Jimmy Swaggart

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Jimmy Lee Swaggart (Template:IPAc-en; born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostal televangelist and gospel music artist.

Swaggart is one of the most well-known televangelists in America.[1] During the 1980s, his crusades were a major part of his ministry—drawing large crowds and receiving significant media attention. Swaggart has held many crusades in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,Jamaica, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, and South Africa.[2]

He founded Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, which owns and operates the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN). He also founded the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College.[3] Swaggart is the senior pastor of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Swaggart has written about 50 Christian books offered through his ministry. He sold over 15 million records worldwide as a gospel artist and he also received one Grammy Awards nomination.[4][5]

Early life

Jimmy Lee Swaggart was born on March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana,[6] to Willie Leon (known as "Sun" or "Son") Swaggart (1915 – 1998), a local sharecropper, who was a fiddle player and Pentecostal preacher, and Minnie Bell (née Herron) (1917 – 1960), who was a housewife and the daughter of sharecropper, William Herron (1869 – 1955). Swaggart's parents were related by marriage, as Son Swaggart's maternal uncle, Elmo Lewis, was married to Minnie Herron's sister, Mamie. The extended family had a complex network of interrelationships: "cousins and in-laws and other relatives married each other until the clan was entwined like a big, tight ball of rubber bands".[7][8][9]

Swaggart is the cousin of rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and country music star Mickey Gilley.[10] He had a younger sister, Jeanette Ensminger (1941 – 1999). With his parents, Swaggart attended small Assemblies of God churches in Ferriday and Wisner, Louisiana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1952, aged 17, Swaggart married 15-year-old Frances Anderson, whom he met in church in Wisner while he was playing music with his father, who pastored the Assembly of God Church there. They have a son named Donnie. Swaggart worked several part-time odd jobs to support his young family and also began singing Southern Gospel music at various churches.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

According to his autobiography To Cross a River, Swaggart, along with his wife and son, lived in poverty during the 1950s as he preached throughout rural Louisiana, struggling to survive on an income of $30 a week (Template:Inflation). Being too poor to own a home, the Swaggarts lived in church basements, homes of pastors, and small motels. Sun Records producer Sam Phillips wanted to start a gospel line of music for the label (perhaps to remain in competition with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, who also had gospel lines at the time) and wanted Swaggart for Sun as the first gospel artist for the label. Swaggart's cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, had previously signed with Sun and was reportedly earning $20,000 per week at the time. 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.[11]

Career

Ordination and early career

Preaching from a flatbed trailer donated to him, Swaggart began full-time evangelistic work in 1955. He began developing a revival-meeting following throughout the American South. In 1960, he began recording gospel music record albums and transmitting on Christian radio stations. In 1961, Swaggart was ordained by the Assemblies of God; a year later he began his radio ministry. 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1971, Swaggart began transmitting a weekly 30-minute telecast over various local television stations in Baton Rouge and also purchased a local AM radio station, WLUX (now WPFC). The station broadcast Christian feature stories, preaching and teaching to various fundamentalist and Pentecostal denominations and playing black gospel, Southern gospel, and inspirational music. Swaggart sold many of his radio stations gradually throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Shifting to television

By 1975, the television ministry had expanded to more stations around the United States, and he began to use television as his primary preaching forum. In 1978, the weekly telecast was increased to an hour.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1980, Swaggart began a daily weekday telecast featuring Bible study and music, and the weekend, hour-long telecast included a service from either Family Worship Center (Swaggart's church) or an on-location crusade in a major city. In the early 1980s, the broadcasts expanded to major cities nationwide. By 1983, more than 250 television stations broadcast the telecast.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Promotion of RENAMO

