Esihlokweni sanamuhla sizokhuluma ngoDkt. uCharles stanley waziwa ngaphandle kokuba umfundisi ngokuba umsunguli nomongameli we "Ministerios en Contacto".
Umfundisi, isazi sezenkolo kanye nomsunguli we “In Contact Ministry”
Ubani uDkt Charles Stanley?
UCharles Frazier Stanley wazalelwa eVirginia, e-United States ngoSepthemba 25, 1932, ikakhulukazi endaweni yasemaphandleni yaseDry Fork, lapho akhulela khona. Wayeyizibulo futhi eyindodana kaCharles noRebecca Stanley, enezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye washonelwa uyise lapho eneminyaka engu-29 kuphela ubudala.
Wazalelwa phakathi kwalokho okwakwaziwa e-United States ngokuthi "Ukucindezeleka Okukhulu", lokhu kwakuyizinkinga zezezimali zomhlaba wonke, ezahlala phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ye-30. Nokho, uCharles akazange avumele lesi sinqumo esinzima ukuba simmise. futhi ngisemncane ngenza isinqumo sokuba umKristu ozelwe ngokusha.
Ngenxa yalokhu okungenhla, wenza isenzo sasobala sokubhapathizwa futhi lapho eseneminyaka engaba ngu-14 ubudala waqala umsebenzi wakhe wenkonzo, elandela ezinyathelweni zikayise noyisemkhulu nabo abanikezela ukuphila kwabo enkonzweni yobuKristu.
UCharles wathi lapho ebhekene nalesi simo esinzima, okwamgcina eqinile kwakuwukukholelwa kwakhe kuNkulunkulu, okuchazwe kuzEnzo 20:24 : “Kodwa anginaki lutho, futhi ukuphila kwami angikubheki njengegugu kimi, uma nje Ngaqeda umsebenzi wami ngenjabulo, kanye nenkonzo engayithola eNkosini uJesu, yokufakaza ngevangeli lomusa kaNkulunkulu».
Izifundo zakhe waziphothula eNyuvesi yaseRichmond, esifundazweni saseVirginia, lapho athola khona iziqu ze-bachelor kuTheology, kamuva waphothula iziqu zeMasters in Divinity eSouthwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, eTexas. Kodwa isifiso sakhe sokuqhubeka nokufunda kanye nokufunda okwengeziwe ngezwi likaNkulunkulu nsuku zonke samholela ekubeni athole isihloko esithi Master and Doctor of Theology eLuther Rice Seminary eFlorida.
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Ngonyaka ka-1969 wajoyina i-First Baptist Church yase-Atlanta, asebe ngumfundisi kuyo ngo-1971, ethatha ubuholi baleli bandla iminyaka engaphezu kuka-50. UDkt. Stanley walandisa esikhathini esithile esidlule ukuthi njengoba esemncane futhi ethwele umthwalo wemfanelo wabantu abaningi kangaka, wanquma ukufunda incwadi ekhuthazayo ethi “Think and Grow Rich” futhi wezwakalisa: “Ngaqala ukusebenzisa izimiso zalencwadi emizamweni yami njengoba uDkt. umfundisi, futhi ngathola ukuthi bayasebenza! «.
Wabuye wathi, “Sekuyiminyaka ngifunda iThink and Grow Rich minyaka yonke ukuze ngizikhumbuze ukuthi iqiniso likaNkulunkulu alilona nje elomkhakha owodwa wokuziphilisa. Ngowawo wonke umsebenzi nenkonzo.”
Ngonyaka ka-1972, waqala ukusakazwa kohlelo lwakhe lwethelevishini lwezenkolo olubizwa ngokuthi: The Chapel Hour (La Hora de la Capilla), olwalusakazwa iminyaka eminingana. Ngo-1978, lolu hlelo lwethelevishini lwangena kugridi ye-Christian Broadcasting Network, eyayingenye yamanethiwekhi amakhulu kakhulu kamabonakude wenkolo yobuKrestu nabakhiqizi e-United States, enolwazi olungaphezu kweminyaka engama-60.
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili kamuva, ngo-8, uStanley wasungula i-In Touch Ministries, ngenhloso yokwabelana ngevangeli, esebenzisa ithelevishini, umsakazo, omagazini kanye ne-intanethi njengendlela yokusabalalisa. Lolu hlelo lwasakazwa ngezilimi ezingaphezu kuka-1982.
Lapho uDkt. Stanley ebuzwa ukuthi yayiyini injongo yalenkonzo, waphendula ngokuthi yayizoqondisa bonke abantu bomhlaba ebuhlotsheni obukhulayo noJesu Kristu, ngokuzibophezela kokwenza ivangeli lithuthuke kubo bonke abantu kanye nokushesha. indlela. Kamuva, wanquma ukushayela inkonzo ethi In Touch.
