After all, whos paying the taxes on it? Denial runs deep and to acknowledge and take accountability would cause such psychological upheaval ( with narcissistic roots ) it most likely will never happen. , had received frequent text messages from a therapist who had often helped Ravi with his back, expressing love, respect, and support for the Zacharias family. He was 74 years old. I hope that she and the children can find healing and acceptance so that they do not continue to question and hurt the other victims of Ravis transgressions. She had dementia. . 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. 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. Your prayers mean more than youll ever know. Reynolds said in a 2019 interview with the RZIM website that she and Zacharias sought to create traditions for their children that were based on the truth about religious festivals. #MothersDay #Repost @sarahdavisrzim Happy 48th Anniversary, @ravizacharias and Margie. Asked why she stayed for so long, Malhotra said she felt complicit in a culture that enabled abusive . The ministry Zacharias founded, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), issued a statement calling the accusations "false." This leaves us heartbroken and ashamed.. 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. The executrix also has refused to release Thompson and her husband from a non-disclosure agreement they signed with Ravi Zacharias. She prayed that something would happen. Understand things can be deleted or destroyed! I defend you and other victims and the LORD defends you more. . 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. Zacharias ended his own statement saying he bore 'no ill will toward . She wanted them to know that they werent alone. One last thing. Davis stepped down as chair of the board, handing the reins over to Chris Blattner, a retired energy company executive and major donor from Minnesota. I think it happened in Gods perfect time, she said. She has many a reason to want to continue to live in the lap of luxurious denial and try to maintain her status quip and quo. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Luke 12:2-4 In an email to her friends, released by her son Nathan, Margie explained that she did not find any evidence to prove that the accusations thrown against her husband are true. In this video, I share 3 THINGS . Margie Zacharias: There Is Not One Whit of Evidence to Support Claims Margie Zacharias, wife of disgraced apologist. She worried about other women who might be out there, hurting. Notably, Margies position directly contradicts the findings of an independent investigation from the Miller & Martin law firm, as well as the testimony of, I wanted you all to know that I have spent the last week going through every paper and article in Ravis desk, closet and drawers, wrote Margie, who said that Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (. , even though it had been promised to her after her husbands death for as long as she wanted to live there. 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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 . Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of "Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse" by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. Just thought you should know. God does. Nathans blog would laughable if the whole mess wasnt so sad. Its in his time; its in his way. God also is in your side. (1) I think it would be foolish for any man to leave behind incriminating letters, cards, ect. A beautifully written piece that tied in the Easter story and taking care of victims in our time. As I recover, I will pray, read, and write. Why would victims address the predator as most precious Mr. Ravi Ji and my dear Mr. Ravi Ji? 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. On February 18, the board of RZIM Canada released a statement announcing their intention to close operations. So. Nathan Zacharias, the son of the late apologist Ravi Zacharias spoke out on social media regarding the allegations of sexual misconduct which have been mounting against his father who died last spring. He denied himself every single day in order to fulfill his calling and be pleasing to the Lord. And I encourage you today to make that commitment and say, Im going to be the man in private who will receive the divine accolade, Well done, thou good and faithful servant.. 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. Defending Ravi Website: https://defendingravi.wordpress.com/M&M Report: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rzimmedia.rzim.org/assets/downloads/Report-of-Inve. See Julies blog. The investigation did not find any evidence that RZIM leadership or staff knew about Zachariass sexual misconduct. 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. And if it would be proven true all I can say it would take the Grace of God(2 Cor.12:7-11) and the strength of Christ to accept it(Phil.4:13)! In addition to finding nothing incriminating in Ravis belongings, Margie said that she could not believe the allegations against her husband because of what she had personally observed about his spiritual life. Move forward. Go back and study the chapter, and youll find that Jesus is talking to His disciples about the gospel. The first statement is true, if you jump off Eiffel Tower, you should be dead. I feel a profound sense of the fear of the Lord, knowing that one day I too will give an account, where like the RZ report, everything done under the shroud of darkness will be made known. "God gave us the greatest apologist of this century," Vice President Mike Pence said in May at a memorial for Zacharias that was watched live by more than 1.2 million people around the world . The Canadian apologetics ministry also laid off four team members, including Daniel Gilman, a speaker who decided he believed the women who accused Zacharias of sexual abuse and vocally challenged RZIM leadership to acknowledge complicity. Did he have OFFICES at either RZIM ministries or elsewhere? Lori-Anne Thompson, who wrote of her need to confess her own adultery (itself an admission of dishonesty), is a sexual abuse survivor who claims she was "groomed". Gilmans severance package included an NDA, which would bar him from any action that could reasonably be anticipated to cause harm to the reputation of or negatively reflect on RZIM. Nathan Zacharias, son of the late disgraced apologist Ravi Zacharias, has posted his first blog in seven months to explain that his recent silence is not due to him having changed his mind about his father's character. Margie Zacharias, the wife of the late apologist Ravi Zacharias, said she doesn't believe that her husband was guilty of spiritual and sexual abuse. I actually think that both Margie and Nathan (Im following Nathans blog) are making good points. On May 6, Zacharias paid tribute to his wife on the eve of their wedding anniversary tweeting, 48 years ago she gave me her hand in marriage. If there was ever a feather bed job created to get a family member on the payroll this has to be it. 