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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jerry_FalwellJerry Falwell - Wikipedia

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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. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy ( Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, founded Liberty ...

   • Known for: Founding the Moral Majority
   • Religion: Christianity (Baptist)

   • Political party: Republican

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jerry_Falwell_JrJerry Falwell Jr. - Wikipedia

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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.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.

   • Children: 3
   • Succeeded by: Jerry Prevo

   • Political party: Republican

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Jerry-FalwellJerry Falwell | Biography, Televangelist, Significance, & Facts

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   Mar 5, 2024 · Jerry Falwell (born August 11, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.—died May 15, 2007, Lynchburg) American religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the Moral Majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values. Although his grandfather and father were atheists, Falwell accepted Jesus Christ in 1952, perhaps ...

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6. www.vox.com › 2020/8/25 › 21399954The Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal, explained - Vox

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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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7. www.vanityfair.com › news › 2022Inside Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Unlikely Rise and Precipitous Fall ...

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   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 education empire founded ...

8. www.npr.org › 2022/10/30 › 1132658614A new documentary follows an affair that felled evangelist ...

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   Oct 30, 2022 · NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Billy Corben, director of "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty." The movie is about an affair that felled evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr.'s career.

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   Who is Jerry Falwell Jr?

   • For 49 of those years, a member of the Falwell family had run Liberty, the country’s most influential evangelical university. But the day before orientation started, Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of the late televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr. and the school’s president and chancellor from 2007 to 2020, was nowhere near campus.

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   Why did Jerry Falwell resign from Liberty University?

   • 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 younger man they met at a hotel in Miami Beach: Giancarlo Granda.

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   What did Jerry Falwell do for a living?

   • Besides preaching the gospel, Falwell wanted to build a Christian educational system. He founded the Lynchburg Christian Academy in 1967 and Liberty Baptist College, which now known as Liberty University, in 1971. By the end of the 1970s, Jerry Falwell turned his attentions toward American politics, forming the Moral Majority.

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   What happened to Jerry Falwell?

   • Falwell faced health problems in 2005 and was hospitalized twice that year. He died on May 15, 2007, a short time after being discovered unconscious in his office at the school.Jerry Falwell was married to his wife Macel for 49 years. The couple had three children: Jerry, Jr., Jeannie, and Jonathan. Fact Check: We strive for accuracy and fairness.

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10. www.biography.com › a45986619 › jerry-falwellJerry Falwell - Biography

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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.