Jimmy Swaggart Ministries is a Christian evangelical organization located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The organization was founded in 1984 by PentecostaltelevangelistJimmy Swaggart. It also runs Jimmy Swaggart Bible College, and Family Worship Center, the megachurch Jimmy's son Donnie and grandson Gabriel, are pastors.[1] It has an international outreach and has preached to millions of people across the world.[2]
The organization was founded by Jimmy Swaggart. After being involved in a prostitution scandal, Swaggart was stripped of his ministerial license by the Assemblies of God and became an independent, non-denominational minister. The ministry was created to be the overarching administrative entity of his church and assets, this includes his radio station, WJFM, and all television programs by him. In 1988, it had a yearly revenue of $150 million, most of which was used to run the Bible College campus.[3][4]
Jimmy Swaggart Bible College is a school on Bluebonnet Boulevard in Baton Rouge. At its highest point it had an enrollment of 1,451. In 1988, enrollment dropped by 72% due to Swaggart's prostitution scandal.[5] In 1991, the college became known as World Evangelism Bible College in an effort to attract more students and disassociate itself with scandal.[6] It was reported that the school's attendance got so low that the classes had to be moved to the ministry's high school program classrooms.[7] Today, the college is still open and enrolls a small number[quantify] of students each year. It has a seminary on campus and the main academic major is ministry.
Family Worship Center
The Family Worship Center is the church of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. It was founded by Swaggart in the late 1960s as a small church affiliated with the Assemblies of God.[8] He was the pastor there until his death in 2025, before being succeedeed by son Donnie and grandson Gabriel in the 2010s. It has become a megachurch and is now one of the largest churches in Louisiana.[citation needed]
References
↑ "JSM Ministers". Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
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