Charles Stanley

Birth Name:

Charles Frazier Stanley

Birth Place:

Dry Fork, Virginia, United States

Profession

Writer

Was inducted into the National Religious Broadcaster's Hall of Fame in 1988
Was named Clergyman of the Year by the Religious Heritage of America in 1989
Graduated from the Southwestern Theological Seminary with a degree in Divinity in 1957 and earned his Master's and Doctorate of Theology from the Luther Rice Seminary in 1968 and 1971
Began his ministry training in 1947 and was ordained at Moffett Memorial Baptist Church in 1956
Started out as a pastor at the Fruitland Baptist Church in North Carolina and taught at the Fruitland Bible Institute
Quote: "None of us have it all together․ You and I live in a world of needy people, and when you and I start meeting people's needs where they're living, they're coming to hear what you have to say․"
In Touch with Dr․ Charles Stanley was picked up by the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1978, with a magazine and radio program following in 1979 and 1980
Best known as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta and as the founder of In Touch Ministries
Launched a half-hour television program called "The Chapel Hour" in 1972 and created In Touch in 1977
As of 2006, "In Touch with Dr․ Charles Stanley" is broadcast in 100 different languages

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