Ravi Zacharias: ‘Harrowing dark night of those…abused’
Eternity News Australia / Washington Post / Twitter / New York Times
A former leader in the ministry of Ravi Zacharias, the disgraced apologist who engaged in ‘sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape’ according to a new report, has spoken of the ‘harrowing dark night of those… abused’ by the evangelist.
The former head of Ravi Zacharias Ministry in Australia, Dan Paterson, said: ‘I feel heavy-hearted for those who loved and looked up to Ravi, who now have wake up to a dark reality that months ago seemed so unthinkable. May their faith be purified by the Lord as it comes under fire, knowing that a smouldering wick he will not snuff out.’
Church Society investigating ‘serious allegations of bullying and abuse’
Church Society
The Church of England evangelical grouping Church Society says it is investigating ‘very serious and wide-ranging allegations of bullying and abuse’ made about some of its staff and council members.
In a statement issued as en was going to print, Revd Andrew Towner, chair of the Church Society council, and Dr Ros Clarke, Associate Director, said: ‘Some of you may be aware that Church Society, along with some of its staff and Council members, has been the subject of some serious allegations made on social media.
Bullying, abuse of power, threats and exclusion: Why evangelicals need new C of E structures
It is still being assumed by those pursuing change in the Church of England that we can simply ‘agree to disagree’ over matters of same-sex marriage and blessings. In practice, this means that the permission not to use the Prayers of Love and Faith is a sufficient provision and that either no or minimum structural rearrangement is necessary.
This, however, remains a theological ostrich with its head in the sand. How can the Church of England simultaneously say that same-sex marriage and blessings are both sinful and holy? And as someone who holds to a globally acknowledged Biblical position on human sexuality, my conscience will not allow me to simply accept a Church of England that blesses sin as if it were holiness.