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A Short Biography of Jimmy Swaggart

Author Name:

Jimmy Swaggart

Born As:

Jimmy Lee Swaggart

Other Names:

Born:

15 Mar 1935

Died:





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Pentecostal American pastor, teacher, singer, pianist, and televangelist                          
                          
Mother innie Belle Herron
Father Willie Leon
Wife Frances Anderson, one son.                          
                          
Cousin of rock-n-roller Jerry Lee Lewis and country music Mickey Gilley.

Jimmy Swaggart was implicated in a sex scandal involving a prostitute that resulted initially in his suspension and ultimately was defrocked and removed from the ministry by the Assemblies of God. Three years later, Swaggart was again implicated in a sex scandal involving a prostitute. As a result, Swaggart's current ministries are non-affiliated and non-denominational.

Swaggart exposed New Orleans-based, fellow Assemblies of God minister Marvin Gorman, accused of having several affairs. Gorman was defrocked from the Assemblies of God with his ministry all but ended.

Swaggart called rock music "the new pornography."