Charles Stanley’s passing Southern Baptists have lost one our leading figures of the past half century. We are debtors to this servant of Christ.”- Danny Akin, president, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Later God raised him up at a critical time in the life of our Convention and the Conservative Resurgence. My mother would watch him every Sunday morning as we got ready for church. “Charles Stanley made an impact on my life from the time I was a child. Many Southern Baptist leaders, both past and present, shared their thoughts and memories of Stanley with Baptist Press: The loss of Stanley, who presided over the two largest annual meetings in SBC history - 45,531 messengers in 1985 in Dallas and 40,987 in 1986 in Atlanta - is being mourned by friends, family and viewers around the world. Following the death today (April 18) of Charles Stanley, former Southern Baptist Convention president and one of the nation’s foremost television and radio preachers, at age 90, several Southern Baptist leaders shared their memories and thoughts on his passing.
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