JERRY FALWELL
Name: Jerry Lamon Falwell
Born: August 11, 1933 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Died: May 15, 2007 Lynchburg, Virginia,United States
Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 - May 15, 2007) was an American
evangelical Christian pastor and televangelist. He was the founding pastor of
the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Liberty
University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.
Falwell led services at Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg,
Virginia. He changed affiliations from Baptist Bible Fellowship International to
the mainly conservative Southern Baptist Convention, and ended his self-identification
with fundamentalism in favor of evangelicalism.
Name: Jerry Lamon Falwell
Born: August 11, 1933 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Died: May 15, 2007 Lynchburg, Virginia,United States
Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 - May 15, 2007) was an American
evangelical Christian pastor and televangelist. He was the founding pastor of
the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Liberty
University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.
Falwell led services at Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg,
Virginia. He changed affiliations from Baptist Bible Fellowship International to
the mainly conservative Southern Baptist Convention, and ended his self-identification
with fundamentalism in favor of evangelicalism.