He built an empire from a gospel and a guitar. Then came the tears. Jimmy Swaggart, the fiery televangelist who preached to millions before a stunning public downfall shook his ministry, has died. He ...

Since his death, Jimmy Swaggart has been lavished with praises, well-earned, at home and abroad for the empire he built in the name of the Lord. Yet there is another side to his mission that has ...

(RNS) — Some of my best friends are Christian ministers. Could I pander any better than that? My colleagues and I forged these friendships — not despite our theological differences, but because of ...

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 ...

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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's funeral services are expected to draw large crowds to Baton Rouge this weekend. Swaggart, who died July 1 at age 90, founded the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries and reached ...

Jimmy Swaggart, the prolific evangelist who died Tuesday at age 90, will be remembered in part for his tearful, snotty apology to his congregation in 1988 after he was linked to a prostitute. But ...