Conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. have launched a think tank that they hope will be instrumental in defending both Christian values and American constitutional freedom.
On the non-profit’s website, The Falkirk Center For Faith and Liberty explains that its core mission is to “equip courageous champions to proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ, to advance his kingdom and American freedom.”
The new initiative will be based out of Lynchburg’s Liberty University – the largest Christian university in America. The center’s mission is to “equip courageous champions to proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ, to advance his kingdom, and renew American ideals,” Kirk explained in a Saturday meeting with more than 60 Christian leaders.
“It’s sort of sad that we have to do something like this,” Falwell later told Fox & Friends of the project.
He continued, “It’s just to provide basic education on American history … because so many universities have become liberal indoctrination camps, the public schools have not taught U.S. history in so long, and young people don’t understand that the whole idea of the American experiment was based on the Judeo-Christian ethic.”
That ethic, Falwell argued, is based on the core ideas of “free enterprise, limited government, and the idea that all of our…
… Read More
Click here to read the rest of the story from our content source/partners – Christian Headlines.