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On February 21, 1988, Swaggart gave his confession “I have sinned” speech. As a result, the Assemblies of God defrocked him.

The first one happened in the late 1980s. Unfortunately, Swaggart has faced two Sexual scandals with prostitutes. In 1960, Swaggart began recording gospel music albums and transmitted them on Christian radio stations. In addition, SBN delivers live broadcasts of all of its weekly services at Family Worship Center, as well as live broadcasts of all of its camp meetings. Gabriel Donnie’s son is the ministry’s youth pastor who leads Crossfire, Family Worship Center’s youth ministry.

Donnie, on the other hand, preaches at Family Worship Center and in churches across America and abroad. Moreover, Swaggart is the host of a daily Bible study program on SBN, The Message of the Cross. Swaggart Ministries mainly comprised 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).įrances Swaggart’s wife hosts a television program, “Frances and Friends,” which airs daily on SBN. In the early 1980s, his broadcasts expanded to major cities nationwide, and by 1983, more than 250 television stations broadcast Swaggart’s telecast. In 1980, Swaggart started a daily weekday telecast featuring Bible study and music. In 1978, his weekly telecast was increased to an hour. However, his Ministries are still operating in several radio stations that operate under the name Sonlife Radio.īy 1975, Swaggart’s television ministry had expanded to more stations around the U.S., and he started to use television as his primary preaching forum. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Swaggart sold many of his radio stations gradually. The station broadcast Christian feature stories, preaching and teaching to various fundamentalist and Pentecostal denominations, and playing music. In addition, he purchased a local AM radio station, WPFC. In the late 1960s, Swaggart started conducting a weekly 30-minute telecast over various local television stations in Baton Rouge. Fortunately, the church eventually became district-affiliated with the Assemblies of God. In the late 1960s, he founded a small church named the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1961, Assemblies of God ordained Swaggart and a year later he began his radio ministry. Subsequently, he began recording gospel music record albums and transmitting on Christian radio stations in 1960. Swaggart developed a revival-meeting following throughout the American South. Moreover, in 1955 he began full-time evangelistic work. Swaggart was preaching from a flatbed trailer donated to him. He also has a grandson Gabriel Swaggart who hosts the weekly Sonlife Broadcasting Network show Generation of the Cross. Due to poverty, they could not own a home, therefore they lived in church basements, pastors’ homes, and small motels. Moreover, Swaggart preached throughout rural Louisiana, struggling to survive on US$30 a week. Additionally, he worked several part-time odd jobs to support his young family and also began singing Southern Gospel music at various churches.

According to Swaggart’s autobiography, they lived in poverty during the 1950s. Together, they have a son named Donnie Swaggart. The couple met in church while he was playing music with his father. Swaggart married his wife Frances Anderson Swaggart in 1952 at the age of 17 whereas his wife was 15 years old. He also had a sister, Jeanette Ensminger who died in 1999. Moreover, Swaggart іѕ thе nерhеw оf Аrіllа Ѕwаggаrt as well as thе соuѕіn оf Місkеу Gіllеу (rock’n’roll pioneer) аnd Јеrrу Lее Lеwіѕ (country music star).