Template:Multiple issuesJerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American evangelical Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (now Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, Liberty University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.
American Baptist pastor, televangelist, political commentator
Education
Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri
Nationality
American
Spouse
Macel Pate Falwell
Children
Jeannie Falwell
Parents
Carey Hezekiah Falwell, Helen Falwell
Siblings
Gene Falwell
Movies
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
TV Shows
“The Old-Time Gospel Hour”
Star Sign
Leo
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Booming voice
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Quote
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The fruit of a Christian is another Christian. The fruit of a church is another church.
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You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.
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Nothing of eternal significance ever happens apart from prayer.
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The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability.
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If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.
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Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.
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AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
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My heart was burning to serve Christ, I knew nothing would ever be the same again.
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[on the reasons for the terrorist attack on New York City on 9/11/01] I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen!"
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Release of his book, "Finding Inner Peace and Strength". [1982]
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Release of his book, "If I Should Die Before I Wake--". [1986]
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Release of his book, "Strength for the Journey: An Autography". [1987]
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Release of his book, "When It Hurts Too Much to Cry" by Jerry with Harry L. Wilmington. [1984]
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Release of his book, "Listen, America!". [1980]
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Release of the book, "Jerry Falwell: His Life and Legacy" by Macel Falwell with Melanie Hemry. [2008]
Son, Jerry Falwell Jr., is the president/chancellor of Liberty University. Son, Jonathan Falwell, is senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. Daughter, Jeannie Falwell-Stavas, is a surgeon in Richmond, Virginia.
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His father, an agnostic, was also a bootlegger during Prohibition.
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Has a twin brother, Gene Falwell.
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Was a star athlete who turned down an offer to play professional baseball to attend Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Mo.
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Three children: Jerry Falwell, Jr.; Jonathan Falwell, and Jeannie Falwell- Stavas.
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Started his first church in 1956, using an abandoned bottling plant in Lynchburg, with just 35 members.
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Founded Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971, now called Liberty University.
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Sued Hustler publisher Larry Flynt for libel and defamation of character over a humor piece which made Falwell look like an incestuous drunkard. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled that no matter how tasteless it was, humor and satire were protected under the First Amendment.
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Was once the victim of a prankster who programmed his computer to dial Falwell's 1-800 number every 30 seconds, then hang up. Since Falwell's organization had to pay for each call, it wound up costing them thousands of dollars.
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Sued Penthouse magazine for publishing an interview he'd given to an independent journalist.
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Hospitalized with pneumonia in February 2005.
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Once claimed that the Antichrist would be a Jewish male, something he apologized for when he heard the outcry against it.
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On The 700 Club (1966) he stated that the attacks on September 11, 2001, were the result of God removing a protective barrier from the United States as punishment for the nation's acceptance of homosexuals and feminists and blamed the politicians for "allowing it to happen", a sentiment that show host Pat Robertson readily agreed with. Contrary to popular belief, neither Falwell nor Robertson ever apologized.
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Declared that Tinky-Winky, a character on the childrens' TV show Teletubbies (1997), was in fact a homosexual, as he carries what Falwell claimed to be a purse, and was intended to subliminally indoctrinate children to accept homosexuality.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Thomas Road Live
2006
TV Series creator - 3 episodes
Old Time Gospel Hour
1993
TV Series 2 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Grim Reaper
1976
Guest preacher (as Dr. Jerry Falwell)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Starrbooty
2007
in loving memory
The Gathering
1998
very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Legacy of Faith
2008
TV Series
Himself
Larry King Live
2007
TV Series
Himself
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Liberty University Convocation Live
2006
TV Series
Himself
There's Hope America
2001-2006
TV Series
Himself
Thomas Road Live
2006
TV Series
Himself
Liberty University Graduation Commencement
2005
TV Movie
Himself - Chancellor and Preacher
Liberty University Baccalaureate Service
2005
TV Movie
Himself - Reverend Preacher
One Nice Thing
2005
Documentary short
Himself
The O'Reilly Factor
2005
TV Series
Himself
Rush to War
2004
Documentary
Himself
With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
On the Record w/ Brit Hume
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Hunting of the President
2004
Documentary
Himself - Chancellor, Liberty University
Larry Flynt Exposed
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
City Confidential
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself - Reverend (segment "Zion's Christian Soldiers")
First Monday
2002
TV Series
Himself
Why Won't They Listen?: The Power of Creation Evangelism
2002
Video
Himself (as Dr. Jerry Falwell)
Politically Incorrect
2001
TV Series
Himself
Frontline
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee
LateLine
1998
TV Series
Himself
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The 700 Club
1996
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Mysteries of the Bible
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Last Party
1993
Documentary
Himself (as Rev. Jerry Falwell)
Praise the Lord
1982
TV Series
Himself
Meet the Press
1980
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Co-founder, The Moral Majority
We Were Here
2011/I
Documentary
Himself - The Moral Majority (as Rev. Jerry Falwell)
Selling God
2009
Documentary
Himself - Liberty University
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009
Documentary
Himself (as Rev. Jerry Falwell)
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
Documentary
Himself
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008
Video documentary
Himself
The American Future: A History
2008
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Sex: The Revolution
2008
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Religulous
2008
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone
2007
Documentary
Himself
American Hardcore
2006
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Maxed Out
2006
Documentary
Himself
The God Who Wasn't There
2005
Documentary
Himself
The Porn King Versus the President
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Video documentary
Himself (uncredited)
60 Minutes
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Reverend (segment "Zion's Christian Soldiers")
I Love the '80s
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2000
Documentary
Himself
Spin
1995
Documentary
Himself
One Nation Under God
1993
Documentary
Himself (as Rev. Jerry Falwell)
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
1992
TV Series
Himself
Perverse Preachers, Fascist Fundamentalists and Kristian Kiddie Kooks
1991
Video documentary
Himself
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1990
Documentary
Himself - Moral Majority Leader
World in Action
1984
TV Series documentary
Himself
Showtime Looks at 1981
1981
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Moral Majority
Known for movies
Why Won't They Listen?: The Power of Creation Evangelism (2002) as Himself
Liberty University Convocation Live (2006) as Himself
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America (1996) as Himself
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi (2007) as Himself
$10 Million
