Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll (born
October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian
pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight
for Living, headquartered in Plano, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more
than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He is currently senior
pastor at Stonebriar
Community Church, in Frisco, Texas.
Charles Rozell Swindoll
was born on October 18, 1934, in El Campo in Wharton County, Texas, the third of three children born to Earl and Lovell
Swindoll. He attended Charles
H. Milby High School in Houston. He credits his drama teacher, Dick Nieme, for helping
him overcome severe stuttering. As
a member of the school marching
band and orchestra, he learned to play all of the instruments
in the woodwind section, although the saxophone remained his primary
instrument. After graduating from high school, He studied mechanical engineering while working for Reed Roller Bit Company in Houston, Texas. Swindoll then fulfilled his military service
obligation with the United
States Marine Corps, first in San Francisco, then
on the Japanese island of Okinawa. After his honorable
discharge in 1959, he attended Dallas
Theological Seminary, where he graduated magna cum laude four years later.
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