Report is Out - Ruth Hutchins Denial runs deep and to acknowledge and take accountability would cause such psychological upheaval ( with narcissistic roots ) it most likely will never happen. Not an acknowledgement. Its suspicious that any elements that were true werent made public years earlier, indeed: far from being sole machinator who was Ravis machinator? This gave me a sick feeling in my gut- as if this was the most important thing to her. One thing is sure, we do not know the whole story and likely wont ever know it. The conservative voice and Christian content are being silenced more and more. According to RZIM organizational charts leaked to The Roys Report, the person who directed Touch of Hope was Ravi Zacharias personal massage therapist, who was well known to RZIM insiders. This included using a fake humanitarian effort, called Touch of Hope, which was purely a discretionary fund and provided wire payments to benefit four of Zacharias massage therapists. ]. In addition to confirming previous reports of abuse at Zachariass spas, the new report corroborated four-year-old allegations by Lori Anne Thompson, the Canadian woman who says Zacharias manipulated her into sending him sexually explicit texts and photos. I had to explain how those things work too. Ravi Zacharias | Courtesy of Passion Conference/Phil Sanders. The real issue is they should have done it while Ravi was alive. Why would victims address the predator as most precious Mr. Ravi Ji and my dear Mr. Ravi Ji? No One Knows. Just a question; so we have passed judgement on a dead man, with charges brought by un-named persons, advocated for by a secular, third party law firm! They are jealous, liars, violent, merciless , shameless, greedy, vicious and racists. And I can understand how hard it would it be to accept a report like that! 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. Because his need for massage treatments was well known and accepted, he was able to hide his misconduct in plain sight, the report says. Continued coverage by Julie Roys and other reporters is necessary to achieve such ends. Thanks for that information. He regularly traveled with a personal masseuse and criticized a fellow RZIM staff member who questioned the appearance of impropriety for doing so. I really hope Ravis family will initiate another investigation. She also believes "the RZIM Board has been used as a cover to defend Ravi's actions and the actions of the senior leadership ". Scroll down to WARNING. 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. , denies that her deceased husband was guilty of spiritual and sexual abusedespite extensive evidence to the contrary. Her title is Chief Cultural Officer? And there is other possibilities too. After all, whos paying the taxes on it? He was involved in Christian apologetics for a period spanning more than forty years. I put down his books, in the shop, after 2 minutes browsing rambling non-sequiturs on several more subjects also, thinking this is yet another lightweight eccentric to ignore. The cognitive dissonance is mind numbing. The ministry, which has employed Zacharias's wife and his three children and is now led by his daughter, said through the board statement that it has hired prominent victim advocate Rachael . Margie Zacharias: There Is Not One Whit of Evidence to Support Claims Margie Zacharias, wife of disgraced apologist. Zacharias did accept responsibility for being a willing participant in any extended communication with a woman, not my wife. Zacharias also said that he failed to exercise wise caution and to protect [himself] from even the appearance of impropriety, reported Christianity Today in 2017. Dove-winning Musician, Fernando Ortega, Reflects on Ravi Zacharias Be strong. Same for Margies weird letter. 'We Still Believe In Dad's Innocence'Ravi Zacharias' Son Continues To Well I reread it and to be honest I am more convinced of his guilt not less! The ministry has also hired a management consulting firm to evaluate structures, culture, policies, processes, finances, and practices and propose reforms. But he helped author a statement that wouldn't even hint at the fact that there could still be love for my Dad." . Margie Zacharias defense of her husband flies in the face of an investigation by the law firm Miller & Martin, which concluded that Ravi Zacharias had raped a female massage therapist and sexually molested several others over a span of many years. If you can, hire europeans experts and journalists to do conter investigation; hire black lawyers in USA to defend your husband. Ravi Zacharias' family continue to defend late evangelist following https://rzim.org.za/. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. Yet in her email, Margie Zacharias is adamant that her husbands failures were not in this area. She adds, He was spectacularly self-disciplined in his conduct, especially where it would reflect poorly on the Lord. In the real world we even have evangelical rugby players! 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 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. Plus texts and emails can be deleted! Ravi Zacharias - Wikipedia In its statement released with the report, the RZIM board acknowledged the failure and apologized to Lori Anne Thompson. While the report did not interview sources abroad, investigators uncovered evidence that Zacharias routinely met massage therapists when he traveled. 