Andy Stanley | |
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![]() Stanley in 2018 | |
Education | Georgia State University (BA) Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM) |
Spouse | Sandra Stanley (m. 1988) |
Children | 3 |
Parents |
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Religion | Christianity (nondenominational evangelical) |
Congregations served | North Point Community Church |
Website | andystanley |
Charles Andrew Stanley, known as Andy Stanley, is an American who is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries, a nondenominational evangelical Christian church with several campuses across the north metro Atlanta areas. He is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Community Church.
Stanley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Georgia State University and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. [1]
Stanley founded North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, in 1995. [2]
Stanley is the author of more than 20 books, including Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets; The New Rules for Love, Sex & Dating; Ask It; How to Be Rich; Deep & Wide; Enemies of the Heart; When Work & Family Collide; Visioneering; Next Generation Leader; and Irresistible. His television program Your Move with Andy Stanley has been broadcast since 2012. [3]
In 2017, a survey of U.S. pastors in Outreach magazine identified Stanley as one of the ten most influential living pastors in America. [4] In 2016, his podcast won the Academy of Podcasters award for best spirituality and religion podcast. [5]
Stanley lives in Milton, a suburb north of Atlanta, with his wife, Sandra. They have three adult children. [6] He is the son of Charles Stanley, the former senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries. Charles Stanley died on April 18, 2023. [7]