On Tuesday, the world lost—and Heaven gained—Dr. Charles Stanley. To the world, he was one of the best known and effective evangelists of all time, the pastor at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta ...

First Baptist Church Atlanta pastor lived by the motto “Obey God and leave all the consequences to him.” Charles Stanley once took a punch to the face for his church. The longtime pastor and ...

The Rev. Charles F. Stanley, who used his skills as an orator and the pulpit of First Baptist Church of Atlanta to launch an evangelical global broadcasting empire, died Tuesday at his Atlanta home.

(RNS) — Charles Stanley, a former Southern Baptist Convention president, Atlanta preacher and longtime presence as a religious broadcaster, died Tuesday (April 18) at age 90, his ministry announced.