Table of Biography
Ravi Zacharias is an Indian-born Canadian-American evangelical minister and apologist. Ravi Zacharias is also the founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. He has been involved in it for more than four decades through many media, and talk shows, around the globe.
Early Life and Education
Ravi Zacharias was born on 26th March 1946, in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
His full name is Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias. There is not much information regarding the names and professions of his parents, and siblings.
While, he held an Indian, Canadian, and American nationality and practiced Christianity. Further, he belonged to the South Asian ethnicity. According to astrology, he had Aries as his zodiac sign.
Talking about his formal educational status, he completed his schooling at a local school in his hometown.
And, he also accomplished his higher studies at Ontario Bible College. He also went to Trinity International University. He has an M. Div. Degree.
Death
Ravi Zacharias is no more with us physically today. He died on 19th May 2020 at the age of 74 years old. He was fighting cancer for two months. Many fans and his relatives paid tribute to him.
Ravi Zacharias – Net Worth 2024
Ravi lived a comfortable life with his family. Thanks to the fame and fortune he has earned from his work. Moreover, his total net worth was about $7.5 million US dollars as of 2022.
Personal Life
Moving on to the romantic and private life of Ravi Zacharias, he was married. He tied the knot with Margaret Reynolds in May 1972. They were leading a comfortable life with three children.
They are Sarah Zacharias Davis, Nathan Zacharias, and Naomi Zacharias. Apart from that, he had no affairs with any other person.
While he was straight regarding gender choices. And, he did not have any kind of controversial events till today.
Caption: Ravi Zacharias and his wife Margaret Reynolds (Source: Julie Roys)
Career and Professional Life
Profession-wise Ravi was a writer, author, philosopher, and a global speaker too. He was also an apologist, and defender of evangelical Prostestism.
Following his career, he has written many Christian books. Looking to his initial days, he proselytized the American fighters in Vietnam in 1971.
He started a nomad service with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada (C&MA).
Caption: Ravi Zacharias during the program (Source: Ksat)
He continued with the C&MA and went to lecture in different places.
The global speaker first saw the original absence of service in the territory of Christian rational theology while attending the Evangelistic Association’s yearly evangelist’s meeting.
Further, he is also the founder and chairman of the board of Ravi International Ministries (RZIM).
The agenda of its establishment was to seek after calling as a traditional evangelist in the field of the mentally safe.
He is also the host of radio programs like Let My People Think and Just Thinking.
Further, he later also worked for the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Following his works, he wrote his first book A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism in 1990.
Some of his other books are; Can Man Live Without God?, Deliver Us from Evil, Cries of the Heart, The Merchant, and the Thief, Sense, and Sensuality, Recapture the Wonder, Is Your Church Ready?, Who Made God? And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith.
Some of his other books are The Lamb and the Fuhrer: Jesus Talks with Hitler, Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend, There is a Plan, The Lotus, and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha, Why Suffering? Finding Meaning and Comfort When Life Doesn’t Make Sense, etc.
As part of giving lectures and talks in different places around the globe; he has been a keynote teacher on different occasions like the Future of Truth gathering in 2004.
He has also been the keynote teacher at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention and Exposition, the National Day of Prayer in Washington, the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations, the African Union Prayer Breakfast in Maputo, etc.
Ravi Zacharias – Body Measurements
Ravi was very good-looking and had an amazing personality. The Christian apologist stands about 5 feet and 6 inches tall. While he weighs 75kg.
Moreover, talking about the overall body measurement, the number ranges have not been revealed yet. The color of his eyes was brown, and hehads white-colored hair.
Social Media
Ravi was also present on social media. He has a Facebook account under his name with around 963k followers.
He also has an Instagram account under the name @ravizacharias with 390k followers. Moreover, he has a Twitter account @DailyRavi.