Dr. Andy Bannister is the Canadian Director of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Andy speaks frequently across Canada, America and Europe to audiences of all faiths and none, in settings ranging from universities to business forums and churches. Before joining RZIM, he had a background in youthwork before moving into academia for a few years, where he gained a PhD in Qur'anic Studies.
Ravi Zacharias was born in India, immigrating to Canada at age twenty. After earning a Masters of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, he began a speaking ministry that has taken him worldwide (including the campuses of Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University) as a recognized authority on comparative religions, cults, and philosophy. Zacharias' holds three doctorate degrees, and his books include the Gold Medallion winner Can Man Live without God, Deliver Us from Evil, Cries of the Heart, Jesus Among Other Gods, and two children's titles. He teaches a weekly, international radio program entitled Let My People Think. Ravi lives with his wife, Margaret, in Atlanta. They have… three grown children.