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. Zacharias founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in 1984, and "launched a global team of nearly 100 Christian scholars and authors who continue to speak, resource, train and address the . (2) About the hallucinations. Thanks for that information. In his lawsuit, Mr. Zacharias admits receiving nude and sexual photos from the woman. Ravi has had more love for Jesus Christ than any man on this earth. Ravi Zacharias Rebuttals; RZIM Statements; Questions of NDA Violations (2017-2018) Christian & Missionary Alliance Denominational Discipline Investigation (Starting March 2018) . Sign up for our newsletter: We are profoundly sorry for this.. Have mercy. 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. Dear Friends, Many of you know that I have had serious back issues and struggled after two surgeries. One other note: I remember before the final report came out in February, the previous December she was seemingly bragging that donations were still flowing in and that people were still supporting and liked RZIM. Whoah, theres actually a defending Ravi site? If RZ repented of about 5% of what he did, Im not to sure that will help him very much. The headline is slightly misleading in that Margie Zacharias has not, at this time, made a public statement. Im sending you waves of love and harmony. The Lord has never forsaken me and He is by my side. Ive searched the trash bin and havent been able to find any comments by you, so perhaps something went amiss with your submission. First YFC and the sad denominations that dogged his parents, later the Oxford element (Oxford again as usual). I believe each of us bear a degree of responsibility for what weve all been blind to, what weve unwittingly enabled, what weve not spoken against, and what weve allowed to go on and continue, Sam Allberry, one of the speakers, told colleagues in the UK. Margie Zacharias wrote a letter defending her late husband Ravi Zacharias. According to a press release from the ministry, which was written by his daughter Sarah, Zacharias and Reynolds had recently celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary. I feel disappointed in myself and others who could have pushed harder against the tides of submissive loyalty to demand better answers earlier, as there is no part of the evangelical creed that honours cowardice or sacrifices conscience, Dan Paterson, the former head of RZIM in Australia, wrote on Facebook Wednesday night. 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! Old fashioned Irish call any clergy Dr. The boards and staff of RZIM Africa do not align with your opinions. Ravi Zacharias is the Founder and President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Austria, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. A multimillion-dollar ministry built in one mans name and on his reputation would never admit the truth of his secrets, she thought. "Many people have written in to ask if a quiet blog means something has changed," said . Even a limited review of Zachariass old devices revealed contacts for more than 200 massage therapists in the US and Asia and hundreds of images of young women, including some that showed the women naked. Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! Yes, somedays are harder (think Holidays) than others but Gods grace is sufficient. Now it is the victims chance to be heard. There might even be a different storage spot she doesnt know about, although I doubt it. After Zacharias died, his massage therapist reported to Sarah DavisRavi and Margie Zacharias daughteralong with Margie Zacharias and only five other RZIM employees. Ravi Zacharias and Margaret Reynolds pictured together on Christmas Day 2019. There could be many different reasons for Margie to defend Ravi, but if people think about it from her perspective this is probably extremely humiliating for her. For they needed to look into the claims! Sadly, all of my comments have been unjustly deleted. 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.. Lord knows he needs it. Some senior apologists in RZIM think national separation is the only way to preserve parts of the ministry that are doing good work. 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. 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. Assurance of security is a matter of inference between him and God. Ezekiel asks the question, "Can these dead bones live?" why would he not admit (as he has) it was needless, for its meaning, to exaggerate the Daniel issue just to tickle the fundamentalists? People inside RZIM expect the core to include speakers Michael Ramsden, Abdu Murray, and Vince Vitale, led by Davis. I was certainly not cruel and even gave him advice that I said that I hope it would help. They were reporting their finds of their investigation! I thank God for great medical expertise and look forward to a speedy recovery and being on the road again. In November 2017, Mr. Zacharias dismissed his lawsuit after agreeing to pay money for a vow of silence from the woman and her husband. Thank you for serving our Lord alongside Margie andme. I feel sorry for all the victims. She is an amazing woman & a treasured gift from God.. That is what we want to see. 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. Then I pointed out that RZIM could not legally kick his mom out if its her house. We have been able to operate as one organization in practice for over 35 years, however, in a time of crisis such as ours, this has caused some of our boards to need to exercise decisions separate from the HQ and International Board in order to make what they feel are the best decisions for their entity, Davis wrote. At the very least, with all the medication he was on at the end and his hallucinations something would have come out if something were there.. John MacArthur should be ashame of himself for what he is saying. Ravi reportedly died on Tuesday, May 19, two months after announcing that he had been diagnosed with cancer. No way, this is not Ravi NO WAY. Malhotra responded that the trust is explained in "Note 8" of the 2018 financial statement. As well as his reputation. I can never repay you, Margie. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Zacharias solicited and received photos until a few months before his death in May 2020 at age 74. 