Liberty Baptist Fellowship
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
References
- Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
- Church Aflame, by Elmer Towns