In 1979, Falwell founded the Moral Majority, which became one of the largest political lobby groups for evangelical Christians in the United States during the 1980s.

During his time as head of the Moral Majority, Falwell consistently pushed for Republican candidates and for conservative politics.

Among the American Christian leaders who spoke out in Moon's defense were conservative Jerry Falwell, head of Moral Majority, and liberal Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the " New Christian Right "

The birth of the New Christian right, however, is usually traced to a 1979 meeting where televangelist Jerry Falwell was urged to create a " Moral Majority " organization.

Soon, Moral Majority became a general term for the conservative political activism of evangelists and fundamentalists such as Pat Robertson, James Robinson, and Jerry Falwell.

* Jerry Falwell ( 1933 – 2007 ), senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and founder of the Moral Majority

Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right

The origins of the Moral Majority can be traced to 1976, when Jerry Falwell embarked on a series of “ I Love America ” rallies across the country to raise awareness of social issues important to Falwell.

Having already been a part of a well-established network of ministers and ministries, within a few years Falwell was favorably positioned to launch the Moral Majority.

During a 1979 meeting, they urged televangelist Jerry Falwell to found Moral Majority ( a phrase coined by Weyrich ).

Falwell and Weyrich founded the Moral Majority in June 1979.

The variety of resources available to the Moral Majority at its founding facilitated this rapid expansion, which included Falwell ’ s “ Old Time Gospel Hour ” mailing list.

The Moral Majority ’ s headquarters were in Lynchburg, Virginia, the same city where Falwell was the presiding minister of the nation ’ s largest independent Baptist church, Thomas Road Baptist Church.

Falwell was at the head of the Moral Majority and maintained an advisory board, constituting the organization ’ s primary leadership.

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

Falwell, though, gave a more optimistic public opinion about the Moral Majority ’ s dissolution.

Announcing the disbandment of the Moral Majority in 1989 in Las Vegas, Falwell declared, “ Our goal has been achieved … The religious right is solidly in place and … religious conservatives in America are now in for the duration .”

The Moral Majority was a relatively early supporter of Reagan, with Falwell announcing the organization ’ s endorsement of Reagan before the Republican convention.

After Reagan ’ s victory, Falwell announced Reagan ’ s success was directly due to the Moral Majority and others registering and encouraging church-goers to vote who had never before been politically active.

Although Robertson ’ s political platforms were extremely similar to the ones the Moral Majority supported, Falwell gave his organization ’ s endorsement to contender George H. W. Bush instead.

The tension between Falwell and Pat Robertson also affected the Moral Majority, as noted in the presidential elections section of this article.

In November 2004, Falwell revived the Moral Majority name for a new organization, the Moral Majority Coalition.

This leadership was drawn heavily from Falwell ’ s fellow members of the Baptist Bible Fellowship.

Falwell also regularly linked the AIDS pandemic to LGBT issues and stated, " AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals, it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.

The programme was also at the centre of a controversy when American cleric and conservative pundit Jerry Falwell claimed in 1999 that Tinky Winky, one of the Teletubbies, was a homosexual role model for children.

Flynt himself made a cameo appearance as an Ohio judge and also a jury member in the court scene of the Jerry Falwell case.

Through hosting these rallies, Falwell was able to gauge national support for a formal organization and also raise his profile as a leader.

Falwell ’ s decision highlighted the rivalry between Falwell and Robertson as televangelists but also revealed the deep-seated tension that still persisted between competing evangelical traditions – Falwell ’ s fundamentalist tradition was at odds with Robertson ’ s charismatic tradition.

Jerry Falwell was affiliated with the Baptist Bible Fellowship International since his graduation from Baptist Bible College in Springfield Missouri in 1956, and later also affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

It was founded as Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971 by Jerry Falwell, who was also Senior Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church.

Joshi is also the author of God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong ( 2003 ), an anti-religious polemic against various writers including C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley, Jr., William James, Stephen L. Carter, Annie Dillard, Reynolds Price, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Guenter Lewy, Neale Donald Walsch and Jerry Falwell, which is dedicated to theologian and fellow Lovecraft critic Robert M. Price.

The show has also included children from households around the globe that oppose equal rights for lesbian families, as well as conservative commentator Jerry Falwell.

The episode also mocks the hatred and misunderstandings about homosexuality often expressed by zealots and right-wing extremists who regularly attack LGBT people and culture, including Christian ministers Jerry Falwell and Fred Phelps.

WTJC aired religious programming during most of its daytime and weekend schedule ( including The 700 Club, PTL, and Jerry Falwell ) although it also aired lifestyle programming such as The Joy of Gardening, cartoons, and children's programming in late weekday afternoon slots ( including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Porky Pig, Great Space Coaster, and New Zoo Revue ).

Twenty-nine air traffic controllers work the Roanoke tower, and its radar also provides air-traffic services for Lynchburg, Dublin, Blacksburg, Smith Mountain Lake, New London, Brookneal and the Falwell Airport in Lynchburg.

Evangelical scholars and pastoral leaders critical of inclusive language translations include John F. MacArthur, J. I. Packer, Jack T. Chick, Gail Riplinger, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, Texe Marrs, Wayne Grudem, Peter Ruckman, D. James Kennedy, Josh McDowell, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., John Piper, Pat Robertson, R. C.

The bond offering is part of Liberty University's campus transformation plan which will include several renovations and additions to academic buildings and student housing, as well as fund the new Jerry Falwell Library and formation of a medical school.

Later Jones criticized other fundamentalists who were insufficiently separatistic, such as evangelist John R. Rice and Jerry Falwell, whose Moral Majority had embraced Catholics and Mormons.

Schaeffer's views influenced conservatives like Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, John W. Whitehead, and although they represent different theological and political ideas, dominionists believe they have a Christian duty to take " control of a sinful secular society ", either by putting fundamentalist Christians in office, or by introducing biblical law into the secular sphere.

After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Falwell said on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club, " 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.

* In The Simpsons episode " Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder ," Homer dresses up like a Teletubby to entertain Maggie, remarking "... and I'm all man, in case you heard otherwise " in reference to claims by Jerry Falwell.

" In the spoof interview, " Falwell " goes on to say that he was so intoxicated that " Mom looked better than a Baptist whore with a $ 100 donation ," that he decided to have sex with his mother since she had " showed all the other guys in town such a good time ", and that they had intercourse regularly afterwards.

In May 2012, Liberty University Chancellor and President Jerry Falwell Jr announced the school's intention to pursue NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) conference affiliation for all 20 varsity sports.