… All the liberal and moderate political forces of the Southern Baptist Convention were against me, which included seminary presidents and state convention newspapers.”Įven so, “I knew I was in the center of His will, so I never felt anxious or angry even when the conflicts were at their very worst.”īeyond what became known as the Conservative Resurgence in the SBC, Stanley developed an extensive television and radio audience through his In Touch Ministries and was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame in 1988. “My election infuriated the opposition,” Stanley wrote in his 2016 autobiography, “Courageous Faith,” “and ultimately revealed many of the underlying problems that had existed in the convention for a long time but had either been ignored or denied.
Anthony George, senior associate pastor since 2012, succeeded Stanley. Stanley transitioned to pastor emeritus in September 2020 at age 87, having led First Baptist for nearly 50 years. Conservatives rose to the challenge in 19, with Stanley receiving 52.18 percent of messengers’ vote in Dallas over two nominees and 55.3 percent of the tally in Atlanta over a single nominee. Stanley presided over the two largest annual meetings in SBC history - 45,531 messengers in 1985 in Dallas and 40,987 in 1986 in Atlanta - when conservatives faced the most pronounced opposition to anchoring the convention in biblical authority.Īs senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Stanley was elected in 1984 in the sixth year of the conservative advance toward majorities on the trustee boards of the convention’s seminaries and other entities.
ATLANTA (BP) – Charles Stanley, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and one of the nation’s foremost television and radio preachers, passed away peacefully at his home today (April 18) at age 90.
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