Jerry Falwell
 

Report: Jerry Falwell taken to hospital after being found unconscious

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - A Liberty University executive says the Reverend Jerry Falwell has been taken to the hospital after he was found unconscious in his office.

The executive vice president of the school tells The News and Advance of Lynchburg that Falwell was found unconscious after missing an appointment this morning.

The newspaper says Falwell arrived at Lynchburg General Hospital around noon.

Horrible news.

-- Televangelist Jerry Falwell is being given CPR after being found unconcious and taken to a Virginia hospital, Falwell assistant Ron Godwin say

you must get the cnn email.......:icecream

If he doesn't make it, who would his successor be?

Yep... CNN Breaking News :)

He has died.

WOW!

This is sad news.

Was he ready to meet his Lord? That's the question.

Moral Majority leader Falwell dies
Evangelical leader was found in his university office
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 12:37 p.m. CT May 15, 2007
LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell — founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s — died Tuesday after being found unconscious in his office, a Liberty University executive said.

Ron Godwin, Liberty's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, had been found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital.

Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but noted that Falwell had “a history of heart challenges.”

“I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast,” Godwin said. “He went to his office, I went to mine and they found him unresponsive.”

Falwell, a television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority in 1979, became the face of the religious right in the 1980s. He later founded the conservative Liberty University and served as its chancellor.

In the 1980s, Falwell saw his political lobbying organization grow to 6.5 million members, raising millions of dollars for conservative politicians and helping to elect Ronald Reagan president.

A biography of Falwell on Liberty University's Web site states that "with the impetus of the newly organized Moral Majority, millions of people of faith voted for the first time in 1980 and helped elect Ronald Reagan and many conservative congressmen and senators."

Falwell survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was hospitalized in February for two weeks with what was described as a viral infection, then hospitalized again in March with congestive heart failure after being found unconscious. At that time he had to be resuscitated by EMTs at the hospital emergency room.

A native of Lynchburg, Falwell and his wife, Macel, have three children and eight grandchildren.

His Jerry Falwell ministries take in about $200 million a year in revenues, according to Liberty University's Web site.

Liberty University's commencement is scheduled for Saturday, with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the featured speaker.

This report will be updated as information becomes available.

© 2007 MSNBC InteractiveThe Associated Press contributed to this report.

Steadfast!!!!

Take care of yourself!!!!!

That's a question only the Lord can answer!

Exactly....Only the Lord knows for sure.

Give it some time and ... before you know it ... some compassionate UC will be casting him into the pits of hell.

he died

I was just talking to a liberal democrat very committed methodist christian who didnt exactly cast him into the pit, but clearly seemed to be hoping in that direction.... had nothing to do with doctrine though.

Is claiming he's with the Lord more compassionate?

well, it wont change Fallwells final resting place but it might avoid a fight here, and if told to his family it might spare them some undo pain and suffering.....plus it might keep that bridge from being burned to ashes.


but hey, if you feel that compassion requires you to get your sword out and hack up a dead body, go for it. just remember that everyone is standing around taking note of who is hacking up dead bodies.

Who has said as much yet ... but playing God certainly would not be.

LINK from the drudge report.

I wonder if the thought even crossed his mind that this could be the last day of his life, when he woke up this morning.

it almost makes a person ponder what they'd like their tombstone to say.....

very sad for his family and his ministries...

This is indeed sad news...he was a great man and solid Christian leader

I will just say, my thoughts are with the family during this time.

Are you guys all serious? Yeah I think it is sad, but I think it is sad when anyone dies, but do you all really think this was a great Christian leader?

Yes, I do.

Yes he stuck his foot in his mouth on a few occassions ... but his work for the Christian community is stellar ... and responsible for founding one the leading Evangelical universities in the nation.

He was a principled voice in a wilderness.

See...I said I wasn't going to say anything else...... :nod

He did more than stuck his foot in his mouth on a "few" occasions though

He is a baptist....
As for what he has said and done...well let's see
http://freedom_press.tripod.com/one.html

Perhaps you can catalog his great offenses ... and I'll do the same for his great contributions ... and we'll put them on the scale ....

This is a "folly" Prax???

February 1997: Falwell sponsors a pastors’ briefing in Washington, during which he threatens to form a new political party if Republicans waver on abortion.

And do the same thing for yourself, Prax.

Half of these follies are laughable.

Another folly?

July 1996: Falwell announces a series of "God Save America" rallies in evangelical churchesto stop the United States from entering a "post-Christian" era.

HOW COULD HE???

March 1993: Despite his promise to Jewish groups to stop referring to America as a "Christian nation," Falwell gives a sermon saying, "We must never allow our children to forget that this is a Christian nation. We must take back what is rightfully ours."

Sorry, after reading this I respect the man even more.

This is bad reporting - starting with "Major Lie #1."