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'''Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias''' (lahir 26 Maret 1946) adalah seorang [[apologetikaapologetik Kristen|apologis Kristen]] yang lahir di [[India]], tetapi berkebangsaan [[Kanada]]-[[Amerika Serikat]]. Merupakan seorang pembela [[evangelikalisme]] tradisional,<ref>http://www.westmont.edu/_news/pages/publications/alumni_magazine/39_winter_2005/cover_story.html</ref><ref>http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200804/200804_020_Defend_Christian.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.apologetics315.com/2013/02/ravi-zacharias-interview-transcript.html</ref> Zacharias adalah pengarang banyak buku [[Kristen]], termasuk pemenang [[Gold Medallion Book Award]] ''Can Man Live Without God?'' ("Dapatkah Manusia HidupaHidup Tanpa Allah?")<ref>{{cite web | title = 1995 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners | publisher = Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association | year = 1995 | url = http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1995.php | accessdate = 2008-07-05 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080518231031/http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1995.php | archivedate = 2008-05-18}}</ref> dan buku paling laku ''Light in the Shadow of Jihad'' ("Terang dalam Bayang-bayang Jihad")<ref>{{cite web | title = Christian Bestsellers List, August 2002 | publisher = Christian Booksellers Association and the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association | date = August 2002 | url = http://www.ecpa.org/bestseller/bestseller0802.php | accessdate = 2008-07-05 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080519120401/http://www.ecpa.org/bestseller/bestseller0802.php | archivedate = 2008-05-19}}</ref> dan ''The Grand Weaver'' ("Sang Pemintal Agung").<ref>{{cite web | title = Christian Bestsellers List, October 2007 | publisher = Christian Booksellers Association and the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association| date = October 2007 | url = http://www.ecpa.org/bestseller/bestseller1007.php | accessdate = 2008-07-05 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080519120528/http://www.ecpa.org/bestseller/bestseller1007.php | archivedate = 2008-05-19}}</ref> Ia merupakan pendiri dan sekaligus presiden direktur yayasan "Ravi Zacharias International Ministries", pembawa acara program radio ''Let My People Think'' ("Biarkan Umatku Berpikir") dan ''Just Thinking'' ("Hanya Berpikir"), serta profesor tamu pada [[:en:Wycliffe Hall, Oxford|Wycliffe Hall]] di [[Universitas Oxford|Oxford]], di mana ia mengajar apologetika dan evangelisme.<ref name="Wycliffe">{{cite web | title = Wycliffe Hall - Dr. Ravi Zacharias | url = http://www.wycliffehall.org.uk/content.asp?id=186 | accessdate = 2008-07-05}}</ref> Zacharias belajar sebagai mahasiswa tamu pada [[Cambridge University]] dan menduduki jabatan dalam bidan "Evangelism and Contemporary Thought" pada [[:en:Nyack College|Alliance Theological Seminary]] dari tahun 1981 sampai 1984.<ref>{{cite web | title = RZIM - About Ravi Zacharias | date = 2008-04-30 | url = http://www.rzim.org/ravi/ | accessdate = 2008-07-05}}</ref> Komentator [[Charles Colson|Chuck Colson]] menyebut Zacharias sebagai "apologis agung pada zaman kita."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/januaryweb-only/1-12-22.0.html| title= The Dick Staub Interview: Ravi Zacharias's Wonderful World | work=[[Christianity Today]] | author=Staub, Dick |date = January 2004| accessdate=2010-03-16}}</ref>
==Early life==
Zacharias was born in [[Madras, India]]. Zacharias claims descent from a woman of the [[Nambudiri Brahmin]] caste and Boatman caste.<ref name=Walking>{{cite book |title=Walking From East to West: God in the Shadows |last=Zacharias |first=Ravi |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0-310-25915-0 |pages=In order of use: pages 42–43, 45, 101–105, 170, 163, 173, 178, 185, 192–193, 197–199, 200–201, 203, 205–206 |nopp=yes}}</ref> Swiss German missionaries spoke to one of his ancestors about [[Christianity]] and his family was converted. Zacharias grew up in a nominal [[Anglican]] household,<ref name=Walking/> and was an [[atheist]] until the age of 17, when he unsuccessfully tried to commit [[suicide]] by swallowing poison. While in the hospital, a local Christian worker brought him a Bible and told his mother to read to him out of John 14. Zacharias says that it was [http://bible.cc/john/14-19.htm John 14:19] that touched him and caused him to commit his life to Christ.<ref name=Walking/> In 1966 Zacharias immigrated with his family to Canada earning his undergraduate degree from Ontario Bible College in 1972 (now [[Tyndale University College & Seminary]]) and his [[Masters of Divinity|M. Div.]] from [[Trinity International University]]. ▼
==Ministry Masa muda ==
