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Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church , a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia .
- Founding the Moral Majority
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Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr. (/ ˈ f ɔː l w ɛ l /; born June 17, 1962) is an American attorney, former academic administrator, and evangelical.
3 days ago · 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 26, 2020 · The evangelical leader and Liberty University president resigned after an affair with a younger man he met at a hotel in Miami Beach. The scandal involves financial, institutional, and political corruption, and may have influenced his endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016.
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Nov 29, 2023 · Jerry Falwell was a religious leader, political activist and television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority, a fundamentalist Christian political organization. He also restarted The Moral Majority Coalition in 2004 and died in 2007. Learn about his life, career, controversies and legacy.
Jan 24, 2022 · Jerry Falwell Jr. was the Trump-anointing dark prince of the Christian right. Then a sex scandal rocked his marriage and ended his lucrative stewardship of the evangelical...
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Aug 24, 2020 · Liberty University's board of trustees on Tuesday accepted the resignation of President Jerry Falwell Jr., following a daylong back-and-forth over the fate of the longtime evangelical...