Jimmy Swaggart, religious broadcasting figure, reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and is in critical condition, according to his family's statement.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart critical after cardiac arrest
We're sending out a prayer for Jimmy Swaggart, the legendary televangelist in the hot seat right now after suffering from a cardiac arrest over the weekend. According to a statement from his ministry, the 90-year-old preacher ain't lookin' too good, folks.
Swaggart's son, Donnie, dropped the bomb on us Sunday morn, sayin' his old man went into cardiac arrest around 8 a.m. at their pad in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Donnie told us that without a divine intervention, things ain't looking too swell.
During a Sunday night service, Donnie revealed that before the emergency crew arrived, he and his brother took turns giving their father compression-pressies, but ol' Jimmy never came to. "The EMTs swooped in like a bat out of hell and revived his ticker before hauling him off to the hospital," Donnie said.
"Jimmy's currently under the watchful eye of the medical team in the ICU, hangin' tough," a spokesperson for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries explained.
If you're not familiar with Jimmy Swaggart, let us enlighten you. He's one of the most well-known televangelists in the nation, kickstartin' his ministry back in the early 60s with a radio stint. Swaggart's the founder of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, where his kin still preach, and runs the SonLife Broadcasting Network, broadcastin' the Family Worship Center services.
Swaggart made headlines back in '88 when a photo emerged of him with a sex worker outside a New Orleans-area hotel. The shameless sinner owned up to his sins during a live broadcast before his congregation, although he didn't go into specific details. As a result, he got defrocked by the Assemblies of God, but he kept on preachin'.
Three years later, ol' Jimmy was caught red-handed with another sex worker, this time in Indio, California. He told his flock that God told him to tell them he'd be back on the telly the following Thursday. "The Almighty said it himself, 'it's none of your business,'" Swaggart declared.
Jimmy Swaggart isn't just a man of the cloth; he's also the cousin of the late rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. Swaggart delivered the eulogy at Lewis' funeral, and one of Lewis' final records was a gospel album he recorded with Swaggart, which dropped just a few months before Lewis passed on.
Keep Jimmy in your prayers, folks. We here at ourNews.com are sure hopeful for a miracle. Stay tuned for updates on the situation.
Jordan FreimanJordan Freiman is, sadly, still a news editor for ourNews.com. He covers breaking news, trending stories, sports, and crime, while prayin' to St. Google for the strength to put up with it all. Jordan has previously worked at Spin and Death and Taxes but soon will be movin' on, prayin' he doesn't end up preachin' to the choir.
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