Ravi Zacharias is President of RZIM and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, and has been conferred a Doctor of Divinity degree from both Houghton College and Tyndale College and Seminary, Toronto, and a Doctor of Laws degree from Ashbury College, Kentucky. Dr Zacharias has spoken in over fifty countries and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford. He has addressed the writers of the peace accord in South Africa, the President cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Centre for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow. He has given the main address at the National Day of Prayer in Washington, D.C., and has also spoken at the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations in New York. Dr Zacharias has written many books, including the Gold Medallion winner, Can Man Live Without God. His weekly radio programme, 'Let My People Think' is broadcast over 1500 stations worldwide.

" The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA) is unique. It bridges the gap between the ever-evolving questions of our culture and the unchanging answers provided in the Gospel. The programmes of the OCCA are designed for men and women serious about integrating their commitments to Christ with their professional lives. Drawing people from the business world, academia and the arts, the OCCA fosters an engaging and effective style of evangelism, undergirded by a framework of sound apologetics.

The OCCA faculty is composed of some of the leading Christian thinkers of our time, including Alister McGrath, Michael Green, John Lennox, Michael Ramsden, and Amy Orr-Ewing . Students carry out their academic pursuits with other thoughtful, dedicated Christians who are eager to carry the message of the Gospel in a persuasive, articulate and intelligent manner. And all of this takes place in the beautiful and historic surroundings of Oxford University. I am grateful to God for an institution such as the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. I believe that participating in one of the OCCA programmes is one of the best possible means of equipping Christians to provide the reason for their hope, in order that they may better extend that hope to the world. "