Jerry Falwell

This article is about Jerry Falwell, Sr. For the article about his son, see Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American evangelical Christian pastor and televangelist. He was the pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Liberty University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979. Fallwell was a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.^[1]

Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr.
Born	(1933-08-11)August 11, 1933 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Died	May 15, 2007(2007-05-15) (aged 73) Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest caused by cardiac arrhythmia
Occupation	Protestant Christian Evangelist
Years active	1971-2007
Website	http://www.falwell.com/