A former spokesman for Liberty University is suing the evangelical Virginia school after being fired, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that his termination came in retaliation for voicing concerns that sexual misconduct accusations were mishandled.
As Liberty University plots its post-Falwell future, young people want to steer clear of politics. The trustees aren’t buying it. Read full piece
Marybeth Davis Baggett, a former English professor at Liberty University and two-time alumna of the school, urges the school’s leadership to own the roles they played in propagating and perpetuating the sin they now condemn with impunity and suffocating sanctimony.
Liberty University, one of the nation’s largest Christian universities, is suing former president Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million, citing a breach of contract and a conspiracy to mislead the university’s board.
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Liberty University has declined to renew the contract for conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the think tank he founded along with Jerry Falwell Jr., the school’s disgraced former president. Kirk has also revealed that he will be pivoting to a new faith-rooted initiative.
The nonprofit university’s think tank ran Facebook ads to “pray for our presidenPt,” with Donald Trump’s image. Read full piece
The deposed university president secured backing by ousting critics and hiring the family members and businesses of loyalists. Read full piece
Jerry Falwell Jr. has sued Liberty University, alleging the evangelical school founded by his late pastor father damaged his reputation after he resigned as president and chancellor in August amid a series of scandals.
Liberty University, a Baptist school in Lynchburg, Virginia, is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.’s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the evangelical school’s board announced Monday (Aug. 31).