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Scandal-Plagued Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Dies at 90

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, JUL 1 – Swaggart's ministry shrank from $150 million to $11 million after sex scandals, yet he preached into his late 80s with a loyal core audience, his family said.

  • Jimmy Swaggart, a Louisiana-born televangelist and major evangelical figure, died at age 90 on July 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge.
  • Swaggart rose from a poor background in Ferriday, Louisiana, turning his ministry into a multimillion-dollar operation by the 1980s, with a massive global audience.
  • His career declined after 1988 scandals when he was caught with prostitutes; a tearful televised confession and subsequent church defrocking marked his downfall.
  • Swaggart Ministries once made $142 million in 1986 and used a private fleet of planes and production studios to broadcast sermons worldwide to over 100 countries.
  • Despite diminished audiences, Swaggart continued preaching at his Baton Rouge worship center until his death, leaving a complex legacy in American evangelicalism.
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abendblatt.de broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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