Throughout the 1980s, Jimmy Swaggart Ministries was one of many American Evangelical leaders who promoted the South African-backed Mozambican National Resistance, aka RENAMO, which was accused of committing systematic war crimes during Mozambique's 15-year-long civil war. In addition to moral support and publicity, Swaggart Ministries was repeatedly accused of providing funding and material support to the group. In September 1985, government forces supported by Zimbabwe captured RENAMO's main headquarters inside Mozambique, Casa Banana. Among the materials left behind by retreating rebels were piles of Swaggart's 1982 publication, "How to Receive The Baptism in the Holy Spirit", translated into Portuguese.[12] During the 1988 trial of Australian missionary Ian Grey, who coordinated much of the private support to RENAMO, it was claimed by the defendant that Swaggart Ministries worked through Shekinah Ministries to provide support to RENAMO. That year, extensive media coverage of Swaggart and his businesses in the wake of a sex scandal largely excluded these allegations.[13] In 1991, Covert Action Magazine and the government of Zimbabwe both accused Swaggart ministries of continuing to fund RENAMO.[14]

Prostitution scandals

In 1988, Swaggart was accused of patronizing a prostitute. He was suspended and ultimately defrocked by the Assemblies of God. Three years later, he was implicated in another scandal involving prostitution. As a result, Swaggart's ministry became non-affiliated, nondenominational, and significantly smaller than it was in the ministry's pre-scandal years.[15][16][17] Swaggart's sex scandals received national media attention.[18][19][20][21]

1988 prostitution scandal

Swaggart's first prostitution scandal occurred in retaliation for an incident in 1986 when he accused fellow Assemblies of God minister Marvin Gorman of having several affairs. Gorman was defrocked from the Assemblies of God, and his ministry was all but ended.[22] Gorman filed a successful lawsuit against Swaggart for defamation and conspiracy to ruin his reputation; he was awarded damages amounting to $10 million in 1991.[23] After an appeal, the parties settled the matter for $1.75 million.[24]

As a retaliatory measure, Gorman hired his son Randy and son-in-law Garland Bilbo to watch the Travel Inn on Airline Highway in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.[25] At the Travel Inn, the two men photographed Swaggart outside Room 7 with Debra Murphree,[16][26] a local prostitute. Gorman arrived at the Travel Inn a short while later and confronted Swaggart.[27]

According to Swaggart: The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist, Gorman secured a promise from Swaggart that he would publicly apologize to Gorman and begin the process of Gorman's reinstatement to the Assemblies of God. Gorman offered to remain silent if Swaggart would publicly say that he lied about Gorman's affairs. Gorman waited almost a year, then hand-delivered a note to Swaggart informing him that his time was up; Swaggart did not respond. On February 16, 1988, Gorman contacted James Hamil, one of the 13-man Executive Presbytery of the Assemblies of God, to expose Swaggart's assignation with the prostitute.[28] The presbytery leadership of the Assemblies of God suspended Swaggart from broadcasting his television program for three months.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

According to the Associated Press, Murphree failed a polygraph test administered by a New York City Police Department polygraph expert.[29] The test administrator concluded that Murphree had failed to tell the truth on all key questions concerning her statement. The test was administered after Murphree offered to sell the story to the National Enquirer for $100,000. Murphree failed questions about whether she was paid or promised money to "set up" Swaggart, and whether she made up the story to make money from it.[30] In place of Murphree's interview, Enquirer editor Levy published an accounting of Swaggart's family where they allegedly expressed their fears over Swaggart's health.[31] Murphree, who blamed her failed polygraph on "cocaine use" the day before the test was given was interviewed in Penthouse magazine.[32]

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This image of Swaggart brought to tears while delivering his "I have sinned" speech has often been used as a representation of the televangelist scandals of the late 1980s.

