Jimmy Swaggart

About Jimmy Swaggart

American Pentecostal pastor and televangelist who, beginning in 1975, has reached millions of people worldwide through his weekly television and internet broadcasts. He's also a musician who's been nominated for a Dove Award for his Christian records.

Jimmy Lee Swaggart is an American Pentecostal missionary. Swaggart's television set, which debuted in 1971, has audiences both in the United States and around the world. The weekly shows Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word air in the United States and on 78 channels in 104 other countries and via the Internet. At its peak in the 1980s, its television shows were broadcast on more than 3,000 stations and cable networks per week. He currently owns and operates the SonLife Radio Network and the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sex scandals with prostitutes in the late 1980s and early 1990s resulted in the dismissal of the Assemblies of God. In the wake of the scandals, Swaggart temporarily resigned as head of ministry from Jimmy Swaggart.

Television	The Jimmy Swaggart Telecast (1971–present), SonLife Broadcasting Network (2007-present)
Occupation	Evangelist, singer, author, pastor, pianist
Born	Jimmy Lee Swaggart, March 15, 1935, Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.
Children	Donnie Swaggart
Years active	1955–present
Relatives	Mickey Gilley (cousin), Jerry Lee Lewis (cousin)

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Trivia

He maintained enormous influence despite a sexual abuse scandal, which led to his defrocking by the Assemblies of God.

Jimmy Swaggart before fame

He began preaching on street corners when he was nine years old.

Achievement of Jimmy Swaggart

Despite a sexual abuse scandal that led to his defrocking by the Assemblies of God, he continued to wield great power.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$10 Million

Jimmy Swaggart family life

In 1952, he married Francis Anderson. Donnie, his son, became a preacher as well.

Associations of Jimmy Swaggart

Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy-Faye were also well-known televangelists.

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