Dr. Charles Stanley is the pastor of the 15,000-member First Baptist Church of Atlanta, GA (FBA) and a New York Times best-selling author. Always practical, Dr. Stanley ministry is based on his experience in applying scriptural truths to his own life. He often says, feel I cannot honestly tell you how to believe Bible truths and put these truths to work in your life until I have first let God work them into my own life.In 1971, Dr. Stanley became Senior Pastor of FBA and, in 1982, he established In Touch Ministries as an organization independent from the church. As both pastor of FBA and president of In Touch, Dr. Stanley is able to fulfill his heart greatest desire: to get the Gospel to many people as possible, as quickly as possible in the power of the Holy Spirit and to the glory of God.In 2002, Dr. Stanley goal of bringing believers into a mature, growing relationship with Christ took on a new form in the establishment of the Charles Stanley Institute for Christian Living. Enrolling more than 68,000 students in its first few years of operation, the online Institute delivers the powerful preaching ministry of Dr. Stanley to an even broader base of worldwide disciples.