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Do not fill this in! ==Personal life== Stanley had a daughter named Becky.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elizabeth |date=2021-12-22 |title=Becky Stanley: Child of Pastor Charles Stanley Life & Career Journey |url=https://www.insiderlyfe.com/becky-stanley-daughter |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Insiderlyfe |language=en-US}}</ref> Stanley's son, [[Andy Stanley|Andy]], is the pastor of [[North Point Community Church]] in nearby [[Alpharetta, Georgia|Alpharetta]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Charles Stanley, pivotal SBC president, TV preacher, dies {{!}} Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/charles-stanley-pivotal-sbc-president-tv-preacher-dies/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Baptist Press |language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to his work in Christian ministry, Stanley was an avid photographer. Much of his photographic work is featured in the ''In Touch'' magazine, as well as in other materials printed by the ministry, such as the In Touch wall and desk calendars.<ref name="ITM Stanley bio" /><ref>Many of his photographs from Alaska are featured in the ITM [http://ww2.intouch.org/site/c.dhKHIXPKIuE/b.2315307/k.89F3/Photo_Gallery.htm/ Photo Gallery]{{Full citation needed|date=July 2009}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602120906/http://ww2.intouch.org/site/c.dhKHIXPKIuE/b.2315307/k.89F3/Photo_Gallery.htm/ |date=June 2, 2007 }}.</ref> Stanley's wife of more than 40 years, Anna J. Stanley, filed for divorce on June 22, 1993, following their separation in spring of 1992. The two of them agreed that Anna would amend the lawsuit to seek a legal separation instead ("separate maintenance"), while seeking reconciliation. She again filed for divorce on March 20, 1995. The [[Moody Radio Network]] station in Atlanta (then-[[WGKA|WAFS]]) took Stanley's daily broadcast off the air during that time, as managers concluded that there was no sign of reconciliation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2000-05-23 |title=Charles Stanley, wife divorce; Atlanta church affirms pastor {{!}} Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/charles-stanley-wife-divorce-atlanta-church-affirms-pastor/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Baptist Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The Stanleys were legally separated at the time that divorce papers were filed for the last time on February 16, 2000. A judge signed the final divorce decree on May 11, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bpnews.net/5874 |title=Charles Stanley, wife divorce; Atlanta church affirms pastor |last=Staff |date=January 16, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/17/us/andy-stanley/index.html |title=Two preaching giants and the 'betrayal' that tore them apart |first=John |last=Blake |date=November 17, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Their divorce caused a minor controversy in the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. The matter was complicated by reports that Stanley had said he would resign as pastor if he got divorced. At the time of their separation, he said he did not believe it would result in divorce; however, after he was divorced, the members of his church overwhelmingly voted to keep him on as pastor. According to First Baptist Atlanta's bylaws, Stanley was allowed to remain as pastor as long as he did not remarry.<ref name="LO">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpnews.net/5874 |title=Charles Stanley, wife divorce β Atlanta church affirms pastor |access-date=September 1, 2007 |author=Baptist Press |date=May 31, 2000 |publisher=The Layman Online }}</ref><ref name=":1"/> Anna Stanley died on November 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite journal |author=News & Observer Staff |date=November 12, 2014 |title=Anna J. Stanley (Obituary) |journal=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, N.C. |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/anna-stanley-obituary?id=10588175|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref> Stanley served on the board of the [[Moral Majority]] political organization, and he was a close friend of that entity's founder, [[Jerry Falwell]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Charles Stanley, Atlanta Pastor Who Preached to the World, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/charles-stanley-dead.html |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 April 2023}}</ref> 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). 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