DR. CHARLES FRAZIER STANLEY LIES IN REPOSE HAPPENING NOW AT charlesstanley.com/livestream: Dr. Charles Frazier Stanley Will Lie in Repose at First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, This Saturday, April 22, 2023, From 10 AM – 4 PM. All Are Welcome. The Event Will Be Live-streamed on CharlesStanley.com. Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Who Had the Privilege of Meeting Dr. Charles Stanley in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the Early 1980s, Says the Best Way to Honor God’s Humble, Obedient Servant, Charles Stanley, is:

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DR. CHARLES FRAZIER STANLEY LIES IN REPOSE HAPPENING NOW AT charlesstanley.com/livestream: Dr. Charles Frazier Stanley Will Lie in Repose at First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, This Saturday, April 22, 2023, From 10 AM – 4 PM. All Are Welcome. The Event Will Be Live-streamed on CharlesStanley.com. Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Who Had the Privilege of Meeting Dr. Charles Stanley in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the Early 1980s, Says the Best Way to Honor God’s Humble, Obedient Servant, Charles Stanley, is:

(1) “Pray Without Ceasing.”

(2) Read Joshua Chapter One Daily For Seven Days.

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(3) “Obey God no Matter What and Leave the Consequences to Him,” and Don’t Worry About the Circumstances.

(4) Humble Yourself, Pray, Seek God’s Face, Turn From Your Wicked Ways, Repent of Your Sins, and Get Back to Jesus Christ, Your First Love.

(5) Be Consumed With Jesus Christ and His Great Commission, and Witness to as Many People as Possible With the Gospel of Jesus Christ Before You Die.

(6) Stay Focused on What God Called You to do, and Don’t Get Distracted When People Betray You and Leave You, That Includes Even Your Spouse and Your Children. Remember, People Who Live Godly in Christ Jesus Will Suffer Persecution. “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (II Timothy 3:12). Remember What Jesus Christ Said About a Man Like Charles Stanley, Who Suffered Great Persecutions, Betrayals, and Attacks Throughout His Ministry, Not Because He Did Wrong But Because He Was Consumed With Christ and His Mission. The Bible Says, “And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house” (Matthew 13:57). “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household” (Matthew 10:36). “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26).

(7) Keep Going on For the Lord. In the Early 1980s, There Was a Popular Saying Among Christians: “Praise the Lord Anyhow!” Then the Great Dr. Raymond Hancock Preached a Popular Sermon and Wrote a Book Titled “I Think I’ll Go On Anyhow” Based Upon the Life of Job. Well, That Was the Spirit and Mentality of Dr. Charles Stanley as Well. When Dr. Stanley Was Hit With Job-like Events in His Life Because God Was Using Him so Mightily, Such events as His Wife Leaving Him and Divorcing Him For no Reason After 45 Years of marriage, and His Son, Andy Stanley, Betraying Him and Forsaking Him, God Had Such a Hold on Charles Stanley That Charles Stanley Did Not Consider Quitting The Preaching of the Gospel and the Word of God. He Continued To Preach After Being Hit With the Most Painful Things Imaginable For a Pastor. What if Charles Stanley Had Given up and Quit When His Wife Left Him For no reason, and His Son Betrayed Him and Forsook Him and Joined His Enemies Against Him? Millions of Souls Around the World Would Have Never Heard the Gospel and the Plain Preaching of the Whole Counsel of God. Pray For His Family, Church Staff, and In Touch Ministries Staff.

Dr. Charles Stanley, His In Touch Ministries was broadcast in 155 countries

Dr. Charles Stanley died on Tuesday at age 90. He was known worldwide as the founder of In Touch Ministries, which is broadcast in 180 nations and translated into 55 languages. He also pastored for more than 50 years at First Baptist Church of Atlanta, overseeing more than 10,000 members. He stepped back from his senior pastor role there in 2020, becoming a pastor emeritus and naming Anthony George as his successor.

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The public is invited to the viewing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Atlanta, at 4400 North Peachtree Rd., Atlanta. Parking is available at the church.

The event will also be live-streamed on CharlesStanley.com.

No speakers are planned during the event. According to In Touch Ministries, which said it has been planning how to honor Stanley for the past seven years, “We designed this service to be a moment for individuals to have a place to reflect and pray.”

A private memorial service will be held separately for the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the ongoing mission of In Touch Ministries.

First Baptist Senior Pastor George came to the megachurch in 2012 from Aloma Church in Winter Park, Fla. He called the magnitude of Stanley’s legacy “impossible” to measure.

He said in a statement that Stanley “has been a source of hope and strength to countless people whose faith has been shaped by his faithful and practical preaching of the Bible. … Elected officials, a former president of the United States, Southern Baptist leaders and other evangelical leaders from around the world have sent us their expressions of sympathy. We have been flooded with online tributes and are so encouraged by the thousands of social media posts we’ve seen.”

Stanley’s son, Andy Stanley, was unavailable for comment. Andy Stanley is the founding and senior pastor of North Point Ministries.

Explore: Read and sign the online guestbook for Charles Stanley.

Stanley was not without controversy.

In 2015, Stanley declined to accept an award from the Jewish National Fund “because of his deep love for Israel and his reluctance to be a point of controversy and conflict within the Jewish community.”

Criticism had mounted from some members of Atlanta’s Jewish community concerned about his stance on homosexuality, which he described as “destructive behavior.”

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