| | Birth - Born August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, VA |
| | Death - Died at the age of 73. Falwell was found unconscious Tuesday in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. |
| | Life - He was an American fundamentalist Christian pastor and televangelist |
| | Inspiration - He was inspired by a radio preacher. |
| | His Church - He led services and was the founding pastor of the "megachurch" Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia |
| | Popularity - The TRBC's membership grew from 35 people when the church opened to 24,000 people today |
| | His University - He founded Liberty University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979 |
| | His Brother - He was born with a fraternal twin brother, Gene Falwell |
| | Grandfather - His grandfather was a staunch atheist. |
| | Father - His dad was an alcoholic. |
| | His Education - attended Lynchburg Community College in Lynchburg, Virginia, but left during his sophomore year |
| | Not Dr. Falwell - Although he sometimes used the title "Doctor," Falwell held no earned doctorate |
| | His Newspaper - In 1995 began publishing a politically conservative, monthly newspaper The National Liberty Journal |
| | Athletic - attended high school at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was a student athlete (a "multi-letterman" as described in the terms of the time), playing on both the football and the basketball teams as a starter |
| | Pro-Segregation - In 1965 Reverend Falwell gave a sermon at his Thomas Road Baptist Church criticizing Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, which he sometimes referred to as the Civil Wrongs Movement. (Falwell's views eventually shifted and was against segregation in his later years.) |
| | Pro-Apartheid - In the 1980s Jerry Falwell was an outspoken supporter of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. |
| | Anti-Clinton - In 1994, Falwell released the straight-to-video documentary "The Clinton Chronicles: An Investigation into the Alleged Criminal Activities of Bill Clinton." The video connected Bill Clinton to a conspiracy theory involving Vincent Foster, James McDougall, Ron Brown, and an alleged cocaine-smuggling operation. Despite the theories being discredited by all major investigations, the video's sophisticated production techniques served as effective exposure, and sold over 150,000 copies. |
| | Legal Issue with Penthouse - Falwell filed a 10 million dollar lawsuit against Penthouse Magazine for publishing an interview he gave to freelance reporters. |
| | Another Nude Magazine Legal Issue - In November 1983, Larry Flynt's pornographic magazine Hustler carried a parody of a Campari ad, featuring a fake interview with Falwell in which he admits that his "first time" was incest with his mother in an outhouse while drunk. Falwell sued for $45 million in compensation alleging invasion of privacy, libel, and intentional infliction of emotional distress |
| | Legal Issue with SEC - The SEC charged Falwell's church with "fraud and deceit" in the issuance of $6.5 million in unsecured church bonds |
| | Apocalyptic Beliefs - On July 31, 2006, Paula Zahn Now featured a segment on "whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world," Falwell asserted that when The Antichrist comes, he "must be, of necessity, a Jewish male" |
| | Moral Majority - Falwell burst onto the national scene in 1979, when he launched an organization he presumptuously called the Moral Majority. It became the vehicle that carried millions of born-again Christians out of their separatist tendencies and into the center of political activism. |
| | 9-11 Theory - Two days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during an appearance on Pat Robertson's television show, Falwell claimed that the attack was God's judgment on America's immorality. |