 By 1987, Falwell retired as the formal head of the Moral Majority, and was succeeded by Jerry Nims, although he maintained an active and visible role within the organization.By the end of Ronald Reagan's presidential administration, Christian Right organizations were generally in a phase of decline.After Reagan's two terms in office, donations were decreasing, because after eight years of Christian Right-supported leadership, the nation was no longer in the same state of moral peril as it was when Reagan first took office.