Jonathan Falwell

In addition to inheriting his father's position as pastor following the latter's death in May 2007, Falwell has continued his father's weekly column, Listen America, on various Web sites including NewsMax and WorldNetDaily. He hosts a weekly television show called Main Street Today where he interviews people from all walks of life and discusses how their belief in God has influenced and molded their lives.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University in 1987, his Master of Arts degree in Religion from the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 1996, and a Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Taft Law School in Santa Ana, California.

He is the son and successor of the late Reverend Jerry Falwell and the brother of Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. His older sister, Jeannie, is a surgeon. During a 1974 family discussion about abortion as the 'national sin' of America, Jonathan asked his father why he didn't do something about it, which was the start of his father's reading of other evangelical writers such as Francis Schaeffer on the issue. As a young adult and minister in his father's church, Jonathan invested in video processing technology. Of Falwell's two sons, Jonathan was seen as the more devoutly Christian of the two, which later influenced his father's decision to entrust him with the ministry after his death.

Jonathan Pate Falwell (born September 7, 1966) is the senior pastor at the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia.