Seeking the Lost | Protecting the Flock

Dear Friends,

It’s been a devastating time for the church.

The release of the report into Ravi Zacharias has brought to light horrendous sexual, spiritual and financial abuse by the late apologist. It makes us ask, How can one man deceive so many? How can we bring the lost sheep into the fold, when we haven’t protected them from wolves? How can we reform our structures, protect the vulnerable and be a true place of safety and healing?

In this video, Glen brings the 3000 year old story of Tamar to bear on our modern scandals and finds that a whole nexus of evil is required to perpetrate (and cover up) the abuse.

Here’s how many have responded to this strong message, shining a light onto evils both ancient and modern:

Lori Anne Thompson was one of Ravi’s most high-profile victims.

Others commented too

Glen then went onto the Unbelievable show on Premier to discuss these matters further with the help of Dr Diane Langberg and Steve Baughman. Stay tuned in the next couple of weeks for interviews with both Dr Langberg and Steve Baughman.

Our Recent Media….

Most of our recent media explored the fall-out from the Ravi Zacharias scandal.

In this video, Glen speaks from Matthew 16 to show that all of us must die to ourselves.

In this video, Sam Allberry, a former employee of RZIM, spoke to us about what it’s like to be on the inside of an organisation seeking to protect its leader. And what can we learn as we move forwards?

Here, Bekah Legg of Restored ministries provided us with some excellent practical advice on dealing with sexual and power abuses of women in the church.

In other news…

We concluded our RESET series with interviews with historian Alex Ryrie, evangelist Andy Bannister, and musician Andrew Peterson. That’s 22 interviews, which are all available to view here.

We plan to make them all available as individual podcasts very soon.

On The Podcast

Ravi Zacharias is Amnon, Who are you?

We ALL must learn to die

Interview with Sam Allberry

Interview with Bekah Legg (Hope for the Hurting).

Please Pray For Us

Writing: I have one book in particular I need to make headway on, coming out next January. Please pray I’d get the time and space to work on it and that it would bless many.

321: We’re progressing the re-film even in lockdown, and many churches are currently running it over Zoom. Pray it would bless many.

Easter: I’m part of many different outreach projects, please pray they would reach many. And pray in particular for our Easter video which needs to come together ASAP.

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