The church eventually became district-affiliated with the AG. Swaggart founded a small church named the Family Worship Center(FWC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the late ’60s. The Assemblies of God (AG) ordained him in 1961 and began his own radio ministry in 1962. He also started transmitting on Christian radio stations the same year. Jimmy began recording gospel music record albums by 1960. Swaggart began his full-time evangelistic work in 1955, preaching from a flatbed trailer donated to him.īeing an exuberant and talented preacher, it was not long before people came to him to hear the gospel.
But Jimmy turned Phillips down, stating that he was called to preach the gospel. The young family lived in pastors’ homes, church basements, and small motels, being too poor to own a home.īeing a gifted piano player and singer, Sam Phillips, a producer for Sun Records, wanted Swaggart as the label’s first gospel artist. The family had to survive on $30 a week, as he preached throughout rural Louisiana. Early CareerĪccording to his autobiography, Jimmy and his wife and son lived in poverty during the 1950s. Jimmy Swaggart was perhaps the most celebrated evangelist in the world in the 1980s, but he lived in poverty before becoming the famous evangelist that he is now.
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