Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Lee Swaggart (/ˈswæɡərt/; born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostal televangelist.
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| Born | Jimmy Lee Swaggart March 15, 1935 Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1955–present |
| Television | The Jimmy Swaggart Telecast (1971–present), SonLife Broadcasting Network (2007–present) |
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Frances Swaggart (m. 1952) |
| Children | Donnie Swaggart |
| Relatives | Mickey Gilley (cousin) Jerry Lee Lewis (cousin) |
| Website | jsm |
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries owns and operates the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN). Swaggart is the senior pastor of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Swaggart was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988 after a prostitution scandal. In 1991 he was pulled over by police with a prostitute in his car.
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