Jerry Falwell
Religious Leader
Notable Achievement
Televangelist and Moral Majority founder
Biography
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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Birthday Date
Jerry Falwell was born on August 11