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Co-founder Dr. Elmer Towns shares memories of first chapel message delivered to Liberty students in 1971
With the Vines Center packed with Homecoming guests for Friday’s Convocation, and the university in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary, it was fitting to welcome the speaker from Liberty’s first chapel service in 1971, Liberty co-founder Dr. Elmer Towns.
In introducing Towns, Campus Pastor Jonathan Falwell said that his father, Liberty founder Dr. Jerry Falwell, was scheduled to deliver the inaugural chapel sermon for the 154 students of the first-ever class at Liberty (then called Lynchburg Baptist College). But when Jerry Falwell was unable to attend at the last minute, Towns stepped in.
Read more about Towns visit and the sermon he delivered at the first chapel service on Liberty News.