Liberty Baptist Fellowship
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Liberty Baptist Fellowship is a fellowship of independent Baptist churches that grew up around Jerry Falwell, Thomas Road Baptist Church of Lynchburg, Virginia, and Liberty University. Most of the pastors of the Fellowship are alumni of Liberty University. In 1994, the Liberty Baptist Fellowship had 100 churches, including the 21,000 member Thomas Road church, which was also affiliated with the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. In 1996, the Thomas Road church joined the newly formed Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, thereby aligning itself with 3 Baptist bodies. With its leading church and pastor affiliated with Southern Baptists through the Virginia Convention, the future of Liberty Baptist Fellowship is unclear.
External links
- Thomas Road Baptist Church (http://www.trbc.org/)
- Liberty University (http://www.liberty.edu/)
- Jerry Falwell Ministries (http://www.falwell.com/)
- Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (http://www.sbcv.org/)
References
- Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
- Church Aflame, by Elmer Towns