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The household of prominent televangelist the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart said helium remains hospitalized successful captious information aft suffering a cardiac arrest.
During a Sunday service, Swaggart's son, the Rev. Donnie Swaggart, asked the congregation to support his begetter successful their prayers, saying that lone a "miracle" could extend his father’s life.
"On this Father’s Day, we urgently inquire you to commune for Brother Swaggart. He needs a occurrence from eden close now, this morning. We indispensable person the Lord intervene successful this situation, and we request your prayers," Donnie Swaggart wrote successful a station connected his father's Facebook page.
"He's my stone and my leader and helium needs the Lord's healing powerfulness today. If I americium capable to get away, I volition effort to beryllium astatine the work to springiness everyone an update," Donnie Swaggart wrote successful different post.
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Prominent evangelist Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, 90, was hospitalized successful captious information aft suffering a cardiac apprehension connected June 15, members of his household shared during a Sunday work connected Father's Day. (Getty Images)
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ connected tv longer than immoderate different American evangelist successful history, according to his ministry website.
Swaggart, who was calved connected March 15, 1935, successful Ferriday, Louisiana, launched into full-time ministry successful 1955. He serves arsenic the pastor of the Family Worship Center successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is the laminitis of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.
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Jimmy Swaggart (Photo by Thomas S. England/Getty Images)
At his highest successful the mid-1980s, Swaggart was the country’s top-rated TV preacher. His services were broadcast to implicit 2 cardinal households.
However, his representation was bruised aft helium was linked to a 1987 ungraded involving a prostitute that helium met successful a seedy New Orleans motel.
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The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart asks for God's forgiveness arsenic helium resigns from his ministry aft allegations of intersexual misconduct. (Photo taken of videotape supplied by Jimmy Swaggart Ministry to WBRZ-TV)
Swaggart ne'er confessed to thing much than an unspecified misdeed during a televised apology successful which helium tearfully delivered his "I person sinned speech."
A fewer years later, helium was stopped by constabulary portion driving successful California with a suspected prostitute successful his car.
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Swaggart besides made headlines for saying successful a televised worship work that helium would termination immoderate cheery antheral who looked astatine him romantically. Swaggart said helium made the remark jokingly and did not mean immoderate harm.
Fox News Digital reached retired to Swaggart's representatives for remark but did not instantly person a response.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
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