In the 1960s, Swaggart released several gospel records. He received an ordination from the Assemblies of God in 1961. Nevertheless, he continued to help out in his parents’ ministry until 1958, when he started working full-time as an evangelist for his ministry. He was motivated to pursue a career in music by his cousins, country artist Mickey Gilley and rock & roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis.
Swaggart grew up in the church and was well-versed in its practices before transitioning to Pentecostal preaching in the Assemblies of God denomination in the 1950s. Jimmy Swaggart, whose full name is Jimmy Lee Swaggart, is a televangelist and gospel music musician from the United States.
