Thousands are expected to attend the funeral services for the late televangelist Jimmy Swaggart in Louisiana this weekend, a family spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY. The two-day service will take ...

A Jimmy Swaggart Ministries spokesperson said the family expects a "packed house" for founder Jimmy Swaggart's wake Saturday and funeral Sunday in Baton Rouge while extending public viewing hours. "We ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Reverend Jimmy Swaggart has died after a lengthy stay in the hospital. Known as an evangelist, preacher, and founder of the worldwide ministry and Bible college ...

The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart has died at age 90, his loved ones announced on his public social media page. At his peak in the mid-1980s, Swaggart was the country’s top-rated TV preacher with an audience of ...

FILE - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart speaks at the funeral service for his cousin, rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, in Ferriday, La., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) BATON ...

The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who emerged from the backwoods of Louisiana to become a television evangelist with global reach, preaching about an eternal struggle between good and evil and warning of the ...

Jimmy Swaggart, a televangelist and gospel singer whose fall from grace in the late 1980s made national headlines, has died, according to a social media post published by his ministry. He was 90.