![]() StanleyĮd Stetzer, executive director of Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College in Illinois, said ministries such In Touch tend to be “deeply connected to the person - a bible teaching ministry is generally personified by a bible teacher. Explore Thousands pay tribute to Atlanta megachurch pastor Charles F. but maybe he’s not the kind of Christian leader that people are looking for today. How do you make it fresh to a new generation of people? People will say the Word of God doesn’t change. “The downside is that people who have followed Charles Stanley have all these materials. Stanley, influential preacher and evangelical broadcaster, dies at 90Īnd, while there are decades and decades of sermons and books, said Anthea Butler, a professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the ministry has challenges in a world where technology allows anyone to reach religious audiences and has opened the world to smaller ministries. In Touch will also air older messages that, because of technology, are able to go from standard definition to high-def. The last time Stanley recorded a live sermon, “In the Midst of a Storm,” was in the middle of pandemic to an empty auditorium. The elder Stanley, a prolific writer, authored more than 70 books and recorded hundreds of sermons. "Īndy Stanley could not be reached for comment. “This is how he put it: ‘This is not a business. He just felt like they had two different ministries. “Andy has his own ministry and he just marveled at how well Andy was doing with his churches. Many have questioned whether Stanley’s son, Andy Stanley, a megachurch pastor in his own right and founder of North Point Ministries, would become part of running of In Touch or the person to deliver the sermons.īowen, however, said there are no plans to do so. There’s also a YouTube channel with his sermons. The plan is to continue to broadcast Stanley sermons on radio and television, publish the ministry’s devotional and look at ways to pastors training program and one to prepare missionaries. They have partnered with other ministers to air their sermons as well. He said the ministry is exploring ways to reach Christians including the use of newer technology, including a 24 streaming television launched last year. Those older messages and sermons have been like a “rebirth.” ![]() We were so shocked and surprised that people would still care about these sermons that were preached in the early 90s, late 80s and early 2000s.” We started doing it during COVID, even bringing back some of his classic messages, which people have responded to so positively. The succession plan, Bowen said, has always been that “we would just continue to be innovative and take all the years of content and put it in print and put it in different forms. He wanted it about people being in touch with their heavenly Father,” Bowen said. The main reason Stanley named the global ministry In Touch in the first place was that “he didn’t want it to be about him.
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