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The Other Preacher in Lynchburg: My Life Across Town from Jerry Falwell
The Other Preacher in Lynchburg My Life Across Town from Jerry Falwell Author:John Killinger After teaching for a number of years, John Killinger, eager to be a pastor, was offered a church in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was in the 1980s when Jerry Falwell had a congregation there. Falwell had just started the Moral Majority movement and had helped to get Ronald Reagan elected president. In 1983, a Good Housekeeping national poll rated Jerr... more »y Falwell the second most respected man in America after Reagan.John Killinger?s new book is in part a picture of Falwell and an exploration of his influence from the unique standpoint of a ?rival? minister who says that his experience of his Lynchburg years is what soon turned him into one of Fundamentalism?s most trenchant and outspoken critics.This is a fascinating story told with great grace and style about two very different men of faith, both struggling to capture hearts, minds, and souls.« less