In 1979, The Jimmy Swaggart Broadcast increased to a one-hour format and was watched by millions of viewers on Sunday mornings. The process took some refining, but by 1975, Reverend Swaggart and his television crews were able to capture the services live and replay them on his weekly program. At that time, his was the Christian organization attempting to tape live church services. That same year, the evangelist hired a local television crew to tape his meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1973 Reverend Swaggart started production of a thirty-minute weekly television program titled, The Jimmy Swaggart Evangelistic Association Presents Jimmy Swaggart, also known as the Jimmy Swaggart telecast. More than four million of these Bibles have been sold and over two million have been donated by ministry supporters to pastors in third world countries. In 2005, the evangelist released his life’s work, The Expositor’s Study Bible (ESB), which has since been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. What started as a four-page, black-and-white newsletter has grown into a fifty-two page full-color magazine filled with articles written by the JSM senior staff and advertisements that display all ministry products including more than one hundred books and Bible commentaries authored by Reverend Swaggart. In 1970, Reverend Swaggart published the first issue of The Evangelist magazine-a magazine that has printed, without interruption, for fifty consecutive years. Today, the ministry owns and operates seventy-five radio stations that carry programming twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. In 1995, JSM started the SonLife Radio Network, which currently airs on seventy-eight radio stations around the world and on the internet. Within five years, The Campmeeting Hour was airing on seven hundred radio stations in the United States. The Campmeeting Hour, Reverend Swaggart’s first radio program, aired on January 1, 1969, in Atlanta, Georgia. Jimmy Swaggart Ministries (JSM) has been on radio for fifty-one continuous years. 1980: Dove Award finalist in four Categories: Children’s Album of the Year (Color Me A Story) Instrumentalist of the Year, Year’s best Traditional Album (Homeward Bound) Best Gospel Album of the Year (Worship) and Grammy Awards finalist (Worship).1978: Dove Finalist as Instrumentalist of the Year.
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1977: Male Vocalist of the Year by Record World Magazine Dove Award finalist in three categories: Male Vocalist of the Year, TV Program of the Year, and Instrumentalist of the Year.1976: Grammy Awards nomination for Best Album (Live From Nashville).1974: Favorite Gospel Music Artist for Singing News.Awards and recognition for his musical accomplishments include: Since then, he has sold more than 17 million recordings. Reverend Swaggart’s first album, Some Golden Daybreak, was released in 1958 and became an immediate favorite. Along with the talent that God did give him to play the piano, Reverend Swaggart believes the Lord also gave him an understanding of what the Holy Spirit wants regarding praise and worship-a perception demonstrated throughout his music ministry. Instead, he promised the Lord that if He would give him the talent to play the piano, Jimmy would never use it in the ways of the world-a promise he has kept to this day. But unlike his cousins, Reverend Swaggart did not rely on natural ability. And two of Reverend Swaggart’s cousins rose to fame in the music industry-rock ’n roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis and country music superstar Mickey Gilley. During the Great Depression, they were able to earn a few precious dollars by playing the fiddle and guitar at dances. Musical ability runs in the Swaggart family. He spent hours reading the Bible, praying, and, after a certain revival meeting, decided to ask God for the talent to play the piano. After a dramatic salvation experience at the age of eight, young Swaggart felt the call of God on his life. Jimmy Lee Swaggart was born March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana to parents W.L. Swaggart launched into full-time ministry in 1955 until now, where he preaches to a worldwide audience through his SonLife Broadcasting Network, the number of people who have heard him minister live and on television is incalculable. The Reverend Jimmy Swaggart has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ on television longer than any other American evangelist in history. Click logo above to go to Jimmy Swaggart's