{"id":703,"date":"2025-06-25T19:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrymusictune.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:19:11","slug":"televangelist-jimmy-swaggart-remains-in-icu-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countrymusictune.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Remains In ICU After Suffering Cardiac Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jimmy-swaggart.png\" alt=\"jimmy swaggart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest. (Photo by Cindy Karp\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"table-of-contents\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/televangelist-jimmy-swaggart-remains-in-icu-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLJKrNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVdGdJbGJ2RFE1cm5CM1hNAR4R5VWtInSKnX504676UsKQ0wl-0TdMz9IeXWYXmBgGyIO7u1g-vgZZoyE4Aw_aem_BrEr9EtvCLygkRC_HmLZEQ#h-televangelist-jimmy-swaggart-remains-in-critical-condition-after-going-into-cardiac-arrest\">Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Remains In Critical Condition After Going Into Cardiac Arrest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/televangelist-jimmy-swaggart-remains-in-icu-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLJKrNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVdGdJbGJ2RFE1cm5CM1hNAR4R5VWtInSKnX504676UsKQ0wl-0TdMz9IeXWYXmBgGyIO7u1g-vgZZoyE4Aw_aem_BrEr9EtvCLygkRC_HmLZEQ#h-about-jimmy-swaggart\">About Jimmy Swaggart<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-televangelist-jimmy-swaggart-remains-in-critical-condition-after-going-into-cardiac-arrest\">Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Remains In Critical Condition After Going Into Cardiac Arrest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pentecostal televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is currently in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His son, Donnie, shared the news during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?ref=embed_video&amp;v=1846858856046406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Sunday service<\/a>, saying that \u201cwithout a miracle, his time is short.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also posted about his father on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JimmySwaggart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, asking for prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOn this Father\u2019s Day, we urgently ask you to pray for Brother Swaggart. He needs a miracle from heaven right now, this morning. We must have the Lord intervene in this situation, and we need your prayers,\u201d Donnie Swaggart wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 90-year-old preacher was at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when it happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/jimmy-swaggart-hospitalized-heart-attack-critical-condition-icu\/289-cb69d2c9-50ff-4418-94a9-8fa2258646d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWLTV<\/a>, before emergency responders arrived, his son and grandson took turns performing chest compressions to help him regain consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHe never regained consciousness,\u201d Donnie said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen so many people arrive at one time, and I want to thank them. They were able to get a heartbeat back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Swaggart remains in the ICU. According to the latest update (June 16) from Swaggart Ministries, his condition has not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you continue to lift him up in prayer and believe God for a miracle\u2014but above all, we trust in the Lord\u2019s perfect will,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-jimmy-swaggart\">About Jimmy Swaggart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Swaggart began full-time ministry in 1955 and went on to preach on both radio and televsion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He eventually founded the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, where his family still preaches today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-72365399.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147125\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UNITED STATES \u2013 FEBRUARY 01: Pentacostal preacher Jimmy Swaggart speaking at convention of religions broadcasters. (Photo by Cynthia Johnson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the height of his career in the 1980s, he was the top-rated TV preacher, reaching millions of households nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his ministry\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsm.org\/about-jimmy-swaggart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>, he has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ longer than any other American evangelist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1987, Jimmy Swaggart became involved in a highly publicized prostitution scandal after being photographed in New Orleans with a sex worker. As a result, he was defrocked by the Assemblies of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following year, in 1988, Swaggart made a public apology during a televised broadcast, where he delivered the now-famous line, \u201cI have sinned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest. 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