Dr. Charles Frazier Stanley, who founded In Touch Ministries and was the senior pastor at Atlanta’s First Baptist Church died Tuesday morning at the age of 90.
In Touch Ministries tweeted Tuesday morning of Stanley’s founding.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta,First Baptist Atlanta Senior Pastor Anthony Georgia said the former leader of the church died “peacefully” in his home.
Stanley was not just a pastor, but he was also a broadcaster and author who was part of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta for more than 50 years.
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In 1971, the church named him the senior pastor, making him the 16th person to serve in the position since the church’s inception in 1848, FOX 5 reported.
Over the course of his time serving the church in a leadership role, the congregation grew more diverse and to over 15,000 members.
Ultimately, the growth forced First Baptist Atlanta to move from its Midtown Atlanta home in 1997 to Dunwoody.
Stanley was born in Dry Fork, Virginia in 1932, and was Charley and Rebecca Stanley’s only child, according to the In Touch Ministries website.
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The site says when Stanley was 14, he received a call to ministry and began preaching to whomever would listen.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond in 1956, and that same year was ordained to the ministry at Moffett Memorial Baptist Church in Danville, Virginia.
He later went to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Theology from Luther Rice Seminary.
In 1955, Stanley married Anna Margaret Johnson, and the two of them had two children, Andy and Becky.
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Stanley launched “The Chapel Hour,” a 30-minute program on Atlanta stations…
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