Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr.’s fall, Liberty University and the myth of the Moral Majority
By Anthea Butler — August 27, 2020
(RNS) — The evangelical movement has abandoned its claims of piety and morality — instead, becoming a voting bloc intent on holding on to political power.
Jerry Falwell Jr.’s come-to-Jesus moment
By David P. Gushee — August 26, 2020
(RNS) — Unlike his evangelist father, Jerry Falwell Jr. never seemed to care about the soul of Liberty University or his own. His resignation is a come-to-Jesus moment for him and other evangelicals.
The fall of Falwell: A timeline of the ups, downs and scandals of his Liberty University presidency
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s resignation is but the resolution of years of smaller scandals. Here's a look back at the controversies chronicling the rise and fall of his career as president of Liberty University.
Liberty University board accepts Jerry Falwell Jr.’s resignation
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The board of Liberty University has accepted the resignation of its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., after a roller coaster day in which Falwell resigned, then withdrew his resignation, then resigned again late Monday night.
Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns from Liberty University. Again.
By Yonat Shimron, Emily McFarlan Miller, and Jack Jenkins — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr., the embattled president of Liberty University and one of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, formally resigned from the evangelical Christian university founded by his father Monday evening after revoking a previous resignation earlier in the day.
To prevent the next Christian scandal, shrink the integrity gap
By Jeff Mattson and Terra Mattson — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s current crisis shows how leaders often choose to ignore the expanding distance between what they preach and how they live.
Why Jerry Falwell Jr.’s social media ‘yacht’ posts were problematic for Liberty University
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2020
(RNS) — For leaders of religious institutions, social media can be another way to share their public messages and a peek into their private lives. But it also can be dangerous, as Falwell has discovered.
Jerry Falwell Jr. needs to go, say Liberty University alumni and Christian pastors
By Yonat Shimron — August 14, 2020
(RNS) — The behavior of Liberty University's leader is inexcusable in a president of a Christian university, church pastors and alumni say.
To save Liberty University’s soul, its board must reject Jerry Falwell’s vision
By Marybeth Davis Baggett — August 10, 2020
(RNS) — Liberty University's business success under Jerry Falwell Jr. has distracted the school from its mission.
Jerry Falwell Jr. taking indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University amid calls to step down
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — August 7, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking an ‘indefinite leave of absence’ from his role at Liberty University.
Falwell apologizes for tweet that included racist photo
By Associated Press and Kathryn Post — June 9, 2020
(AP) — ‘I understand that by tweeting an image to remind all of the governor’s racist past I actually refreshed the trauma that image had caused,’ said Falwell.
Why I resigned from Liberty University: Because Black Lives Matter
By Christopher A. House — June 2, 2020
(RNS) — Liberty’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., used anti-Black images in a public spat with the governor of Virginia, at the expense of Black people.
Black Liberty U. alums rebuke Falwell after blackface tweet
By Elana Schor and Sarah Rankin — June 1, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three dozen black alumni of Liberty University denounced school President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Monday, suggesting he step down after he mocked Virginia’s mask-wearing requirement by invoking the blackface scandal that engulfed the state’s governor last year. In a letter to Falwell, shared with The Associated Press, 35 faith leaders […]
Liberty professor resigns after Falwell’s ‘Governor Blackface’ tweet
By Kathryn Post — May 29, 2020
(RNS) — The professor, Christopher House, said that Falwell’s tweets ‘undermine my very presence in the online classroom, because those images were created to perpetuate the presumed incompetence of black folks in any classroom.’
Singer Charles Billingsley, COVID-19 survivor, on worship in the hardest times
By Adelle M. Banks — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — The worship songwriter said ‘for several weeks there, every time I'd try to sing, I would cough.’
