The world remembers Chuck Colson for taking part in the Watergate Scandal. The Church remembers Mr. Colson for Prison Fellowship. In the Market with Janet Parshall remembers Colson for the words he shared with us throughout the years. We’ll revisit those conversations and remember the passing of Chuck Colson.
Chuck Colson
Charles Colson, respected evangelical leader and former President Nixon adviser, died Saturday, April 21 at age 80 from complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage.
Before his conversion to Christianity, Colson served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 before he was indicted on Watergate-related charges, which led to a 7-month prison term. After his conversion experience, he published Born Again. He concerned himself with faith-based issues such as human rights, the war in Sudan, persecution, AIDS in Africa, sex trafficking, prison reform, and partial birth abortion. He was the founder of Prison Fellowship, a ministry operates in 1,300 correctional facilities and works with over 7,000 churches in the United States. Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree Ministry delivers thousands of Christmas gifts each year to children of inmates.
Colson graduated from Brown University and earned a law degree from George Washington University before joining the Nixon administration. Colson had three children with his first wife, Nancy Billings, whom he later divorced. In 1964 he married Patty Hughes, his wife of nearly 50 years.
For more information, please visit the Prison Fellowship website, or visit the Chuck Colson website, or visit The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview website.
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Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall has been the recipient of the National Religious Broadcasters On-Air Radio personality award in 2008 and 2011. In 1988, she was elected to the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the National Religious Broadcasters. Parshall and her husband, Craig, live in Virginia, and have four children and six grandchildren.