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American pastor and televangelist (1932–2023)

This article is about the American Baptist pastor. For other people with the same name, see Charles Stanley (disambiguation).

Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer.

He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020.^[2][3][4] He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio.

He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

Stanley was born on September 25, 1932 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the midst of the Great Depression.^[5] His parents were Charles Frazier "Charlie" Stanley, Sr.

(April 27, 1904 – June 18, 1933) and Rebecca Susan Hall (nee Hardy, f