Jimmy Swaggart Biography
Jimmy Lee Swaggart is an American Pentecostal televangelistic, gospel music recording artist, pianist, and Christian author born on March 15, 1935. He began his television ministry in 1971, which was originally known as the Camp Meeting Hour, and has a viewing audience both in the U.S. and internationally. Weekly jimmy swaggart telecast and A Study in the Word programs are broadcast throughout the U.S. and 78 channels in 104 countries, and over the Internet.
In1980s, his telecast was transmitted to in excess of 3000 stations and cable systems each week. His”crusades” enabled him to travel throughout the contagious United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and South America. In the 1970s and 1980s, he sold in excess of 17 million LPalbums. Swaggart sings in a baritone voice and also plays piano.
Swaggart received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Performance for Traditional Gospel in 1980.his ministries own and operate the Life Broadcasting Network(SBN). He is the senior pastor of the family worship center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Jimmy Swaggart Age|Birthday
How old is Swaggart? He is 88 years old as of 2023. He was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana. Swaggart celebrates his birthday on March 15 every year.
Jimmy Swaggart Education
Swaggart established Family Christian Academy (FCA) in 1982. He used to run the school, but Carolyn Richards, the mother-in-law of Swaggart’s grandson, is now in charge.
Jimmy Swaggart Height|Weight
Swaggart stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Jimmy Swaggart Family
Swaggart was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana[5] to sharecropper William Herron’s daughter Minnie Bell Herron and fiddler and Pentecostal minister Willie Leon (also known as “Sun” or “Son”) Swaggart. They were linked through marriage because Elmo Lewis, the mother of Son, was wed to Minnie’s sister Mamie. “Counselors, in-laws, and other relatives married each other until the clan was entwined like a big, tight ball of rubber bands,” describes the interconnected relationships in the extended family.
He is related to country music icon Mickey Gilley and the father of rockabilly, Jerry Lee Lewis.Jeanette Ensminger, who lived from 1942 to 1999, was his other sister. Swaggart attended local Assemblies of God churches in Ferriday and Wisner with his parents.
Jimmy Swaggart Wife|Married
At the age of 17, Swaggart wed Frances Anderson, then 15, whom he had first met in church in Wisner, Louisiana, where his father served as the pastor of the Assembly of God Church. They are blessed with a son named Donnie.
Jimmy Swaggart Children
They are blessed with a son named Donnie.
Jimmy Swaggart Career
In 1955 Swaggart began full-time evangelistic work, preaching from a flatbed trailer donated t him. He began developing a revival meeting following throughout the American South. He began recording gospel music record albums in 1961 and transmitting them on Christian radio stations. Swaggart was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1960; a year later he began his radio ministry. he founded a small church named the Family Worship Centre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1960. the church eventually became district-affiliated with the Assemblies of God.
Swaggart began transmitting a weekly 30-minute telecast over various local television stations in Baton Rouge and also purchased a local AM radio station<WLUX in 1971(now WPFC). The station broadcast Christian feature stories, preaching and teaching to various fundamentalist and Pentecostal denominations and playing black gospel, southern gospel, and inspirational music.CCM became more prevalent, the station avoided playing it.
Swaggart did cover Chuck Girards CCMsong’s”Sometimes Alleluia”, using it as a theme for his weekly and flagship namesake program. Throughout the 1980s he sold many of his radio stations gradually and early 1990s. Jimmy Swaggart Ministries still operates under the name Sonlife Radio.
Swaggart wrote a book, Religious Rock n Roll: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, in 1987. In his monthly periodical known as “The Evangelist”, he wrote against worldliness in worship music, particularly referring to a Carman concert.
Swaggart has often preached that God does not borrow from the world to reach the youth, but has since changed his position on contemporary Christian music and has integrated its sound and style in his worship services such as Hillsong.
Jimmy Swaggart Salary|Net Worth
Swaggart has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million.
Frequently asked questions about Jimmy Swaggart
Who is Jimmy Swaggart?
Swaggart is an American Pentecostal televangelistic, gospel music recording artist, pianist, and Christian author born on March 15, 1935.
Is Jimmy Swaggart Married?
At the age of 17, Swaggart wed Frances Anderson, then 15, whom he had first met in church in Wisner, Louisiana, where his father served as the pastor of the Assembly of God Church. They are blessed with a son named Donnie.
Where does Jimmy Swaggart Live?
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