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The national presbytery of the Assemblies of God extended Swaggart's suspension to their standard two-year suspension for sexual immorality. His return to the pulpit coincided with the end of the three-month suspension originally ordered by the denomination. Believing that Swaggart was not genuinely repentant in submitting to their authority, the hierarchy of the Assemblies of God defrocked him, removing his credentials and ministerial license.[34]

Swaggart then became an independent and non-denominational Pentecostal minister, establishing Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, based at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge and the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN) which broadcasts in the United States and other countries.[35]Template:Better source needed

1991 prostitution scandal

On a cold October 11, 1991, Swaggart was found in the company of a prostitute for a second time. He was pulled over by a police officer in Indio, California, for driving on the wrong side of the road. With him in the vehicle was a woman named Rosemary Garcia. According to Garcia, Swaggart had stopped to propose sex to her on the side of the road. She later told reporters: "He asked me for sex. I mean, that's why he stopped me. That's what I do. I'm a prostitute."[36] This time, rather than confessing his sins to his congregation, Swaggart told those at Family Worship Center, "The Lord told me it's flat none of your business."[37] He then temporarily stepped down as head of his ministry for "a time of healing and counseling".[38]

Later career

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Swaggart in November 2011

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Swaggart's son, Donnie, preaching in Palm Harbor, Florida, January 2018

As of 2024, Swaggart remains senior pastor of Family Worship Center.[44]

Ministries

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Radio

Swaggart started SonLife Radio on the noncommercial FM band. Unlike his previous stations, SonLife was commercial-free and it did not sell time to outside ministries; the preaching and teaching were all produced in-house. The music which it played was primarily Southern gospel. SonLife Radio is streamed on the internet.[45]Template:Better source needed

List of radio stations

The network's flagship station is WJFM in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[46]

Call sign Frequency City of license State Power
(W) 		ERP
(W) 		Height
(m (ft)) 		Class FCC info
Template:Rh | WJIK 89.7 FM Fulton Alabama Template:Sdash 2,100 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WQUA 102.1 FM Citronelle Alabama Template:Sdash 15,000 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KJSM-FM 97.7 FM Augusta Arkansas Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert C1 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KNHD 1450 AM Camden Arkansas 1,000 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash C Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KUUZ 95.9 FM Lake Village Arkansas Template:Sdash 20,000 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KSSW 96.9 FM Nashville Arkansas Template:Sdash 6,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KPSH 90.9 FM Coachella California Template:Sdash 230 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WGSG 89.5 FM Mayo Florida Template:Sdash 20,000 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WFFL 91.7 FM Panama City Florida Template:Sdash 310 H
304 V		 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WBMF 88.1 FM Crete Illinois Template:Sdash 90 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WAWF 88.3 FM Kankakee Illinois Template:Sdash 1,250 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WWGN 88.9 FM Ottawa Illinois Template:Sdash 4,100 H
1,400 V		 Template:Convert B1 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KBDD 91.9 FM Winfield Kansas Template:Sdash 48,000 Template:Convert C2 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KJGM 88.3 FM Bastrop Louisiana Template:Sdash 63,000 Template:Convert C1 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WJFMTemplate:Efn 88.5 FM Baton Rouge Louisiana Template:Sdash 25,500 Template:Convert C2 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KTOC-FM 104.9 FM Jonesboro Louisiana Template:Sdash 25,000 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KCKR 91.9 FM Church Point Louisiana Template:Sdash 12,500 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KDJR 100.1 FM De Soto Missouri Template:Sdash 2,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WTGY 95.7 FM Charleston Mississippi Template:Sdash 6,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WJNS-FM 92.1 FM Bentonia Mississippi Template:Sdash 4,800 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KNBE 88.9 FM Beatrice Nebraska Template:Sdash 7,500 Template:Convert C3 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KNFA 90.7 FM Grand Island Nebraska Template:Sdash 1,300 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WJCA 102.1 FM Albion New York Template:Sdash 3,700 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WYRR 88.9 FM Lakewood New York Template:Sdash 420 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WJYM 730 AM Bowling Green Ohio 1,000 day
359 night		 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KAJT 88.7 FM Ada Oklahoma Template:Sdash 31,000 Template:Convert C2 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KMFS 1490 AM Guthrie Oklahoma 1,000 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash C Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KREK 104.9 FM Bristow Oklahoma Template:Sdash 5,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KSSO 89.3 FM Norman Oklahoma Template:Sdash 5,600 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WAYB-FM 95.7 FM Graysville Tennessee Template:Sdash 6,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KNRB 100.1 FM Atlanta Texas Template:Sdash 50,000 Template:Convert C2 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KYTM 99.3 FM Corrigan Texas Template:Sdash 6,000 Template:Convert A Template:FCC-LMS-Facility

