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Thomas Road Baptist Church (TRBC) is a Baptist megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia, located on the campus of Liberty University, which it founded and is closely affiliated with. In 2016, a church spokesperson stated they had an average weekly attendance of 9,000. [1] The pastor is Jonathan Falwell, the son of previous Senior Pastor Jerry Falwell ...
Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr.[a] (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) [3] was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. [4] He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, founded Liberty University ...
Lynchburg: VA Johnathon Falwell 24,000 [citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Bible Fellowship International Triumph Church [55] Detroit: MI Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr 14,000 [3] Non-denominational: Yes (4) 12Stone Church Lawrenceville: GA Kevin Myers 17,200 [citation needed] Wesleyan Church: Yes (8) and 1 online Valley Bible ...
e. Liberty Baptist Fellowship is a fellowship of independent Baptist churches that grew up around Jerry Falwell, Thomas Road Baptist Church of Lynchburg, Virginia, and Liberty University. Most pastors of the Fellowship are alumni of Liberty University. In 1994, the Liberty Baptist Fellowship had 100 churches, including the 21,000 member Thomas ...
Liberty Christian Academy (LCA, founded as Lynchburg Christian Academy) is a private Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia.Founded in 1967 by Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Sr. as a ministry of Thomas Road Baptist Church and a segregation academy, the school is recognized as an educational facility by the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Virginia State Board of Education, [2] Southern ...
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. [ 3 ] Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River ...
Virginia University of Lynchburg is the oldest school of higher learning in Lynchburg. The school was founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1888 by the Virginia Baptist State Convention as the coeducational " Lynchburg Baptist Seminary ". Classes were first held in 1890 under the name Virginia Seminary. [4]
The American Council, started by members of Destiny Church, has pumped more than $20,000 into local school board elections. Christian conservative school board candidates take lead in Placer ...