In Touch uses tools like radio, television, magazines and digital media in its effort to advance the Gospel as quickly as possible. The ministry also publishes In Touch magazine.

Stanley's sermons, along with other audio and video programming, are available on the In Touch website. In the United States, In Touch is broadcast on approximately 500 radio stations, 300 television stations, and several satellite networks including The Inspiration Network (INSP) and Trinity Broadcasting Network. The show has since been translated in 50 languages. The Christian Broadcasting Network began televising In Touch in 1978. In 1977, Stanley founded In Touch Ministries with the mission to lead people worldwide into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and to strengthen the local church. In 1972, Stanley launched a half-hour religious television program called The Chapel Hour. Stanley joined the staff of First Baptist Church of Atlanta in 1969 and became senior pastor in 1971. He has also earned a Master of Theology and a Doctorate of Theology degree from Luther Rice Seminary (then located in Jacksonville, Florida). He studied at University of Richmond and earned a Bachelor of Arts, then he studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and earned a Master of Divinity. At the age of 12, he became a born-again Christian, and at age 14 he began his life's work in Christian ministry.

Stanley's family moved frequently throughout his childhood. His father, also named Charles, died nine months later. Stanley was born on September 25, 1932, in Dry Fork, an unincorporated community of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryĬharles Frazier Stanley (Septem– April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer.

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