Jerry Falwell

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Chan

He was a Southern Baptist.

In the 70's a large number of Southern Baptist made their exit Falwell, Hyles, Rice, Wallace, most had large mega churches left and became Independent Baptists and drew out large numbers however Falwell in his later years went back in I think.

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

In the 70's a large number of Southern Baptist made their exit Falwell, Hyles, Rice, Wallace, most had large mega churches left and became Independent Baptists and drew out large numbers however Falwell in his later years went back in I think.

But did his doctrine really change or did he leave for reasons other than doctrine?

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Chan

But did his doctrine really change or did he leave for reasons other than doctrine?

He left because the Southern Baptist was becoming liberal particularly in their colleges so him and Hyles and others started their own colleges. They were preaching daily on the radio to come out of the Southern Baptist I heard them. And they put a big dent in the SBC missions, and growth. They took out the largest progressive churches the SBC had at that time. Hyles had the largest Baptist church in the Nation. The guy at Jax had a huge deal also I forgot his name and Wallace at Louisville what a massive work. They were starting radio stations all over nation.