“We have a world-class leadership team at Liberty University who will support me in running our operations on a day-to-day basis and fulfilling our spiritual mission unabated: Training Champions for Christ. That decision marked a dramatic break between Falwell and the school co-founded in 1971 by his father, the televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr. Falwell has been a prominent supporter of President Trump, and the school often hosts politicians hoping to amplify their message to Christian conservatives. He’s always said he’s not the pastor of Liberty — he’s a businessman. You may get confused that Jerry Falwell Jr. speaks for Christians or evangelicals, and it’s just the opposite,” Pickett said.

Source: Washington Post August 10, 2020 22:43 UTC