2006: March 6, 2006 - Dr. Ergun Caner installed as President of Liberty Theological Seminary. (CHLU) 2007: February, 2007 - Liberty Bible Institute renamed Willmington School of the Bible. (CHLU) December 18, 2007 – Liberty Theological Seminary changes its name back to Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. Jerry Falwell
1933: August 11, 1933 – Jerry Falwell is born.
1952: January 20, 1952 – Jerry Falwell is saved after attending a service at the Park Avenue Baptist Church. (AIJ) 1958: April 12, 1958 – Jerry Falwell marries Macel Pate. (AIJ) 1962: June 17, 1962 – Jerry Falwell Jr. is born. (AIJ) 1964: November 7, 1964 – Jean Ann Falwell is born. (AIJ) 1966: September 7, 1966 – Jonathan Falwell is born. (AIJ) 1968: Jerry Falwell is given an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Tennessee Temple School in Chattanooga. (AIJ) 1973: November 9, 1973 - Lucile Pate (mother to Macel Falwell) dies of intestinal cancer. (AIJ) 1976: September 30, 1976 – Jerry Falwell attends a meeting of religious broadcasters who met with President Gerald R. Ford in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (AIJ) 1977: April 28, 1977 – Helen V. Falwell (mother to Jerry Falwell) dies at the age 82. (AIJ) 1979:
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October 8, 1979 – Religious Heritage of America selects Dr. Jerry Falwell as America’s Clergyman of the Year. (AIJ)
1984: August 18, 1984 – Samuel Murin Pate (Father to Macel Falwell) dies of heart failure at age 84. (AIJ) 1985: January 21, 1985 – Dr. and Mrs. Falwell attend the second inauguration of President Reagan. (AIJ) 1987: May 4, 1987 – Jonathan and Macel Falwell graduate from Liberty University. (AIJ) 1989: July 26, 1989 – Jerry L. Falwell III (Trey) is born. (AIJ) 1996: August, 1996 – Dr. Jerry Falwell meets with newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AIJ) September 9, 1996 – Jerry Falwell launches his “God Save America” campaign consisting of a 52 week prayer campaign across the nation. (AIJ) 1997: January 7, 1997 – Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt are interviewed on the Larry King Live show about the release of the movie The People v. Larry Flynt. (AIJ) 1998: Jerry Falwell begins circulating a weekly email called The Falwell Confidential. (AIJ) 2000: January 2, 2000 - The Virginia Historical Society names Jerry Falwell as Virginia’s Most Influential Clergyman of the 20th Century. (AIJ) 2007: May 15, 2007 – Dr. Jerry Falwell dies at age 73. Outside Events
1984: March, 1984 – Pastor B.R. Lakin dies and is buried on Liberty Mountain near the prayer chapel. May 15, 1984 – Francis Schaeffer dies of cancer. 1987: The PTL Scandal began when secretary Jessica Hahn accused Jim Bakker of rape. That investigation revealed a large amount of corruption and embezzlement in the organization. PTL