The Family Worship Center grew from barely 40 members in 1970 to over 500 by 1975 and over 1000 by 1980.ĭuring the 1970s the church grew from a one room church to a more modern building with new additions being built every couple years. In the late 1960s, Swaggart founded what was then a small church named the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana the church eventually became district-affiliated with the Assemblies of God. By 1969, Swaggart's radio program, The Camp Meeting Hour, was being aired over numerous radio stations throughout the American Bible Belt. In 1961, after graduating from Bible college, Swaggart was ordained by the Assemblies of God one year later, Swaggart began his radio ministry. In 1960, he began recording gospel music record albums while building up another audience via Christian radio stations. Swaggart began attending Bible college in 1957. It was then that Swaggart began developing a revival-meeting following throughout the American South. Preaching from a flatbed trailer donated to him, Swaggart began full-time evangelistic work in 1955. 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 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. Being too poor to own a home, the Swaggarts lived in church basements, pastors' homes, and small motels. According to his biography, Swaggart, along with his wife and son, lived in poverty during the 1950s as he preached throughout rural Louisiana, struggling to survive on US$30 a week. Swaggart worked several part-time odd jobs in order to support his young family and also began singing Southern Gospel music at various churches. On October 10, 1952, Swaggart married Frances Anderson. With his parents, Swaggart attended a small, 25-member Assemblies of God church in Ferriday. He is the cousin of rock'n'roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and country music star Mickey Gilley. Swaggart was born in Ferriday, Louisiana, to Willie Leon (a.k.a., "Son") and Minnie Belle (née Herron) Swaggart.
The weekly Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word programs are seen nationwide and abroad on 78 channels in 104 countries as well as live over the Internet. Swaggart's television ministry, which began in 1975, continues airing nationally and internationally. Sexual scandals in the late 1980s and early 1990s led the Assemblies of God to defrock him, and to his temporarily stepping down as the head of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. According to the official website for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, his 1980s telecast was transmitted to over 3,000 stations and cable systems each week. He has preached to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast. Listen to Tim Staples as he tells you the incredible story of his conversion-it's a story you won't soon forget.Jimmy Swaggart (1935-present) is an American Pentecostal pastor, teacher, musician, author, and televangelist. The heart-breaking decision Tim had to make while on the verge of conversion.Why did Tim feel so alone on the cusp of becoming a Catholic?.Find out how this school expedited the process of Tim becoming Catholic!.Why was Tim defending the Catholic Church during his time at Jimmy Swaggart Bible College?.How could a man who was bound and determined to prove the Catholic Church wrong ever be persuaded otherwise?.In Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic, Tim tells you his story.
How did Tim Staples, an extremely anti-Catholic man, get started on the path to Rome? What happened to cause the little boy who wanted to be a preacher just like Billy Graham to grow up and become a well-known Catholic apologetics speaker instead? How did the man Tim set out to "save" end up saving him? How can a Protestant Bible school be the place where the gift of Catholic faith is forged? Tim Staples was your typical enthusiastic Protestant, on fire for his faith-until he met the "wrong" Marine: a Catholic man who was both willing and able to defend his faith.
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