▲Zacharias wasdilahirkan born indi [[Madras, India]]. Zacharias claimsmengatakan descentdirinya fromadalah aketurunan womanseorang ofperempuan thedari kasta [[Nambudiri Brahmin]] caste anddan Boatman caste.<ref name=Walking>{{cite book |title=Walking From East to West: God in the Shadows |last=Zacharias |first=Ravi |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0-310-25915-0 |pages=In order of use: pages 42–43, 45, 101–105, 170, 163, 173, 178, 185, 192–193, 197–199, 200–201, 203, 205–206 |nopp=yes}}</ref> Misionaris Swiss GermanJerman missionariesberbicara spokedengan tosalah onesatu of his ancestorsleluhurnya aboutmengenai [[ ChristianityKekristenan]] anddan hiskeluarganya familymasuk was convertedKristen. Zacharias grewtumbuh updalam inkeluarga a nominalpenganut [[ AnglicanAnglikan]] householdnominal,<ref name=Walking/> anddan wasmerupakan anseorang [[ atheistateis]] untilsampai theusia age17 of 17tahun, whenketika heia unsuccessfullygagal triedbunuh todiri commitdengan [[suicide]]minum byracun. swallowingPada poison.waktu Whiledi in therumah hospitalsakit, aseorang localpekerja ChristianKristen workersetempat broughtmembawakannya himsejilid a[[Alkitab]] Bibledan andmengatakan toldkepada hisibunya motheruntuk tomembacakan readdari to him out of John[[Yohanes 14 ]]. Zacharias saysberkata thatbahwa itayat was [http://bible.cc/john/14-19.htm John{{Alkitab|Yohanes 14:19 ]}} thatbegitu touchedmenyentuhnya himdan andmembuatnya causedmenyerahkan himhidupnya tokepada commit his life to Christ[[Kristus]].<ref name=Walking/> InPada tahun 1966 Zacharias immigrateddan withkeluarganya hisberimigrasi familyke to[[Kanada]], Canadadan earningia hismeraih undergraduategelar degreesarjana fromdari Ontario Bible College inpada tahun 1972 ( nowsekarang [[Tyndale University College & Seminary]]) andserta hisgelar [[Masters of Divinity|M. Div.]] fromdari [[Trinity International University]].
Zacharias was invited to spend the summer of 1971 in [[Vietnam]], where he evangelized to the American soldiers, as well as to POWs and [[Viet Cong]].<ref name=Walking/> After graduating from [[Tyndale University College and Seminary|Ontario Bible College]], he began an itinerant ministry with the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance|Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada]].<ref name=Walking/> In 1974 the C&MA sent him to [[Cambodia]], where he preached only a short time before its fall to the [[Khmer Rouge]].<ref name=Walking/> In 1977, after graduating from Trinity, Zacharias was commissioned to preach worldwide.<ref name=Walking/> ▼
==Pelayanan ==
▲Zacharias wasdiundang inviteduntuk tomelewatkan spendmusim thepanas summer oftahun 1971 indi [[Vietnam]], wheredi mana ia hemengabarkan evangelizedInjil tokepada thetentara-tentara AmericanAmerika soldiersSerikat, asjuga wellpara astawanan toperang POWs anddan [[Viet Cong]].<ref name=Walking/> AfterSetelah graduatinglulus fromdari [[Tyndale University College and Seminary|Ontario Bible College]], heia beganmulai anpelayanan itinerantitineran ministry with thepada [[ :en:Christian and Missionary Alliance|Christian and Missionary Alliance indi CanadaKanada]].<ref name=Walking/> InPada tahun 1974 the C&MA sent himmengutusnya toke [[ CambodiaKambodia]], wheredi hemana preachedia onlyhanya asempat shortmemberitakan timeInjil beforesebentar itssebelum fallnegara toitu thejatuh ke tangan [[Khmer RougeMerah]].<ref name=Walking/> Pada Intahun 1977, aftersetelah graduatinglulus fromdari Trinity, Zacharias wasdiutus untuk commissionedberbicara todi preachseluruh worldwidedunia.<ref name=Walking/>
In 1983, Zacharias was invited to speak in [[Amsterdam]] at the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]]'s annual evangelists' conference. It was here that he first noticed a lack of ministry in the area of [[Christian apologetics]].<ref name=Walking/> After Amsterdam, Zacharias spent the summer evangelizing in India, where he continued to see the need for apologetics ministry, both to lead people to Christ and to train Christian leaders. In August 1984 Ravi Zacharias International Ministries was founded in Toronto, Canada to pursue his calling as a "classical evangelist in the arena of the intellectually resistant."<ref name="Evangelicals"/> Today its headquarters is located in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], and has offices in Canada, [[England]], [[India]], [[Singapore]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name=Walking/> He was later ordained by the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] and commissioned as an international evangelist.<ref name="Evangelicals">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-n.org.uk/369-Meet-Ravi-Zacharias.htm |title=Meet Ravi Zacharias |accessdate=2008-03-04 |author=Edward Plowman |date=March 1998 |work=National and International Religion Report |publisher=Evangelicals Now}}</ref>
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