Jimmy Swaggart Bio, Wiki
Jimmy Swaggart (Jimmy Lee Swaggart) an American Pentecostal evangelist, singer, and author as of now owns and operates the SonLife Broadcasting Network. He began his ТV mіnіѕtrу іn 1971, where hіѕ ТV ѕhоw hаѕ bееn brоаdсаѕtеd іn over 104 соuntrіеѕ.
Jimmy Swaggart Age
Jimmy was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana, United States.
Jimmy Swaggart Career
Jimmy telecast The weekly Jimmy Swaggart and A Study in the Word programs are broadcast over the U.S. and on 78 channels and over the Internet. At its height in the 1980s, his telecast was aired on over 3,000 stations and cable systems each week.
He preached from a flatbed trailer donated to him. In 1955 he started full-time evangelistic work. Swaggart developed a revival-meeting following throughout the American South. Subsequently, he began recording gospel music record albums and transmitting on Christian radio stations in 1960. In 1961, Assemblies of God ordained Swaggart and a year later he began his radio ministry.
In the late 1960s, he founded a small church named the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fortunately, the church eventually became district-affiliated with the Assemblies of God. In the late 1960s, he began conducting a weekly 30-minute telecast over various local television stations in Baton Rouge. He then purchased a local AM radio station, WPFC.
The station broadcast Christian feature stories, preaching and teaching to various fundamentalist and Pentecostal denominations, and playing music. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he sold many of his radio stations gradually. However, his Ministries still operating in a number of radio stations that operate under the name Sonlife Radio.
By 1975, Swaggart’s television ministry had expanded to more stations around the U.S., and he began to use television as his primary preaching forum. In 1978, his weekly telecast was increased to an hour. In 1980, Swaggart started a daily weekday telecast featuring Bible study and music. In the early 1980s, his broadcasts expanded to major cities nationwide, and by 1983, more than 250 television stations broadcast Swaggart’s telecast.
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries
Swaggart Ministries is of Family Worship Center, The Jimmy Swaggart Telecast, radio and television programs called A Study in the Word, SonLife Radio Network, a website JSM org, and a 24/7 cable and satellite television network, SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN).
His wife hosts a television program, “Frances and Friends,” which airs daily on SBN. He as well hosts daily Bible study program on SBN, The Message of the Cross. Donnie, on the other hand, preaches at Family Worship Center and in churches across America and abroad. Gabriel Donnie’s son is the ministry’s youth pastor who leads Crossfire, Family Worship Center’s youth ministry. SBN as well delivers live broadcasts of all of its weekly services at Family Worship Center, as well as live broadcasts of all of its camp meetings.
Jimmy Swaggart Songs
- Let Your Living Water Flow
- He Washed My Eyes with Tears
- There is A River
- Jesus Use Me
- Mercy Rewrote My Life
Jimmy Swaggart Net Worth
Swaggart has an estimated net worth is $10 million. He has accumulated a decent fortune over the years.
Jimmy Swaggart Controvercies
Swaggart has faced two Sexual scandals with prostitutes, at first it happened in the late 1980s. As a result, the Assemblies of God defrocked him. On February 21, 1988, Swaggart Confessed “I have sinned” speech. He spoke tearfully to his family, congregation, TV audience, and finally said “I have sinned against You, my Lord, and I would ask that Your Precious Blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God’s forgetfulness.”
The second scandal happened in the early 1990s. It was after being pulled over for a traffic violation in California with a prostitute. However, this time, instead of an emotional confession, Swaggart told his followers that Lord told him it was none of their business. As a result, his ministry became non-affiliated, nondenominational, and significantly had a smaller than it was in the ministry’s pre-scandal years.
Jimmy Swaggart Height and Weight
Swaggart stands tall at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.70 m). He also has an average body weight.
Jimmy Swaggart Family
Jimmy was born to hіѕ раrеntѕ Wіllіе Lеоn Ѕwаggаrt аnd Міnnіе Веllе Ѕwаggаrt. He is a nерhеw to Аrіllа Ѕwаggаrt as well as thе соuѕіn оf Місkеу Gіllеу (rock’n’roll pioneer) аnd Јеrrу Lее Lеwіѕ (country music star) . He as well had a sister, Jeanette Ensminger who died in 1999. Durіng hіѕ сhіldhооd, hе uѕеd tо аttеnd Fеrrіdау’ѕ Аѕѕеmblіеѕ оf Gоd сhurсh, а ѕmаll сhurсh wіth оnlу 25 mеmbеrѕ.
Jimmy Swaggart Wife
Swaggart is married to his wife Frances Anderson Swaggart. The duo got married in 1952 at the age of 17 while his wife was 15 years old. The duo first met in church while he was playing music with his father. T, theyhe pair have a son named Donnie Swaggart. He also has a grandson Gabriel Swaggart who hosts the weekly Sonlife Broadcasting Network show Generation of the Cross.