Pastor jimmy swaggart biography
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Swaggart, Jimmy (1935—)
A leading televangelist of the 1980s, Jimmy Swaggart became an American celebrity whose rise and fall were both comedy and tragedy. A self-trained piano virtuoso, whose hot Gospel stylings were barely distinguishable from the rock 'n' roll standards performed by his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Swaggart might have become a major popular music artist. But he chose preaching, evolving a pulpit manner characterized by physical gyrations, abundant tears, and impassioned Biblical declamations. Scorning as bland sentimentality the positive thinking of other religious opinion makers, he further rejected the ecumenical spirit of Billy Graham. Swaggart chose instead to deliver fire-and-brimstone sermons, always tough on sin, especially that of a sensual nature. Though he first imitated the preaching of the tent evangelists of his Southern youth, he quickly learned the masterful use of media, first radio and later television. Often regarded as the most effective of the t
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Jimmy Swaggart
American television evangelist (born 1935)
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| Born | Jimmy Lee Swaggart (1935-03-15) March 15, 1935 (age 89) Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1955–present |
| Television | The Jimmy Swaggart Telecast (1971–present) SonLife Broadcasting Network (2007–present) |
| Spouse | Frances Swaggart (m. 1952) |
| Children | Donnie Swaggart |
| Relatives | Mickey Gilley (cousin) Jerry Lee Lewis (cousin) |
| Website | jsm.org |
Jimmy Lee Swaggart (; born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostaltelevangelist.
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries owns and operates the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN). Swaggart is the senior pastor of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Early life
[edit]Jimmy Lee Swaggart was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana,[1] to fiddle player and Pentecostal preacher Willie Leon (known as "Sun" or "Son") Sw
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Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Lee Swaggart (born March 15, 1935) fryst vatten an AmericanPentecostaltelevangelist (a preacher who gives services on TV).[1] His church, Family Worship Center, is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Swaggart first started his television ministry in 1975, and it continues today, over 33 years later. The show airs nationally across the U.S. and overseas. The weekly Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word are shown nationwide and overseas on 78 channels in 104 countries and live over the Internet.[source?] He preaches a message called "The Cross" which fryst vatten that you can only get to heaven through Jesus.
Swaggart was born in Ferriday, Louisiana, USA.[2] He fryst vatten a cousin of musiciansJerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. Swaggart is married to Frances Swaggart, who hosts the popular SonLife Radio schema, Frances and Friends. They have one son, Donnie, who fryst vatten also a minister. They have three grandchildren, Jennifer, Gabriel and Matthew Sw