Jerry Falwell | |
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Born | Jerry Laymon Falwell August 11, 1933 |
Died | May 15, 2007 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 73)
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Known for | Founding the Moral Majority |
Television | The Old-Time Gospel Hour[1] |
Title | Chancellor of Liberty University (1971–2007) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Macel Pate (m. 1958) |
Children | 3, including Jerry Jr. and Jonathan |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Baptist) |
Church | |
Ordained | 1956 |
Congregations served | Thomas Road Baptist Church |
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 University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.
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