Ngawo-80, i-In Touch yasakazwa kuzo zonke izimakethe zemidiya e-United States, eziteshini zomsakazo ezilinganiselwa ku-500, iziteshi zethelevishini ezingu-300, kanye nokutholakala kwiwebhusayithi yayo, kanye nokushicilela umagazini wayo wamasonto onke, okwamanje usakazwa. ngezilimi ezingaphezu kuka-50.
Izintshumayelo zikaDkt. Charles zazihlanganisa izihloko eziningi ezihlukahlukene mayelana nendlela yokuphila impilo yobuKristu, indlela yokuphatha impilo yakho yezezimali, impilo yomndeni, imizwa yakho nobudlelwano, konke kusekelwe ezwini eliphilayo likaNkulunkulu, okuyiBhayibheli; ngaphezu kokusebenzisa ukuphila kwakhe njengesibonelo kubalandeli bakhe. Ngo-1985, wakhethwa njengomongameli weSouthern Baptist Convention.
Wayengumbhali wezincwadi ezimbalwa, phakathi kwazo okugqamayo: Ukholo Olunesibindi: Indaba Yami Evela Ekuphileni Okulalelayo, lapho ecaphuna khona ukuthi omunye wemisho ayithanda kakhulu uthi: “Umkhulu wangitshela: ‘Charles, uma uNkulunkulu ethi ikhanda lakho odongeni lwezitini, bhekisa odongeni futhi lapho ufika lapho, uNkulunkulu uzofaka imbobo kulo'”, lapho ebonisa ukwethembela kwakhe okuphelele kuNkulunkulu, oqondise ukuphila kwakhe nesinyathelo ngasinye kuyo yonke inkonzo yakhe. .
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaCharles Stanley
Washada no-Anna Johnson Stanley ngo-1958, aba nezingane ezimbili okuthiwa u-Andy no-Becky Stanley. Indodana yakhe izinikele enkonzweni njengoyise futhi njengamanje ingumfundisi webandla iNorth Point Community Church e-Alpharetta.
Ngonyaka wezi-2000 kwaba nengxabano encane mayelana nempilo yomshado kaDkt. Charles Stanley, ngemva kweminyaka embalwa yokuhlukana (cishe iminyaka engu-7), wanquma ukuhlukanisa nomkakhe u-Anna, ayehlanganyele naye impilo yakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40. . .
Phakathi nalolu hlelo, abanye abezindaba be-audiovisual banquma ukumisa uhlelo lukaCharles nsuku zonke, njengoba babenomuzwa wokuthi zazingekho izimpawu zokubuyisana, nakuba uStanley aqinisekisa ukuthi uma ehlukanisa, wayezosula emsebenzini wakhe wokuba umfundisi.
Nokho, kwafinyelelwa esivumelwaneni sokuthi angasigcina isikhundla sakhe, ngaphansi kombandela wokuthi angaphinde ashade, okuyisimo asesifezile kuze kube manje. U-Anna Johnson Stanley washona ngo-2014.
Imicimbi yakamuva
Ngaphansi kocwaningo olwenziwe yi-LifeWay ngo-2010, wathathwa njengomfundisi wamaProthestani onethonya elikhulu, ngemuva kukaBilly Graham noCharles Swindoll.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngempilo yomunye umholi omkhulu wamaKrestu njenga Billygraham, Faka lesi sixhumanisi esikunikeza sona futhi uthole yonke imininingwane ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Ngo-2020, lo mfundisi oneminyaka engu-88 ubudala wamemezela ukuthi uzohoxa njengomfundisi omkhulu we-First Baptist Church yase-Atlanta futhi waqanjwa ngokuthi uPastor Emeritus, lesi simemezelo senziwa saziwa ngevidiyo eyavezwa ebandleni.
Encwadini elalelwayo uveze lokhu okulandelayo: “Kodwa lapho uNkulunkulu esicela ukuba senze okuthile okungakhululekile, ngokuvamile kungenxa yokuthi ufuna ukwenza okuthile okungavamile, ngibonga kakhulu ngokuthi ngavuma ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ngibonga kakhulu ngokuthi Wabona. bekufanelekela ukungivumela ukuba ngikhonze njengomfundisi wabo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50.”
Nokho ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ngeke ahoxe enkonzweni yakhe ye-In Touch, esho la mazwi akuvidiyo efanayo: “Ngizogxila kwisizini ezayo yempilo yami emathubeni ami ku-In Touch, ngizoqhubeka nokushumayela ivangeli. inqobo nje uma uNkulunkulu ekuvumela.” Ukwenza kucace ukuthi umsebenzi wawo awukashintshi, okuwukuletha abantu abaningi olwazini lukaJesu Kristu nevangeli.
Umlandeli wakhe e-Atlanta Baptist Church nguMfundisi u-Anthony George, owaqokwa ngo-2017 nguCharles Stanley ngokwakhe.
UPr Anthony George kanye noPr Charles Stanley