His son, Donnie Swaggart, was named after his younger brother, who passed away in March 1941 of pneumonia. Is portrayed by Alec Baldwin in Great Balls of Fire! (1989) "Son" Swaggart, a minister, and Minnie Bell (Herron) Swaggart, was a devoted housewife and a minister. The couple had Jimmy, the following year. "Son" and Minnie Bell Swaggart, were married in 1934.
Went to high school with cousins Mickey Gilley and Jerry Lee Lewis. Started playing piano at age 14, along with Jerry Lee Lewis. Along with his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Swaggart was sneaking out to nightclubs, listening to blues music. When he was 14, he had enough of his father's strictness. Met wife, Frances Anderson, while attending his father's church, playing piano. Hagin, Jesse Duplantis, Jerry Savelle, Marilyn Hickey, Charles Stanley, Morris Cerullo, Charles Swindoll, James Dobson, James Robison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, John Osteen and Rex Humbard.īefore he was a successful televangelist, he worked as an oilman. Schuller, Oral Roberts, Kenneth Copeland, Jack Van Impe, Jim Bakker, Tammy Faye Bakker, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Kenneth E. His mother, Minnie Bell Swaggart, died after surgery, on June 9, 1960.įriend of: Billy Graham, Robert H. Although the offer meant a promise for significant income for him and his family, Swaggart turned Phillips down, stating that he was called to preach the gospel. Swaggart's cousin Jerry Lee Lewis, who had previously signed with Sun, was reportedly making $20,000 per week at the time. Sun Records producer Sam Phillips wanted to start a gospel line of music for the label (undoubtedly to remain in competition with RCA Victor and Columbia, who also had gospel lines) and wanted Swaggart for Sun as the label's first gospel artist.
Is a friend of Benny Hinn, who visited Swaggart's church, prior to his scandal. Was voted Favorite Gospel Music Artist by readers of the magazine Singing News in 1974. Great-grandfather of Samantha, Abby, Ryder, Lola, Harper, Harrison, and Caroline.
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Grandfather of Jennifer, Gabriel and Matthew.Īs of 2015, he has recorded over 50 gospel albums.īegan ministry full time when he was only 20. Schuller.Īfter he married Frances Anderson, he lived not too far from his grandmother. He recorded his first album "God Took Away My Yesterdays.". His wife, Frances Swaggart, gave birth to Donnie, when Jimmy was only 19. But after Jimmy lost his brother, he and his family moved back to Ferriday, Louisiana, to be closer to his grandmother, Ada Lewis Swaggart.īegan his contract singing career with Sun Records in 1958. When he was only 5, he and his family moved to Houston, Texas, to continue building a family. Moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife and son, when Swaggart was only 33, in 1968, and has lived there ever since. It was there that Swaggart played piano, in the services. When he was 17, he had absolutely no choice other than to reunite with his father, at a church in Wisner, Louisiana. He, along with Frances and Donnie, lived in poverty during the 1950s as he preached throughout rural Louisiana, struggling to survive on $30 a week.
As his songs began to be aired on radio, the public response was overwhelming.īefore he was a successful televangelist, he used to work as a construction worker near his hometown in Ferriday, Louisiana. Recognizing his gift of music, his wife, Frances, began encouraging him to contact radio stations. His mother, Minnie Bell Swaggart, had Jimmy, when she was 18. If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell. They need salvation just like anybody else. I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. Only atheists could accept this Satanic theory. Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. : Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact. And I thank God that has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman. I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. I get amazed, I can't look at it but about 10 seconds, at these politicians dancing around this, dancing around this, I'm trying to find a correct name for it, this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. It's a humorous statement that doesn't mean anything. For no one is to blame but I take the responsibility. I do not lay the fault or the blame of the charge at anyone else's feet. I would much rather, if possible - and in my estimation it would not be possible - to make it worse than less than it actually is. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity I call it sin. I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin.
I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry.