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Falwell faces 1981 with more friends despite trials and losses
In Lynchburg, Jerry Falwell credits growing support and rising ministry giving with resilience after 1981 setbacks. Donations rose from 50 million to 64 million, Liberty University enrollment hit 5,003, and Moral Majority reached about 1 million members, despite lawsuits, editorials, audience declines, and political clashes.
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