Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart suffered cardiac arrest and lost consciousness at his home and needs a miracle from heaven, according to his son.
Swaggart and his wife Frances moved to Baton Rouge in 1968 and, beginning the next year, grew his “The Camp Meeting Hour” radio show into the Family Worship Center and college campus along Bluebonnet Boulevard in Baton Rouge.
The ministry’s website says it broadcasts on 3,000 TV stations and 700 radio stations.
The nature of his illness wasn’t immediately known, according to his son Donnie, who preaches at the same pulpit.
“Without a miracle, his time is short,” Donnie Swaggart said about his father’s cardiac arrest on Sunday, Father’s Day.
Megan Kelly, who manages the family’s public relations, said that ambulances were called very quickly after the 90-year-old preacher went into cardiac arrest.
“Ambulances were able to respond very quickly. They gave him CPR, they took turns doing it, and you can imagine how emotional that was and how stressful that was in that moment,” Kelly said.
She went on to say the elder Swaggart was then brought to the hospital and placed into the intensive care unit.
On Monday, Jimmy Swaggart Ministries said there has been no change in the pastor’s condition since their initial announcement of the news.
“We ask that you continue to lift him up in prayer and believe God for a miracle — but above all, we trust in the Lord’s perfect will.
We kindly ask that you respect the privacy of the Swaggart family during this time and refrain from calling to inquire.
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