VERY BAD THEOLOGY - ANDY STANLEY Charles Andrew Stanley (born May 16, 1958), known as Andy Stanley is an American pastor working as the founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries, a nondenominational evangelical Christian church with several campuses across the north metro Atlanta area: North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, Browns Bridge Church, Woodstock City Church, Gwinnett Church, Decatur City Church, East Cobb Church, and Hamilton Mill Church. Stanley was born in Atlanta in 1958. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Georgia State University and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. 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. Recognition 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. Personal life Stanley now lives outside of Atlanta with his wife, Sandra, and their three adult children. His father is Charles Stanley, the former senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries.