Walter Stanley Mooneyham Biography

Walter Stanley Mooneyham (14 January 1926 in Houston, Mississippi, United States – 3 June 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA) Dr. Stan Mooneyham was a remarkable evangelical visionary with an even more remarkable heart for seeing and meeting global needs of the world's most hurting populations. He cared deeply for suffering people and tangibly secured relief for them in the most direct ways possible. He authored the books, "Is There Life Before Death?", "Come Walk the World, "China: A New Day", "Sea of Heartbreak" and "Dancing on the Strait and Narrow". The world was his home, traveling 70% of the time. He had unprecedented success in gaining audiences with world leaders to initiate needed humanitarian change, saving many lives in the process. While with National Association of Evangelicals, he started as Editor of 'United Evangelical Action (1959–1964), later he was Vice President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association', during which time he moved his family to Berlin, Germany to direct the first World Congress on Evangelism. After this success, they moved to Singapore for the Southeast Asia Congress on Evangelism. '(1967–1969) He then became President of the Christian humanitarian NGO World Vision (1969–1982).