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Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. [a] (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) [3] was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. [4] . He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Starting with his 2007 appointment upon the death of his father, televangelist and conservative activist Jerry Falwell Sr., Falwell served as the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, until resigning in August 2020 amidst a sex scandal. [2] [3] [4] [5] Early life and education.
Aug 26, 2020 · Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president of Liberty University Tuesday amid an unfolding sex scandal. The scandal involves Falwell and his wife Becki’s relationship with a...
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May 11, 2024 · Jerry Falwell (born August 11, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.—died May 15, 2007, Lynchburg) was an American religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the Moral Majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values.
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Aug 25, 2020 · The board of a leading US evangelical college, Liberty University, has accepted the resignation of its embattled president Jerry Falwell Jr, who is embroiled in a sex scandal. It comes after a...
Nov 29, 2023 · Reverend Jerry Falwell was a leading force behind in the political rise of the religious right in the 1980s and the founder of the Moral Majority, a fundamentalist Christian political...
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May 16, 2007 · The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the fundamentalist preacher who transformed American politics by rallying the religious right into an electoral force and helping Ronald Reagan into the presidency, died...
