Jimmy Swaggart is a Pentecostal preacher, musician, and televangelist whose fiery preaching and piano driven music attracted a large television audience in the 1970s and 1980s. His ministry built a large media empire with global reach. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, widely publicized moral scandals involving sexual misconduct led to major controversy, public confession, and loss of influence.
Swaggart major works included the Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and music albums that combined preaching and gospel music. His fall from prominence due to scandal became one of the most discussed events in televangelism history, yet his broadcasts continued in reduced form and influenced Pentecostal media style.
Pentecostal televangelist and musician whose powerful broadcasts were later overshadowed by moral scandal.