The Moral Majority was an American political organization and movement associated with the Christian right and the Republican Party in the United States. It was founded in 1979 by Baptist minister Jer
Jerry Falwell Sr., whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right
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
Moral Majority
…organization and movement associated with the Christian right and the Republican Party in the United States. It was founded in 1979 by Baptist minister Jerry Falwell Sr. and Paul Weyrich, and dissolved in the late 1980s. It played a key role in the mobilization of conservative Christians as a political force and…