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. I did not make it clear that I copied and pasted that prayer from the link from Jackson. The content, however, should be analyzed in its context as private correspondence intended for an audience of fewer than twenty persons. Why oh why oh why was this INTERNATIONAL group of firms managed so APPALLINGLY badly a VERY bad witness. Dont be afraid of the harmful former collaborators and evangelical Christians churches of USA. NO WAY. Jesus comes to restore justice through judgment. He got to keep his sinecure job but Ravi's wife, who was innocent in this whole ordeal, was shown the door. A few months ago, Ravi Zacharias International Ministry (RZIM) released a statement about the external investigation into allegations against Ravi Zacharias. Great! why was it thought degenerate of him to play cricket? And why doesnt Margie hand the contents of the bags to a relative for a RZ Memorial Museum / a biographer it is an interesting story anyway? Zacharias used tens of thousands of dollars of ministry funds dedicated to a humanitarian effort to pay four massage therapists, providing them housing, schooling, and monthly support for extended periods of time, according to investigators. The RZIM boards statement acknowledges that it has fallen gravely short and expresses regret that we allowed our misplaced trust in Ravi to result in him having less oversight and accountability than would have been wise and loving.. 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.. At first, RZIM hired the firm of one of the lawyers who sued the Thompsons. 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Either Sara has no integrity by saying things she did not believe or she fully believes the report after reviewing the evidence. Same for Margies weird letter. 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. I am shocked how easily the Christian community was persuaded that Ravi was guilty. Why? And there is other possibilities too. 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. 195 talking about this. We regret the statement that we released on September 15, 2020. (Update: The day after the report was released the UK board voted unanimously to separate from RZIM and choose a new name.). "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! 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. 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.. Unfortunately I am now responsible for both him and Naomi for deleting there Instagram accounts. I will keep you posted from time to time. She has always had a passion for the written word and has been writing professionally for the past five years. However, we also recognize that in situations of prolonged abuse, there often exist significant structural, policy, and cultural problems. Recently the pain has intensified and I have battled several flare-ups. Ravi is Innocent! I do delete comments like these that just call names and are inflammatory. The misrepresentations, red herrings, and conspiracy theories are just really bad and he consistently never addresses anything of substance. 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. One of the best definitions of denial Ive heard is: lying + pride = denial. Ravi Zacharias former business partner, Vicki Blue, has also claimed that Zacharias abused her and other therapists at a spa they co-owned, and then threatened to ruin her if she spoke. Then the purpose is to advance their narrative that if there was evidence she would have found it. My counsel to him was to address the real issues like the suicide note, the $250k NDA, etc. Margie Zachariass belief in her husbands innocence is based in part on the fact that she recently went through a number of his belongings and found nothing to incriminate him. New information has been publicly released regarding the late apologist Ravi Zacharias and an alleged online sexual relationship that was first reported in 2017.. Davis told staff that layoffs will be announced in the weeks after the Miller & Martin report is released. Twitter/Ravi Zacharias If law suits were filed and settlements reached before going to trial, then the results of Miller & Martins investigation and subsequent public release were part of a legal/crisis management/public relations strategy designed to optimize the boards desired outcome. If you can, hire europeans experts and journalists to do conter investigation; hire black lawyers in USA to defend your husband. However, the explanation simply says that the trust is "for the . So I am sure they had to make sure of their facts! The love of money is the root of all evil. 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. 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. The earliest indicator that Ravi Zacharias was possibly a false teacher was his ecumenicalism. 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. He tried to some how say that M&M used poor digital security, a complete non sequitur. The couple had three children, Sarah, Nathan and Naomi, in addition to five grandchildren. That woman went on to send him nude pictures as well. It also contradicts the testimony of Lori Anne Thompson, who has provided emails, phone records, and gift receipts confirming her story that Ravi Zacharias had groomed and sexually exploited her. Red heart #HappyAnniversary., Zacharias joked in May 2018 on Twitter that his wedding to Reynolds was similar to the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. But may this be a stark lesson and warning to us all lest we fall! Nathan Zacharias, Ravi's son, has started a blog called "Defending Ravi", in which he takes issue with a number of the assertions made . And of course youre right. 8. Plus did he by any chance have an office at the RZIM headquarters? She to be the best of my knowledge never did! A post shared by Ravi Zacharias (@ravizacharias) on May 10, 2020 at 3:12pm PDT, In various posts on Zacharias Twitter page, the apologist regularly referred to his wife as Margie. 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. It also shows the ministry provided little to no accountability for its namesake and founder. That is why they have paper shredders! Margie Zacharias officially broke her silence about Ravi Zacharias with an email released to her closest friends and family. Scroll down to WARNING. I would appreciate your public statement on YouTube. Ravi's faith journey began when, at age 17, he found himself in a New Delhi hospital recovering from a suicide attempt. ]. Each example in the report contrasts with the public witness of a leaderand a ministryknown for preaching integrity and truth. Gilman protested and the NDA was replaced with an agreement to keep donor information confidential.
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