Famed televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died aged 90. One of the vital well-known Pentecostal preachers in America, Swaggart suffered a cardiac arrest in his Louisiana house on June 15.
His ministry posted on Instagram following Swaggart’s demise: “Right this moment, our hearts are heavy as we share that Brother Swaggart has completed his earthly race and entered into the presence of His Savior, Jesus Christ. Right this moment was the day he has sung about for many years. He met his beloved Savior and entered the portals of glory. On the identical time, we rejoice realizing that we’ll see him once more sooner or later.”
“For over seven many years, Brother Swaggart poured out his life preaching the gospel, singing songs of the religion, and pointing hundreds of thousands to the saving energy of Jesus Christ and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. His voice echoed via nations, his music softened hearts, and his message by no means modified: Jesus Christ and Him crucified,” the ministry wrote.
Swaggart was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana, and commenced his full-time ministry in 1955. He began preaching on the radio within the early ’60s earlier than transitioning to tv in 1975. He went on to discovered the Household Worship Middle and Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, finally turning into one of the distinguished televangelists within the nation. On the top of his affect, his program reached over two million properties.
In 1988, the televangelist confronted a nationwide scandal when he was photographed with a intercourse employee in a New Orleans motel, and once more in 1991 when he was caught once more with one other intercourse employee. This incident led to Swaggart briefly stepping down as the pinnacle of the ministry. He continued preaching for many years following the scandal, however with a lowered viewers.
Swaggart famously gave a tearful sermon following the incident with the intercourse employee in 1988.”I’ve sinned in opposition to you,” Swaggart stated to TV audiences. “I urge you to forgive me.”
Along with his ministry and tv profession, Swaggart was additionally a recording artist. His web site affords over 70 albums on the market, together with two albums he recorded along with his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis.
And the time of his passing, he served because the pastor of the Household Worship Middle in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and ran the SonLife Broadcasting Community. Via the SonLife Radio and Broadcasting Networks, the Swaggart household continues to broadcast its packages.
Swaggart is remembered by spouse Frances Swaggart, who hosted the Frances and Pals Christian radio program. Their solely baby, Donnie, can also be a minister.