Jerry Falwell
Jerry Laymon Falwell 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. 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.
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Background
- Born in
- Lynchburg
- Educated at
- Baptist Bible CollegeBrookville High School
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Trending topics shown first"Today the world has gone sex crazy. Illicit sex has become the downfall of many in the Bible. Movie stars not married to each other, having babies and making headlines all over the world as though the…"
"You know, you almost got to be a homosexual to be recognized in the entertainment industry anymore. Ellen , and all the rest. I love them, pray for their souls, but they're immoral. And the Hollywood …"
"The fact that Marc Cherry's a gay Republican means he should join the Democratic Party."
"You've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops and I am for the President—chase them all over the world, if it takes ten years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord."
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1933
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Birth2007
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