He says he’s a Christian but with no use for the church, unlike his famous preacher father, whom he succeeded at the helm of America’s most famous Evangelical university.
NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ne of the country’s most infamous Evangelicals got a splashy profile story in Vanity Fair last week — but Jerry Falwell Jr. wouldn’t claim the label “Evangelical” or even “religious” at this point. After he was publicly self-destructing and forced into resignation last year from his position as president of Liberty University, Vanity Fair has unearthed the drama that led to his downfall — complete with exhaustive details about his wife Becki’s “pool boy” affair and surprising news about Falwell’s reluctance to lead Liberty after his father died in 2007.
