Charles Stanley Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life and education== On {{start date and age|1932|9|25|paren=y}}, Stanley was born in [[Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Dry Fork]], an unincorporated community of [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania County]], [[Virginia]], [[United States]], [[North America]].<ref name=Poole>{{cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/charles-stanley-well-known-preacher-and-evangelical-broadcaster-dies-at-90/PVQWPM3WKJAADCV3KZLVUSNPG4/ |title=Charles Stanley, well-known preacher and evangelical broadcaster, dies at 90 |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=2023-04-18 |accessdate=2023-04-18 |last=Poole |first=Shelia<!--not Sheila--> }}</ref> His father, also named Charles, died nine months later. Stanley's mother, Rebecca, and the rest of the family moved frequently throughout his childhood.<ref name=Poole/> At the age of 12, around 1944, Stanley became a [[born-again Christian]], and at age 14 he began his life's work in [[Christian ministry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Dr. Charles Stanley |url=https://www.intouch.org/meet-dr-charles-stanley |website=www.intouch.org |access-date=2022-12-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924171358/https://www.intouch.org/meet-dr-charles-stanley |archivedate=2022-09-24 }}</ref> Stanley graduated in 1956, at the age of 23, from the [[University of Richmond]] with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then studied at [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], earning a [[Master of Divinity]].<ref name="Poole" /> He also earned a [[Master of Theology]] and a [[Doctorate of Theology]] degree from [[Luther Rice College & Seminary|Luther Rice Seminary]] (then located in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]).<ref name=Poole/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page