Jonathan Martin

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.

At ‘Red Letter Revival,’ leaders give voice to evangelicals on the margins

By Jack Jenkins — April 9, 2018
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — For the few hundred who came to Lynchburg to assert a different kind of evangelical activism, the gathering offered hope.

Why we banned Jonathan Martin from Liberty University

By Jerry Falwell Jr. — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — What if someone you had never met announced on social media that they were going to come into your living room, invite others, and have a "prayer meeting" after stating publicly that your home is the most hostile environment to the gospel in the U.S.? Wouldn't you call the police and have the stranger removed from your home?

Why I was banned from the campus of Liberty University

By Jonathan Martin — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell openly encourages his students to carry guns, but fears public prayer from Christians who openly embrace nonviolence. (COMMENTARY)

Evangelical pastor says he was removed from Liberty University campus

By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 1, 2017
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — An evangelical pastor and author says he was removed from Liberty University after a concert and threatened with arrest if he returned to campus.

Christian rock star comes out as gay. Here’s the letter he wrote to the world

By Jonathan Merritt — May 31, 2016
(RNS) 'I never wanted to be gay,' Trey Pearson said. 'I was scared of what God would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me.'
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