A preacher himself, George spent the next six days teaching his grandson the important principles that he would later to apply to his life of ministry. In 1949, 16-year-old Charles traveled to Siler City, North Carolina to visit his grandfather, George Washington Stanley. Three years later, he shared with a friend that he felt called to dedicate his life to preaching the gospel. On June 9, 1944, Charles accepted Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. Charles began spending more and more time by himself, and it was in these times that he drew close to the Savior he would later dedicate his life to serving. In 1942, Charles’s mother remarried but his new stepfather struggled with anger and bitterness. The two were very close and would remain so for the rest of their lives. In his sermons, Charles would speak often of his mother’s inspirational faith and courage in the years to come. Now a single parent, Charles’s mother Rebecca was forced to be the provider for their home, struggling to make ends meet in some of America’s darkest days. The very next year, Charles’s father died from a kidney condition called Bright’s disease. was the only child of Charles and Rebecca Stanley. On Tuesday, God called this incredible man of God home to his eternal reward.īorn on September 25, 1932, in Dry Fork, Virginia, during the throes of the Great Depression, Charles Frazier Stanley, Jr. Stanley authored on practical Christian living. I grew up watching “In Touch” services with my parents, listening to cassettes with my dad in his 1983 Honda Accord, and reading just a few of the many books Dr. I’ve never been a fan of megachurch pastors, mainly because many of them preach a prosperity gospel directly contrary to Scripture. Charles Stanley’s “30 Life Principles,” and it represents a life completely abandoned to the will of God.
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