Jonathan Falwell
Jonathan Falwell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonathan Pate Falwell September 7, 1966 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Liberty University (BS, MA) Taft Law School (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church |
| Spouse | Shari Falwell |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Jerry Falwell Sr. Macel Pate Falwell |
| Relatives | Jerry Falwell Jr. (brother) |
Jonathan Pate Falwell (born September 7, 1966)[1] is the senior pastor at the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia,[2] and Chancellor at Liberty University.[3]
Education
Falwell earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University in 1987, his Master of Arts degree in Religion from the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 1995, and a Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Taft Law School in Santa Ana, California.[4]
Family
He is the son and successor of the late Reverend Jerry Falwell and the younger brother of Jerry Falwell Jr. Upon Jerry Sr.'s death in 2007, Jonathan succeeded him as senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Jerry Jr. succeeded him as president of Liberty University (2007–2020). Jonathan would become chancellor of Liberty University in 2023. Their older sister Jeannie is a surgeon.
During a 1974 family discussion about abortion as the 'national sin' of America, Jonathan asked his father why he did not do something about it, which was the start of his father's reading of other evangelical writers such as Francis Schaeffer on the issue.[5]
Career
As a young adult and minister in his father's church, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Jonathan invested in video processing technology and began overseeing the operations of the church ministry.[6]
In April 2021 the trustees of Liberty University named Falwell as the university's pastor.[3]
Personal life
Falwell and his wife, Shari, have four children.
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ London, H. B. (2006). The Heart of a Great Pastor: How to Grow Stronger and Thrive Wherever God Has Planted You. Gospel Light Publications. p. 1. ISBN 0-8307-4281-6.
- ^ a b Todd, Sarah Grace (April 8, 2021). "Jonathan Falwell named Liberty University Campus Pastor following Nasser's resignation". ABC 13 news. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Falwell Bio". Premiere Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Winters, Michael Sean (2012). God's Right Hand: how Jerry Falwell made God a Republican and baptized the American right. New York: HarperOne, p. 99. ISBN 978-0061970672.
- ^ Winters. (2012). p. 371.