Rightwing televangelist and demon-spawn Jimmy Swaggart recently died at age 90

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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90​

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.

The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of a string of successful TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and ’90s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience.

Swaggart encapsulated his downfall in a tearful 1988 sermon, in which he wept and apologized but made no reference to his connection to a prostitute.

More trouble came in 1991, when police in California detained Swaggart with another prostitute. The evangelist was charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and driving an unregistered Jaguar. His companion, Rosemary Garcia, said Swaggart became nervous when he saw the police car and weaved when he tried to stuff pornographic magazines under a car seat.

Swaggart started a radio show, a magazine, and then moved into television, with outspoken views.

He called Roman Catholicism “a false religion. It is not the Christian way,” and claimed that Jews suffered for thousands of years “because of their rejection of Christ.”

Swaggart’s messages stirred thousands of congregants and millions of TV viewers, making him a household name by the late 1980s. Contributors built Jimmy Swaggart Ministries into a business that made an estimated $142 million in 1986.


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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

In a tearful 1988 sermon, he wept and apologized, telling parishioners across the nation, "I have sinned against you."
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I had a friend on the Houston Chronicle who knew Jimmy well.

He said Jimmy changed the nearly thirty final years of his life for the better: good works, no fancy car, no mansion, no role.

Just the gospel and his music. I hope so.

Do you know that he, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Micky Gillis were first cousins of an extended family in Ferriday, LA.
 
Jake Starkey said:
I had a friend on the Houston Chronicle who knew Jimmy well.

He said Jimmy changed the nearly thirty final years of his life for the better: good works, no fancy car, no mansion, no role.

Just the gospel and his music. I hope so.

Do you know that he, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Micky Gillis were first cousins of an extended family in Ferriday, LA.
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Hadn’t heard about his later years and turning over a new leaf.

He certainly had a lot to atone for and it’s cool if he tried
 
Cypress said:

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90​

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.
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Good.
Cypress said:
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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

In a tearful 1988 sermon, he wept and apologized, telling parishioners across the nation, "I have sinned against you."
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Yeah, give me a break. :rolleyes:
 
Jake Starkey said:
I had a friend on the Houston Chronicle who knew Jimmy well.

He said Jimmy changed the nearly thirty final years of his life for the better: good works, no fancy car, no mansion, no role.

Just the gospel and his music. I hope so.

Do you know that he, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Micky Gillis were first cousins of an extended family in Ferriday, LA.
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Genuine redemption is possible for sinners like him

I didn't about those family relations. But it's the deep South, so everyone is at least a second or third cousin to each other, lol
 
Cypress said:

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90​

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.

The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of a string of successful TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and ’90s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience.

Swaggart encapsulated his downfall in a tearful 1988 sermon, in which he wept and apologized but made no reference to his connection to a prostitute.

More trouble came in 1991, when police in California detained Swaggart with another prostitute. The evangelist was charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and driving an unregistered Jaguar. His companion, Rosemary Garcia, said Swaggart became nervous when he saw the police car and weaved when he tried to stuff pornographic magazines under a car seat.

Swaggart started a radio show, a magazine, and then moved into television, with outspoken views.

He called Roman Catholicism “a false religion. It is not the Christian way,” and claimed that Jews suffered for thousands of years “because of their rejection of Christ.”

Swaggart’s messages stirred thousands of congregants and millions of TV viewers, making him a household name by the late 1980s. Contributors built Jimmy Swaggart Ministries into a business that made an estimated $142 million in 1986.


www.pbs.org

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

In a tearful 1988 sermon, he wept and apologized, telling parishioners across the nation, "I have sinned against you."
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
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maybe he was a perv, but he was correct on Catholics and Jews.


:truestory:
 
Cypress said:

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90​

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.

The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of a string of successful TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and ’90s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience.

Swaggart encapsulated his downfall in a tearful 1988 sermon, in which he wept and apologized but made no reference to his connection to a prostitute.

More trouble came in 1991, when police in California detained Swaggart with another prostitute. The evangelist was charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and driving an unregistered Jaguar. His companion, Rosemary Garcia, said Swaggart became nervous when he saw the police car and weaved when he tried to stuff pornographic magazines under a car seat.

Swaggart started a radio show, a magazine, and then moved into television, with outspoken views.

He called Roman Catholicism “a false religion. It is not the Christian way,” and claimed that Jews suffered for thousands of years “because of their rejection of Christ.”

Swaggart’s messages stirred thousands of congregants and millions of TV viewers, making him a household name by the late 1980s. Contributors built Jimmy Swaggart Ministries into a business that made an estimated $142 million in 1986.


www.pbs.org

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose massive ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

In a tearful 1988 sermon, he wept and apologized, telling parishioners across the nation, "I have sinned against you."
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
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RIP
 
gmark77 said:
Hey, you and @Cypress are free to insult Southerners. I get it. You hate the "yahoos". You and Cy are sure you are better than most people, especially, as Cy likes to suggest, inbred southerners!

LOL.
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You hate Southerners. You are arresting them mostly for nothing. You are a hatefest, and no one doubts we are better than you.
 
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