Statements from Friends and Leaders about Charles W. “Chuck” Colson

Friends, leaders pay tribute to the life and legacy of Chuck Colson

Below are links to statements from those paying tribute to the life and legacy of Chuck Colson.

• Ron Babb, ex-offender and former European director for Prison Fellowship International
  
  
• Gary Bauer, former presidential candidate
  
  
• John Beckett, chairman emeritus, Intercessors for America
  
  
• Mike Benson, ex-offender and volunteer with Prison Fellowship projects
  
  
• Vonette Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International
  
  
• Jerry Brown, California governor
  
  
• Dan Busby, president of ECFA
  
  
• George W. Bush, in his book, Decision Points
  
  
• Norman A. Carlson, director, Federal Bureau of Prisons (Ret.)
  
  
• Joseph A. Califano, Jr., founder and chairman emeritus of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
  
  
• Dan Coats, U.S. Senator
  
  
• Dr. Paul Crouch Sr., founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network
  
  
• Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family
  
  
• Steve Douglass, president of Campus Crusade for Christ International
  
  
• Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash.
  
  
• Mark Earley, former president and CEO of Prison Fellowship
  
  
• Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
  
  
• Billy Graham, founder of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
  
  
• Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse
  
  
• Dennis Hollinger, president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  
  
• T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas
  
  
• Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP president and CEO
  
  
• Richard Land, president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
  
  
• Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship
  
  
• Max Lucado, best-selling author and pastor of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas
  
  
• Gabe Lyons, founder of Q, author of The Next Christians and co-author of UnChristian
  
  
• Jesse C. Middendorf, general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene denomination
  
  
• Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Republican Leader
  
  
• Carl Moeller, president of Open Doors USA
  
  
• Mike Pence, Indiana Congressman
  
  
• Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition
  
  
• Pat Robertson, founder of Christian Broadcasting Network
  
  
• James Robison, founder and president of LIFE Outreach International
  
  
• Mitt Romney, candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination
  
  
• Mark Rutland, president of Oral Roberts University
  
  
• Rick Santorum, senator
  
  
• Alan Sears, president, CEO and general counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund
  
  
• Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
  
  
• Charles Stanley, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries
  
  
• Thomas A. Tarrants, (former inmate) vice president of ministry of the C.S. Lewis Institute
  
  
• Lawrence Temfwe of Zambia
  
  
• Lamar Vest, president and CEO of the American Bible Society
  
  
• Jim Wallis, CEO of Soujourners
  
  
• Jim Webb, U.S. Senator
  
  
• Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington
  
  
• Dr. Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life
  
  
• Ravi Zacharias, apologetics scholar and founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

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