Jerry Falwell
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Jerry Laymon Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and politically conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virg
Portrait as President of Liberty University, made before 2007
Falwell greeting President Gerald Ford in 1976
Falwell with President Ronald Reagan in 1983
Falwell with President George H. W. Bush in 1991
Liberty University
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Liberty University, known simply as Liberty, is a conservative, private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention of
Jerry Falwell
…Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy, later renamed Liberty Christian Academy, in 1967, founded Liberty University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979. Falwell and his twin brother Gene were born in the Fairview Heights area of Lynchburg, Virginia…
Jerry Falwell, evangelist and leader of the Moral Majority
University Commons, pictured in 2024
DeMoss Learning Center at Liberty University
Rawlings School of Divinity, Freedom Tower was completed in February 2018. At 275 feet, it is the tallest building in Lynchburg.