Edward George Dobson was an American minister from Northern Ireland, a founding dean of Liberty University, and an early executive at the Moral Majority. After a decade of work with Jerry Falwell he became disillusioned with Christian participation in the political process, and to spend 18 years as pastor of Calvary Church, a megachurch in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was an author and speaker on Christian and other issues, including after being diagnosed with ALS in 2000.