Jimmy was nominated for Dove Awards a number of times as the Male Vocalist, Instrumentalist, for the Program of the Year, Children’s Album of the Year and other categories. He debuted with the album “Some Golden Daybreak” (1973), and was even named the Male Vocalist of the Year by Record World Magazine in 1977. His programs on television also add considerable income to the total size of Jimmy Swaggart’s net worth.Īnother source of Jimmy Swaggart’s wealth is music recording. Currently, the Ministries of Jimmy Swaggart own the SonLife Broadcasting Network which is aired 24 hours per day on various local, cable and satellite televisions. At the beginning of the 1980’s his telecast spread to many cities of the USA, and later he became known internationally. In 1975, Jimmy Swaggart went preaching the television. On the whole, radio is an important source of Jimmy Swaggart’s net worth. Currently, his ministry owns the SonLife Radio on the FM band, which is also streamed on the Internet.
Creating and selling radio stations became some sort of a business for Jimmy Swaggart throughout the decades of the 1980’s and 1990’s. At the end of the 1960’s, Jimmy began transmitting his own telecast for Baton Rouge television stations, and then bought a radio station which was focused on preaching, teaching based on Christian Faith, playing gospel music and telling feature stories. The family of Swaggarts lived in pastors’ homes, basements of churches and cheap motels. Jimmy Swaggart Net Worth $2 MillionĪt the very beginning of his career as a preacher, he lived in poverty trying to survive, having only $30 per week. Is the preacher rich? According to the latest estimations, the net worth of Jimmy Swaggart is as much as $2 million. Currently, the shows are being aired in 104 countries and in the USA, as well as on the internet. He is the host of television shows “A Study in the Word” and “Jimmy Swaggart Telecast” which are broadcast since 1975. He is a Pantecostal pastor, televangelist and author of books which are the sources of Jimmy Swaggart’s net worth.
Again in 1978 Jimmy Swaggart became a Dove Finalist as Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1980 a Dove Award finalist in four Categories: Children’s Album of the Year for “Color Me a Story,” Instrumentalist of the Year, Year’s best Traditional Album for “Homeward Bound,” and Best Gospel Album of the Year for “Worship.” The prestigious Grammy Awards nominated Jimmy’s “Live from Nashville” for Best Album in 1976, and again in 1980, Jimmy’s “Worship” album became a Grammy finalist.Jimmy Lee Swaggart was born on the 15 th March 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana USA.
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In that same year Jimmy was a Dove Award finalist in three categories: Male Vocalist of the Year, TV Program of the Year, and Instrumentalist of the Year. In 1977 “Record World” Magazine honored him as Male Vocalist of the Year. In 1974 Jimmy Swaggart was voted Favorite Gospel Music Artist for “Singing News”.
However, with a heart to minister the Gospel, the young Swaggart turned him down. He wanted to sign Jimmy Swaggart as the first Gospel artist on the Sun Record Label. In the spring of 1958 Sam Philips (the producer who discovered Elvis Presley) had sent for the small town, piano-playing, preacher to come to Memphis. As Jimmy Swaggart’s songs began to be aired on radio, the public response was overwhelming. Recognizing his gift, Frances Swaggart began encouraging him to contact radio stations. His first album, Some Golden Daybreak, was made primarily to have a record he could give people at his early revivals. Reverend Swaggart has recorded over 50 Gospel Albums, with approximately 15 million Recordings sold worldwide. Jimmy Swaggart Ministries has long been known for its anointed music.