ATLANTA, GA (ANS) -- The Ultimate Conversation book tour with Dr. Charles Stanley has been postponed until further notice.

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According to a news release, Stanley, who turns 80 on September 25th, is recovering from a back injury sustained in July. Doctors have advised that he continue to rest, rather than travel to introduce his new book, The Ultimate Conversation.

“I've often found that when God lays me out for a time, it is so He can teach me something about who He is and what He wills for my life,” said Stanley. “He always has a good reason (Rom. 8:28). So I am looking forward to all He will communicate to me during this time.”

This year not only marks Dr. Stanley's 80th birthday, but also his 55th year of ministry and In Touch Ministries' 35th anniversary. Plans for the celebration of these milestones in Dr. Stanley's ministry continue, as do expectations for his full and complete recovery.

Dr. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta where he has served for more than 40 years. From 1984-1986, he served two terms as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and in 1988, he was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

He is the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. He has written more than 50 books, including How to Reach Your Full Potential for God, Finding Peace, How to Listen to God, Landmines in the Path of the Believer, Surviving in an Angry World, and Turning the Tide.

Dan Wooding, 71, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 49 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and he hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on the KWVE Radio Network in Southern California and which is also carried throughout the United States and around the world. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 192 countries. Dan recently received two top media awards -- the “Passion for the Persecuted” award from Open Doors US, and as one of the top “Newsmakers of 2011” from Plain Truth magazine. He is the author of some 45 books, the latest of which is “Caped Crusader: Rick Wakeman in the 1970s.” To order a copy, go to: http://www.amazon.com/CAPED-CRUSADER-Rick-Wakeman-1970s/dp/1908728302/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335474883&sr=1-1 .