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, 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.
- Occupation
- preacher, non-fiction writer, public figure, evangelist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 11, 1933
- Died
- May 15, 2007