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Translators

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license State Class ERP
(W) 		FCC info
Template:Rh | W209CN 89.7 Andalusia Alabama D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W205BX 88.9 Eufaula Alabama D 13 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K250BQ 97.9 Camden Arkansas D 250 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K209DT 89.7 El Dorado Arkansas D 38 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K219AO 91.7 Fairmont California D 89
Template:Rh | W213BF 90.5 Key West Florida D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W215BM 90.9 Dublin Georgia D 13 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W212BL 90.3 LaGrange Georgia D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W214BG 90.7 Waycross Georgia D 38 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W206AN 89.1 Carlinville Illinois D 80 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W204BG 88.7 Effingham Illinois D 19 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W217BJ 91.3 Freeport Illinois D 55 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W201BL 88.1 Jacksonville Illinois D 27 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K208DW 89.5 DeSoto Parish Louisiana D 20 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K220ID 91.9 Grayson Louisiana D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K232FN 94.3 Many Louisiana D 250 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K216EX 91.1 Minden Louisiana D 38 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K218EY 91.5 Morgan City Louisiana D 160 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K211DY 90.1 Natchitoches Louisiana D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K219FA 91.7 Alexandria Minnesota D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K213DN 90.5 Morris Minnesota D 27 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K201GD 88.1 Kirksville Missouri D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K219FD 91.7 Mountain Grove Missouri D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K207DG 89.3 Rosati Missouri D 140 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K218DC 91.5 Springfield Missouri D 250 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K213DK 90.5 Willow Springs Missouri D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W202BS 88.3 Columbia Mississippi D 13 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W208BC 89.5 Corning New York D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W220DD 91.9 Morehead City North Carolina D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W202BR 88.3 Rockingham North Carolina D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W209BN 89.7 Chambersburg Pennsylvania D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W212BK 90.3 Franklin Pennsylvania D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W207BM 89.3 Lock Haven Pennsylvania D 55 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W218BN 91.5 Mansfield Pennsylvania D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W204BQ 88.7 Andrews South Carolina D 55 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W202CG 88.3 Clinton South Carolina D 27 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W204BR 88.7 Manning South Carolina D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W215CK 90.9 Winnsboro South Carolina D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K209DX 89.7 Brookings South Dakota D 250 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K207EW 89.3 Mitchell South Dakota D 250 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K211EC 90.1 Watertown South Dakota D 100 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K214FC 90.7 Yankton South Dakota D 92 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W217BG 91.3 Pikeville Tennessee D 10 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K216DN 91.1 Bonham Texas D 45 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K216FD 91.1 Columbus Texas D 40 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K219FH 91.7 Midland Texas D 50 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K216FC 91.1 Palestine Texas D 170 Template:FCC-LMS-Facility

Television

In 1973, Swaggart proposed to television producers in Nashville a television program including a fairly large music segment, a short sermon, and time for talking about current ministry projects. They accepted, and within weeks the Jimmy Swaggart Telecast was being broadcast around the United States.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1981, Swaggart launched a daily television program titled A Study in the Word. From the beginning, the primary cable channels which the program was aired on were CBN Cable (now Freeform), TBN, and the old PTL Network (now the Inspiration Network).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1988, Swaggart lost some of his broadcast and merchandise rights following his first prostitution scandal.[27][47] In 1991, his career as a standard televangelist ended after more local TV stations cancelled their contracts with him following his second prostitution scandal.[48][49][50]

