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The Moral Majority was an organization made up of conservative Christian political action committees which campaigned on issues its personnel believed were important to maintaining its Christian conception of moral law, a conception they believed represented the opinions of the majority of Americans ( hence the movement's name ).

With a membership of millions, the Moral Majority was one of the largest conservative lobby groups in the United States and at its height, the Moral Majority claimed over four million members and over two million donors.

These members were spread out over about twenty state organizations, of which Washington State was the largest.

The Moral Majority was incorporated into the Liberty Federation in 1985, remaining a distinct entity but falling under the Liberty Federation ’ s larger jurisdiction.

By 1987, Falwell retired as the formal head of the Moral Majority, although he maintained an active and visible role within the organization.