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Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. [a] (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) [3] was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. [4] He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia.
During a 1979 meeting, they urged televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr. to found the Moral Majority (a phrase coined by Weyrich [3]). This was the period when the New Christian Right arose. [4] [5] Joining Falwell in the Moral Majority was Ed McAteer, who the same year, founded the Religious Roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee. [6]
Even then, many Democrats remained skeptical, still scarred by past experiences with Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority and the merging of conservative Christianity with the Republican Party.
The birth of the New Christian right, however, is usually traced to a 1979 meeting where televangelist Jerry Falwell was urged to create a "Moral Majority" organization. [65] [80] In 1979, Weyrich was in a discussion with Falwell when he remarked that there was a "moral majority" of Americans ready to be called to political action. [79]
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It’s official: Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned. Falwell, 58, announced his resignation on Tuesday afternoon just a few hours after dismissing reports that he would ...
It also was one of the first organizations to tap into evangelical Christian churches as places to recruit and cultivate activists and support for social conservative causes. [15] In 1977, Weyrich co-founded Christian Voice with Robert Grant. Two years later, in 1979, he co-founded the Moral Majority with Jerry Falwell. [16]
The Old-Time Gospel Hour was a ministry radio and television program broadcast from Thomas Road Baptist Church hosted by minister Jerry Falwell featuring the church's Sunday service. [1] Started in 1956 [ 2 ] by Jerry Falwell , The Old-Time Gospel Hour gained a national following on radio and television. [ 3 ]