Jimmy Lee Swaggart

Jimmy Lee Swaggart, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, describes himself as an old-fashioned, Holy Ghost-filled, shouting, weeping, soul-winning, gospel-preaching preacher. His earliest religious experiences, piano playing and singing, began at the Assembly of God Church in Ferriday. His religious background is similar to that of his cousins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickie Gilley.

God led Jimmy Lee from street preaching, country churches, and auditoriums to radio and television broadcasts and later to a 7,200- seat Family Worship Center on the 270-acre site of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jimmy Lee recorded his first record, "God Took Away My Yesterdays," with the help of his famous cousins. Jimmy Lee is one of the best-selling gospel music artists of all times, with more than 50 recorded albums and sales of more than 13,000,000 copies worldwide. The Jimmy Swaggart Ministries has reached the entire world.