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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First News) – Thousands came from near and far to pay their respects to Reverend Jimmy Swaggart.
It was a lovely day for doing what I love, I invited over some friends to see it in action and terrible and great things ...
The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (THE CONVERSATION) Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the ...
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90, less than a month after it was revealed that he had suffered cardiac arrest at his longtime home in Baton Rouge, LA.
In this personal reflection former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner and Secretary of State Jim Brown recalls the early days of Jimmy Swaggart's ministry and how it grew into one of the most ...
Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist who died Tuesday at age 90, saw his stature diminished by a sex scandal in the 1980s but remained a force on the religious right. He was noted for antigay, anti ...
Swaggart’s mix of old-time gospel, his interpretations of biblical prophecy and his evangelistic crusades spread a particular kind of fundamentalist Pentecostalism that endures today.
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the country's best-known televangelists, gave an emotional apology after he was caught in a sex scandal.
Swaggart countered by becoming an independent and non-denominational Pentecostal minister, establishing Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, based at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge.