Jerry Falwell farewell: 2 minutes prayer for his peaceful soul
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority and the power behind building the religious right into a political force died on 15 May. He was found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. And to your knowledge he was 73 years young.
Amber Lockard, right, reacts to the news of the death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va. On 15 May 2007.
People join hands in a prayer for the Rev. Jerry Falwell during a service at Thomas Road Baptist Church on 15 May.
Mourners write notes in his remembrance to the Falwell family after a memorial service at the Thomas Roads Baptist Church, .
His Biography
Jerry Falwell (August 11, 1933 - May 15, 2007) was an American fundamentalist Christian pastor and televangelist born in Lynchburg, Va.
Profile:
Founder and Chancellor, Liberty University
Founder and Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church
Education: Attended Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va.
Graduate of Baptist Bible College, Springfield, Mo., Theology (1956)
Honorary degrees:
Tennessee Temple Theological Seminary, Doctor of Divinity
California Graduate School of Theology, Doctor of Letters
Central University, Seoul, Korea, Doctor of Laws
Vocations and posts:
Thomas Road Baptist Church: Pastor since 1956
Old Time Gospel Hour, Inc.: President since 1956
Elim Home for Alcoholics: since 1959
Lynchburg Christian Academy , K-12: since 1967
Liberty University: Chancellor since 1971
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary: Chancellor since 1973
Liberty Bible Institute: Chancellor since 1972
Moral Majority, Inc.: 1979-1989
Liberty Godparent Home for Unwed Mothers: since 1982
Liberty Broadcasting Network: President since 1985
Clergyman of the Year in America, Religious Heritage of America, 1979
Jabotinsky Centennial Medal, for friendship to Israel; presented by Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 1980
Christian Humanitarian of the Year, Food for the Hungry International, 1981
Most Admired Man Not in Congress, Conservative Digest, 1983
Voted several times among the 10 Most Admired Men in America, Good Housekeeping Poll
Named one of the 25 Most Influential People in America, U.S. News & World Report, 1983
Debated New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, defending the “Western Nuclear Alliance,” at Oxford Debating Society, 1985
Most Influential Central Virginian of the 20th Century in a survey conducted by the News and Advance in Lynchburg, Virginia, Dec. 1999
Virginia s most influential clergyman of the 20th Century by the Virginia Historical Society
Family background:
Wife Macel Pate Falwell, married December 4, 1958. He was blessed with two sons and one daughter; Jerry Falwell (son), Jr., Attorney, vice-chancellor of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va., Jonathan Falwell (son), attorney and executive pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg Va and Jeannie Falwell Savas (daughter), surgeon, Richmond, Va.
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