Ravi Zacharias: Christian World Loses Prominent Theologian

Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias has died aged 74.

AllNews reports that Zacharias passed on today at his home in Atlanta, his Ministry confirmed.

The leading religious apologist founded 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 questions of millions around the world," a news release stated.

"(Ravi) saw the objections and questions of others not as something to be rebuffed, but as a cry of the heart that had to be answered," said Michael Ramsden, president of Zacharias International Ministries.

"People weren't logical problems waiting to be solved; they were people who needed the person of Christ. Those who knew him well will remember him first for his kindness, gentleness, and generosity of spirit. The love and kindness he had come to know in and through Jesus Christ was the same love he wanted to share with all he met."

Zacharias is survived by his wife, Margie, daughters Sarah and Naomi, son, Nathan, and five grandchildren.

Among prominent persons to mourn Zacharias are Jacky Hill Perry, a Christian author, Louie Giglio, founding pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, among many others.