Imagine if Steve Jobs had a son, who created a company that rivaled Apple in size and innovation - and they barely spoke to one another. There's no father-son preaching duo quite like the Stanleys. you'd have to crawl over me to get to him,' Charles Stanley, now 80, says.' I would have stood by him, no matter what. 'I felt like this was a huge battle, and if Andy had been in a huge battle. The experience wounded his father as well. 'I understand drive-by shootings,' he told his wife one day. The experience enraged Andy so much it scared him: Charles Stanley, a Southern Baptist megachurch pastor and founder of In Touch Ministries, a global evangelistic organization. He was swept up in a struggle against another famous televangelist - his father, the Rev. Things get weird.'ДЄt 54, Andy knows something about weirdness. 'Now they have to control, maintain and protect it. As soon as somebody thinks forever, that's when they close their hand,' he says, slowly clenching his fist. 'One day we're not going to be the coolest church. 'I tell my staff everything has a season,' he says, leaning back in an office chair while wearing a flannel shirt, faded jeans and tan hiking boots. Fans watch him on television or flock to his leadership seminars pastors study his DVDs for preaching tips his ministries' website gets at least a million downloads per month. A lanky man with close-cropped hair and an 'aw-shucks' demeanor, he is alone as he steps out of his office to greet a visitor to his ministry's sprawling office complex in suburban Atlanta.ДЄt least 33,000 people attend one of Andy's seven churches each Sunday. Today he has found fame, and infamy, on another stage.ДЄndy Stanley is the founder of North Point Ministries, one of the largest Christian organizations in the nation. As a teenager, Andy decided he was going to be a rock star after seeing Elton John perform live.

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