9. The woman googled Ravi Zacharias sex scandal and found the blog RaviWatch, run by Steve Baughman, an atheist who had been tracking and reporting on Zachariass fishy claims since 2015. Staff members inside RZIM say the ministrythe largest apologetics organization in the worldplans to dramatically downsize to as few as 10 US apologists and a few international speakers, supported by a small staff. She is an amazing woman & a treasured gift from God.. If so, and the case(s) go to trial, RZIM would mount a robust defense and we would be able to see/hear it. To donate, click here. Hi. . As an abuse survivor from my pastor father, my mother is steeped in denial as well- she through me under the bus to be complicit to the crimes of her husband because acknowledging the truth would rock her world to dust. Ravi has had more love for Jesus Christ than any man on this earth. I guess normal, civil discourse is grooming because you want to make a good impression on someone.. Inside RZIM, Staff Push Leaders to Take Responsibility for | News Good to hear the other side as well. Was Ravi Zacharias a false teacher all along? - Evangelical Dark Web . He has made them look silly: why dont they like that? Ugh. But paper and document shredders can take care of stuff you dont want anyone else to see! Margie Zacharias, Ravi Zacharias' Wife: 5 Fast Facts | Heavy.com Not defending Ravi. 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. But Zacharias, who has been married to his wife Margie for 45 years, said what started with friendly correspondence after meeting a couple at a speaking event in Canada escalated when the wife started sending 'extremely inappropriate pictures of herself unsolicited'. Substantial news coverage immediately followed from both religious and nonreligious outlets (Christianity Today, RNS, Washington Post, New York Times), so you know news outlets were given the report earlier but agreed to wait to publish until RZIM was ready. The estate also refused to have Zachariass personal attorneys hand over any evidence collected from his devices at the time, leaving a gap in the record examined by Miller & Martin. This Thursday I will undergo emergency spinal repair surgery and will be recovering until the beginning of April. by what the investigation has shown and are filled with sorrow for the women who were hurt by this terrible abuse," a statement from the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries . Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist, dies at 74 | CNN . Ravi Zacharias was born Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias on March 26, 1946, in Madras, India. . A few months ago, Ravi Zacharias International Ministry (RZIM) released a statement about the external investigation into allegations against Ravi Zacharias. Oh, how I wish Ravi repented here!. I have posted the statement of sorrow and regret by the board of RZIM Africa below: The board of directors denied Ravis legacy but not financial legacy he left. RELATED: Report: Ravi Zacharias was guilty of sexual misconduct, RZIM board apologizes. A beautifully written piece that tied in the Easter story and taking care of victims in our time. The answer is a resounding "Yes" as God breathes new life into them. Teach us to sit with the pain of the continued brokenness of humanity which we see when men act in sinful ways, offending the image of God in the other, and abusing women sexually, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Teach us to sit with the pain wrought by the systems and structures of Christian ministry organizations that seem to lend themselves time and again to gross abuses of power, moral negligence, and ethical abandon. Multiple speakers and RZIM staff members left the ministry during the course of the investigation, concerned about top officials initial response to the allegations. "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. Two different insider views on Ravi Zacharias allegations Having experienced this helps me understand the deep-roots of denial Margie seems to be experiencing, though this is not righteousness exemplified showing humility and grace to the victims and makes her complicit to RZs crimes. Ravi Zacharias' wife, Margie, has also spoken out in defense of her late . She believes that he was fully devoted to God, her, their children, and those who looked up to him. Margie Zacharias Breaks Silence, Defends Ravi - The Roys Report In the statement, the ministry also thanked "each journalist, advocate, and concerned member of the public who brought accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse to our attention," adding, "Their efforts paved the way for us to recognize the truth and have the opportunity to respond to the truth." . Michael Ramsden did not build RZIM. They cited the recent report and findings of sexual misconduct from the ministry's namesake, the late Ravi Zacharias, as the reason they had decided to close. 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. Unfortunately I am now responsible for both him and Naomi for deleting there Instagram accounts. The only area of the city that did not have garbage bags piled high was the airport. 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.