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Sept 17, 2021: Religion News Service: Tammy Faye, a double whammy of Christian love, wins in the end
What was clear was that the conservative white Protestants vying to rule the airwaves all understood that, on some level, they were in competition with one another when it came to “reaching souls.” In the movie’s telling, Baptists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and their Pentecostal colleagues Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker represent overlapping, sometimes conflicting visions of the gospel for the masses. Aug 26, 2021: MXWDN: The Beatles Announce Five-Disc Let It Be Reissue for October 2021 Release This album features “The Beatles Medley,” which is a mashup of Beatles songs with lyrics changed to reflect the sex scandal surrounding evangelist preacher Jimmy Swaggart. Mar 17, 2016: Talk 107.3: The Fall & Rise of Jimmy Swaggart
Editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report, Stephanie Riegel, joined Jim Engster to talk about the fall and rise of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. Apr 1, 2015: Annoyed Critic: Jimmy Swaggart is pure evil (if there is such a thing) Jimmy Swaggart is the worst type of evil. He exploits people with religion while not even following his own lie-filled sermons. If God existed, this man would have been killed by a lightning bolt. Sept 7, 2014: Youtube: It's over now - Jimmy Swaggart Performed during the 9/7/14 A.M. service at Family Worship Center. uly 7, 2014: Asia-Pacific Economics Blog: Jimmy Swaggart Controversy
But his career fell down from its grace when an association to Debra Murphree a well known prostitute came out. The sexual scandal in the late 1980s then early 1990s led Assemblies of the God in defrocking him and temporary stepping down being the head of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. May 13, 2014: Greene Publishing: Sauls Ordained With Jimmy Swaggart Ministries Senior Pastor Richard B. Sauls, along with First Lady, Sharon Sauls, Rev. Charles Lasseter, and daughters, Victoria and Hannah, traveled to Baton Rouge, La. on April 18 to the Jimmy Swaggart Easter Camp Meeting. Apr 17, 2014: The Telegraph: Mickey Gilley wows crowd, 5As
He mentioned his cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart throughout the show as influences in his life, with Lewis being more so, especially in his musical career. Jan 15, 2013: Deception Bytes: Jimmy Swaggart: Straying and Preying The following video was brought to my attention by a former Jimmy Swaggart Ministries supporter. This originally appeared on CNN and was a special piece done by Investigative Reporter Art Harris. I was personally not aware until viewing this, that any video of Debra Murphrey even existed Dec 7, 2012: Mike Seigel: JIMMY SWAGGART: DEVIL, NOT ANGEL Mishel McCumber is a writer/researcher who worked as Webmaster for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries from 2008 to 2011. Her day to day dealings there brought her in close and frequent contact with the ministry’s major players and gave her rare, behind the scene glimpses of a ministry with far too many secrets. It was a ministry not only ravaged by greed, lust and hypocrisy but one driven to extremes to hide their dirty secrets from deceived donors at all costs. Televangelist Report Card Predictions that the scandals in the late 1980s involving Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart would be the death knell for television ministries have proven wrong. Though the number of viewers and contributions have dropped by almost three-fourths compared to televangelism’s peak in the early ’80s, dozens of TV ministries from that decade remain on the air today. Even Bakker, during his frequent appearances on Larry King Live and Dallas preacher James Robison’s program, shares his plans to return to religious television. (Christianity Today 10/22/01) READ MORE>>>>> May 7, 1988: People: The Fall of Jimmy Swaggart
In the days after the founder's fall, the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries center in Baton Rouge was swept by shock, anger and an unsettling sense of foreboding. Youtube: Jimmy Swaggart: "I have sinned" 1988 TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart in sex scandal Ankerberg Discusses the Part He Played Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Christian talk show host John Ankerberg has been regarded by some as the villain in the scandal that has rocked PTL. Ankerberg first spoke out in defense of Jimmy Swaggart, who had been accused of instigating a “hostile takeover” of PTL. He later brought forth allegations that former PTL head Jim Bakker visited prostitutes and engaged in homosexual acts. Ankerberg discussed with CHRISTIANITY TODAY his role in revealing the allegations. (Christianity Today 6/12/87) READ MORE>>>>> |
Feb 10. 2014: The Advocate reported that: Authorities in Alabama have arrested a man wanted in Baton Rouge on accusations that he called in a fake bomb threat in November to the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries campus on Bluebonnet Boulevard, putting hundreds of people on lockdown for several hours. September 23, 2004: USA Today Reported: Swaggart apologizes after remark about 'killing' gay men Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart apologized Wednesday for saying in a televised worship service that he would kill any gay man who looked at him romantically.A complaint was filed with a Canadian broadcasting group, and Swaggart said his Baton Rouge-based Jimmy Swaggart Ministries has received complaints from gay groups over the remarks made on the Sept. 12 telecast. In the broadcast, Swaggart was discussing his opposition to gay marriage when he said "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died,"Swaggart said to laughter and applause from the congregation. March 6, 2000: Christianity Today reported: An employee of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries (JSM) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been arrested on charges of embezzling more than $750,000 from the ministry. John Clouser, 34, was arrested last November after the ministry discovered that $90,000 was missing from the sale of a Texas property donated to JSM. The state has charged him with money-laundering, bank fraud, obstruction of justice, and theft. A federal investigation is pending.Clouser worked at JSM for about ten years, most recently as director of development. He handled leases, property rentals, and trust documents, according to a JSM official. The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that Clouser also allegedly stole $110,000 in retirement funds that his mother had entrusted to him. He spent the money on a number of girlfriends, buying flowers, renting limousines, and keeping a furnished apartment, the report says.Barry Miller, attorney for the ministry, says police found boxes of the organization’s Bibles, books, tapes, and compact discs—worth between $10,000 and $15,000—in Clouser’s home. “Mr. Clouser was a very trusted employee, and people at the ministry were very shocked and hurt by his actions,” Miller told Christianity Today. “He let a lot of people down.” |