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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Chuck Baldwin
| image_name =ChuckBaldwin.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[May 3]], [[1952]]
| place_of_birth =LaPorte, Indiana
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Minister, politician
| religion =[[Crossroad Baptist Church|Evangelical Baptist]]
| spouse =[[Connie Kay Cole Baldwin]]
| parents =Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. Baldwin
| children =[[Emily Baldwin Baker]]<br/>[[Christopher Baldwin]]<br/>[[Timothy Baldwin]]
}}
Dr. '''Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin''' is a Pensacola minister and politician who ran as the [[Constitution Party]]'s vice-presidential candidate during the [[2004 election]]. He is the founder of [[Crossroad Baptist Church]], host of the radio talk show program "Chuck Baldwin Live," and regular columnist for a number of political and religious outlets.
==Personal life==
Baldwin was born [[May 3]], [[1952]] in LaPorte, Indiana. He is the son of Ed Baldwin, a welder who helped build the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 and who struggled with alcoholism for more than twenty years.<ref>http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/ebald.html</ref> Chuck attended [[Wikipedia:Midwestern Baptist College|Midwestern Baptist College]] in Pontian, Michigan for two years. There he met his wife, [[Connie Kay Cole]], and they married on [[June 2]], [[1973]]. They then moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, where Baldwin enrolled in [[Wikipedia:Jerry Falwell|Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Wikipedia:Thomas Road Bible Institute|Thomas Road Bible Institute]].
==Ministry==
{{main|Crossroad Baptist Church}}
Baldwin, along with his wife and four others, established [[Crossroad Baptist Church]] on [[June 22]], [[1975]]. The church purchased six acres of land in [[1978]] and was reorganized by President [[Wikipedia:Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]] in [[1985]].
==Politics==
In [[1980]], Baldwin began serving as Pensacola Chairman of the Florida Moral Majority. He later became State Chairman, in which he served until [[1984]].
Baldwin is a member of the [[Constitution Party]]. On [[May 2]], [[2004]], he was asked by Constitution Party presidential candidate [[Wikipedia:Michael Peroutka|Michael Peroutka]] to serve as his running mate in the [[2004 election]].
Baldwin's political views reflect a conservative Christian ideology and are frequently opposed to both Democratic and Republican platforms. He is a strong critic of same-sex marriage (and same-sex unions<ref>http://www.constitutionparty.com/news_print.php?aid=89</ref>), illegal immigration, federal income tax, and the USA PATRIOT Act (which he says "is taken right out of the Nazi handbook"<ref>[http://gulf1.typepad.com/gulf1ccolumns/2007/06/the-worst-trage.html The Worst Tragedy of the Bush Presidency], June 29, 2007.</ref>).
==Commentator==
Baldwin is an author and columnist whose writings have appeared in a number of print and online publications, including websites like [[Wikipedia:World Net Daily|World Net Daily]] and [[Gulf1]]. He has appeared on numerous national media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, ABC, ''Esquire'', ''The Miami Herald'' and ''The Washington Times''.
On [[August 1]], [[1994]], Baldwin first broadcast his radio talk show, "Chuck Baldwin Live." It is currently syndicated by eight radio stations in Florida and Alabama and began broadcasting on the national [[Wikipedia:Genesis Communications Network|Genesis Communications Network]] in May 2001.
===Bibliography===
*''Subjects Seldom Spoken On'', a collection of eleven sermons
*''This Is The Life'', commentary on the Epistles of John
==References==
*[http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/sketch.html Official site]
<references/>
[[Category:Religious figures|Baldwin, Chuck]]
[[Category:Baptists|Baldwin, Chuck]]
[[Category:Conservative media commentators]]
[[Category:Constitution Party politicians]]
| subject_name =Chuck Baldwin
| image_name =ChuckBaldwin.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[May 3]], [[1952]]
| place_of_birth =LaPorte, Indiana
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Minister, politician
| religion =[[Crossroad Baptist Church|Evangelical Baptist]]
| spouse =[[Connie Kay Cole Baldwin]]
| parents =Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. Baldwin
| children =[[Emily Baldwin Baker]]<br/>[[Christopher Baldwin]]<br/>[[Timothy Baldwin]]
}}
Dr. '''Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin''' is a Pensacola minister and politician who ran as the [[Constitution Party]]'s vice-presidential candidate during the [[2004 election]]. He is the founder of [[Crossroad Baptist Church]], host of the radio talk show program "Chuck Baldwin Live," and regular columnist for a number of political and religious outlets.
==Personal life==
Baldwin was born [[May 3]], [[1952]] in LaPorte, Indiana. He is the son of Ed Baldwin, a welder who helped build the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 and who struggled with alcoholism for more than twenty years.<ref>http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/ebald.html</ref> Chuck attended [[Wikipedia:Midwestern Baptist College|Midwestern Baptist College]] in Pontian, Michigan for two years. There he met his wife, [[Connie Kay Cole]], and they married on [[June 2]], [[1973]]. They then moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, where Baldwin enrolled in [[Wikipedia:Jerry Falwell|Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Wikipedia:Thomas Road Bible Institute|Thomas Road Bible Institute]].
==Ministry==
{{main|Crossroad Baptist Church}}
Baldwin, along with his wife and four others, established [[Crossroad Baptist Church]] on [[June 22]], [[1975]]. The church purchased six acres of land in [[1978]] and was reorganized by President [[Wikipedia:Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]] in [[1985]].
==Politics==
In [[1980]], Baldwin began serving as Pensacola Chairman of the Florida Moral Majority. He later became State Chairman, in which he served until [[1984]].
Baldwin is a member of the [[Constitution Party]]. On [[May 2]], [[2004]], he was asked by Constitution Party presidential candidate [[Wikipedia:Michael Peroutka|Michael Peroutka]] to serve as his running mate in the [[2004 election]].
Baldwin's political views reflect a conservative Christian ideology and are frequently opposed to both Democratic and Republican platforms. He is a strong critic of same-sex marriage (and same-sex unions<ref>http://www.constitutionparty.com/news_print.php?aid=89</ref>), illegal immigration, federal income tax, and the USA PATRIOT Act (which he says "is taken right out of the Nazi handbook"<ref>[http://gulf1.typepad.com/gulf1ccolumns/2007/06/the-worst-trage.html The Worst Tragedy of the Bush Presidency], June 29, 2007.</ref>).
==Commentator==
Baldwin is an author and columnist whose writings have appeared in a number of print and online publications, including websites like [[Wikipedia:World Net Daily|World Net Daily]] and [[Gulf1]]. He has appeared on numerous national media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, ABC, ''Esquire'', ''The Miami Herald'' and ''The Washington Times''.
On [[August 1]], [[1994]], Baldwin first broadcast his radio talk show, "Chuck Baldwin Live." It is currently syndicated by eight radio stations in Florida and Alabama and began broadcasting on the national [[Wikipedia:Genesis Communications Network|Genesis Communications Network]] in May 2001.
===Bibliography===
*''Subjects Seldom Spoken On'', a collection of eleven sermons
*''This Is The Life'', commentary on the Epistles of John
==References==
*[http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/sketch.html Official site]
<references/>
[[Category:Religious figures|Baldwin, Chuck]]
[[Category:Baptists|Baldwin, Chuck]]
[[Category:Conservative media commentators]]
[[Category:Constitution Party politicians]]