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1. • • Mr. Swaggart's church, television and school complex in Baton Rouge has been shaken by the scandal. Donations are reported down, about 100 workers were dismissed shortly after Mr. Swaggart's confession, and many students at the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College are said to be seeking to transfer to other religious institutions.
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     Church Defrocks Swaggart For Rejecting Its Punishment

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   Who is Jimmy Swaggart?

   • The denomination decides two million members and integrity are more important than one man. As he stood sobbing on the platform in his rose-carpeted Family Worship Center, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart was most apologetic towards the Assemblies of God. “To its thousands and thousands of pastors that are godly … its evangelists … its missionaries …

   Why the Assemblies Dismissed Swaggart | Christianity Today

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   Did Mr Swaggart make a mistake or a sin?

   • 'Not a Mistake, a Sin' Today, Mr. Swaggart gave no specifics about his own transgression. But he said: ''I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity. I call it a sin.''

   Swaggart Says He Has Sinned; Will Step Down - The New York Times

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   What did Mr Swaggart say to his wife?

   • Speaking slowly at first, then more loudly, then dropping to a whisper, Mr. Swaggart turned first to his wife, Frances, spoke of the strength and commitment she brought to his ministry, and said, haltingly, ''Oh, I have sinned against you, and I beg your forgiveness.''

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   Why did a judge not consider Swaggart a defrocked person?

   • The judge said it was not relevant to Gorman's case. Swaggart himself was defrocked in 1988 after Gorman supplied the Assemblies of God with photos of him with a prostitute. Swaggart's ministry survived the scandal. He said earlier in the day he would appeal if the verdict went against him.

   JURY FINDS SWAGGART GUILTY - Greensboro News and Record

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3. www.christianitytoday.com › ct › 1988Why the Assemblies Dismissed Swaggart | Christianity Today

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   As he stood sobbing on the platform in his rose-carpeted Family Worship Center, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart was most apologetic towards the Assemblies of God.

4. greensboro.com › jury-finds-swaggart-guiltyJURY FINDS SWAGGART GUILTY - Greensboro News and Record

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   Sep 12, 1991 · Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart spread lies that helped ruin fellow television preacher Marvin Gorman's ministry and must pay his share of a $10 million damage award, a jury ruled Thursday.

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6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1988/05/23-mn'What's Past Is Past' : A Defiant Swaggart Returns to the Pulpit

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   BATON ROUGE, La. — Jimmy Swaggart, defrocked but defiant, returned to the pulpit Sunday and sought to save his troubled ministry by unleashing the talent that once had made him and his...

7. buffalonews.com › news › swaggart-says-god-sent-himSWAGGART SAYS GOD SENT HIM BACK - Buffalo News

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   Less than 48 hours after Jimmy Swaggart was said to be stepping down from the pulpit in a scandal involving a streetwalker, the evangelist said he has gone back to preaching because God told...

8. www.nytimes.com › 1988/02/22 › usSwaggart Says He Has Sinned; Will Step Down - The New York Times

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   Feb 22, 1988 · The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who last year condemned a fellow television evangelist, Jim Bakker, as ''a cancer on the body of Christ,'' today confessed to sins of his own and begged to be...

9. www.historytoday.com › miscellanies › god-gave-rockGod Gave Rock and Roll to You | History Today

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   May 16, 2018 · Soon, Swaggart’s profile was diminished by scandal. Early in 1988, his face contorted with grief, Swaggart tearfully admitted to the 8,000 congregants of his Baton Rouge Family Worship Center that he had sinned against them and against God.

10. www.nytimes.com › 1988/04/09 › usChurch Defrocks Swaggart For Rejecting Its Punishment

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    Apr 9, 1988 · The television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart was defrocked as a minister of the Assemblies of God today for rejecting punishment ordered by national leaders of the church. Shortly after the...