Red Letter Revival seeks to give voice to those on evangelical margins
A group of progressive Christians gathered near Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Liberty University, both critiquing Falwell's theology and asking to pray with him.
Framed as an alternative to the theology of Jerry Falwell Jr., a two-day gathering called the Red Letter Revival met near the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Falwell is president.
A few hundred people sang and prayed at the event in early April at the E. C. Glass High School auditorium, where Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke.
One of the revival’s speakers, author Jonathan Martin, has referred to Falwell’s leadership style as “authoritarianism.” He was escorted off Liberty’s campus by police in October while attending a concert a few days after calling for a peaceful protest of the school.
