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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 ...
Added to NRHP. September 9, 1982. Designated VLR. April 21, 1981 [2] First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 1100 Court Street, Lynchburg, Virginia. It is built of hard-pressed red brick on a rough granite foundation. The main facade of the church, facing Eleventh Street, and the two sides are centered with large rose ...
July 8, 1982. Designated VLR. June 16, 1981 [2] The tallest object on the downtown skyline of Lynchburg, Virginia, Court Street Baptist Church stands as a testament to the black Baptist population of Lynchburg. Organized in 1843, the congregation—originally known as the African Baptist Church of Lynchburg—was the first of its kind in the city.
Sovereign Grace Churches ( SGM; previously Sovereign Grace Ministries and People of Destiny International, PDI) is a group of Reformed, [2] neocharismatic, [3] evangelical and confessional Christian churches primarily located in North America. [4] It has variously been described as a family of churches, [5] a denomination, [6] and an apostolic ...
The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church founded in 1740, [3] and is the oldest Presbyterian congregation in the Valley of Virginia (the Shenandoah Valley ). [4] Its historic building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The church's first building was a log structure built during 1742–1748.
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, Southern ...
Lynchburg, Virginia. / 37.40361°N 79.17000°W / 37.40361; -79.17000. 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]
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]