Vice President Pence Mourns Loss Of Evangelist At Atlanta Service

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at Passion City Church during a memorial service for Ravi Zacharias on Friday in Atlanta.

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The world has lost a great evangelist in Ravi Zacharias, who could use his intellect and kindness to make the case for the Christian faith, Vice President Mike Pence said Friday.

Pence spoke at an Atlanta memorial service for Zacharias, who built an international ministry known for defending Christianity with intellectual arguments. Zacharias died May 19 at his home in Atlanta after a brief battle with sarcoma. He was 74.

Pence said Zacharias was his friend, and that God had put him at his side at the right moment in his life.