Jimmy Swaggart Bible College

In autumn 1984, Swaggart opened Jimmy Swaggart Bible College (JSBC). The college originally provided education and communication degrees.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". JSBC enrollment dropped drastically in 1988 when students left as a result of Swaggart's scandal and that was followed by accreditation issues.[51]

In 1991, JSBC was renamed the World Evangelism Bible College and enrollment dropped to 370 students. The college closed programs in music, physical education, secretarial science, and communications that October and disbanded its basketball team. In November "the college laid off three Bible professors and an English professor, effective at the end of the fall semester".[52]

Print

Swaggart has written about 50 Christian books offered through his ministry.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He is the author of the Expositor's Study Bible,[53] 13 study guides and 38 commentaries on the Bible. The ministry publishes a monthly magazine, The Evangelist.[54] Swaggart published Religious Rock n Roll: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, in 1985.[55]

Music

In 1981, Swaggart received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional for his album Worship.[56]

Family

Since October 10, 1952, Swaggart has been married to Frances Swaggart (Template:Née Anderson, born August 9, 1937). They have one son, Donnie (born October 18, 1954), named after Jimmy Swaggart's brother who died in infancy. He has three grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.[57] Donnie Swaggart and his son, Gabriel Swaggart, are also preachers, making four generations of the Swaggart family to have become involved in ministerial work.[58][59]

Politics

Despite being known for being a leading figure in the emergence of the Christian Right, Swaggart had no political affiliation.[60] However, he would express praise for Republicans such as Donald Trump.[61]

Health

On June 15, 2025, about 8 AM local time. It was reported that Swaggart had suffered cardiac arrest at his Louisiana home, and has been hospitalized in ICU. His son, Donnie Swaggart, stated of his father: "Without a miracle, his time will be short."[62] As of June 30, Swaggart remains in critical condition, as well as unconscious.[63][64][65]

In popular culture

At a 2018 political rally in Southaven, Mississippi, President Donald Trump made fun of Swaggart for crying on television during his 1988 scandal.[66]

The liner notes to the album D&K (1987) by DeGarmo and Key, a Christian rock band included the words "dedicated to Jimmy Swaggart" blacked out but still visible on close inspection, for the song "Brother Against Brother"[67]

Swaggart's prostitution scandals inspired the Ozzy Osbourne song "Miracle Man" on Osbourne's fifth studio album No Rest for the Wicked (1988).[68]

During his 1988 concerts, Bruce Hornsby began his song "Defenders of the Flag" from Scenes from the Southside with a tongue-in-cheek dedication to Swaggart.[69]

The song "Hexonxonx" on Skinny Puppy's 1989 album Rabies features a repeating audio sample of Swaggart saying "I am clean..." from his forgiveness speech.[70]

Similarities were noted between heel World Wrestling Federation character Brother Love and Swaggart.[71]

"Jesus He Knows Me", a 1991 song by Genesis, is a satire on televangelists including Swaggart, Robert Tilton, and Jim Bakker.[72]

During his 1988 tour, American rock artist Frank Zappa changed the lyrics of several of his songs to reference Swaggart. Several of these appear on the 1991 album The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life.

American avant-garde musician Kristin Hayter (as Lingua Ignota) released the EP Epistolary Grieving for Jimmy Swaggart on the 5th of November in 2021.

The band James references Jimmy Swaggart's speech regarding music and Satan, in their song God Only Knows, from the 1991 album Gold Mother.

Michael Gira of experimental rock band Swans cites Jimmy Swaggart's TV sermons as a stylistic influence on the band's fifth studio album, Children of God.[73]

The British band Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction featured a song called 'Airline Highway' on their 1991 album Hoodlum Thunder. Aside from the song's title, the lyrics refer directly to Swaggart's prostitution scandals: "Hey Jim, the crime's in your heart". The song also features vocal samples of Swaggart thanking God for his self-proclaimed goodness, and quoting from the Gospels.

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