The disgraced former president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr., is in the midst of a legal war with his brother and the university which forced him out of office. The fight is over the legal legacy of Jerry Falwell...
Falwell Jr. says his former employer owes him over $8.5 million. Here is Jacob Hunziker at ABC 13 News in Lynchburg, Virginia: Liberty University is facing a new lawsuit — this one coming from its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr.,...
The 990 is an IRS tax form that provides the public with financial information about a nonprofit organization. Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Dan Bauman read Liberty University’s recent Form 1990 with a fine-tooth comb. Here is a taste of what...
Last month Vanity Fair ran a piece on Jerry Falwell in which the disgraced president of Liberty University said that he was not “a religious person.” See our coverage of that article here. Falwell Jr. has now told the Washington...
As you may recall, Liberty University is suing its former president Jerry Falwell Jr. Now Falwell is asking a Virginia court to dismiss the lawsuit because he believes his former employer is merely trying to shame him. Here is the...
After Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned in disgrace as president of Liberty University, rumors circulated that either Mike Pence or Mike Huckabee might replace him. But the frontrunner in the race for the next president of Liberty is Jonathan Falwell, Jerry...
He claims that the event on his 500-acre farm is going to be the “real Liberty graduation.” Here is Emily McFarland Miller and Jack Jenkins at Religion News Service: Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., who left the school...
I can’t keep up with all these Liberty University stories. Last week disgraced former president Jerry Falwell Jr. was touting the COVID-19 vaccine and catching a lacrosse game on campus. Earlier this week Liberty fired Trey Falwell, Falwell Jr.’s son....
It looks as if both founders of the Falkirk Center at Liberty University are no longer associated with the culture-war “think tank” they created. The University got rid of president Jerry Falwell Jr. last year. Now Charlie Kirk has gone...
I logged on to Twitter today and found Charlie Kirk trending. Kirk is the court evangelical who co-founded (with Jerry Falwell Jr.) Liberty University’s Falkirk Center. In the last six weeks, the Falkirk Center has established itself as the leading...
In September 2020, I wrote a piece at Religion News Service titled, “Reforming Liberty University in the post-Falwell era should begin with the Falkirk Center.” Earlier today, I pointed out that the Falkirk Center is now leading efforts to change...
After Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned in disgrace as president of Liberty University, I wrote a piece at Religion News Service titled “Reforming Liberty University in the post-Falwell era should begin with the Falkirk Center.” Here is a taste of that...
As Gabby Orr at Politico writes, “Nobody involved in Donald Trump’s reelection thought the president would win the youth vote in 2020. But they didn’t think it would be this bad.” Orr interviewed more than 20 people from the Trump...
On October 21, 2020, evangelical pastor John Piper spoke to students at Liberty University. The following day he published a piece condemning Donald Trump (without mentioning his name). In that piece he said he was “baffled” that so many Christians...
I don’t think it was Liberty that damaged his reputation. Here is a taste of Justine Coleman’s piece at The Hill: Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. filed a lawsuit against the school on Wednesday, accusing it of damaging his reputation after...
Last week we posted on Bob Moser’s Rolling Stone piece on Liberty University. Read that post here. Mary Beth Baggett was one of the former Liberty University professors Moser interviewed for the piece. This year she joined the faculty of...
How long will the administration of Liberty University allow its culture warrior wing, aka the Falkirk Center, to exist? The Falkirk Center is named for two pro-Trump culture warriors: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Charlie Kirk. We now know that Jerry...
Check out Bob Moser’s comprehensive piece at Rolling Stone on Liberty University and its disgraced president former president Jerry Falwell Jr. Those who have followed this story won’t find much that is new in the piece, but it is the...
Over at The Washington Post, Sarah Pulliam Bailey reveals all the court evangelicals who have stayed at the $650 a night Trump hotel in Washington D.C. Here is a taste: Jerry Falwell Jr., former president of Liberty University, said he...
While I was on a short blogging vacation, The Washington Post published an informative overview of the fall of Jerry Falwell Jr. at Liberty University. Here is a taste of Michael Miller’s and Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s piece: For 2½ years,...
