Jimmy Swaggart

Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the devil – Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant is just one big star who’s walked the line between ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ music

By David W. Stowe — December 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — The genre of contemporary Christian music has been around for decades, but the line between CCM and secular pop music has always been blurry.

RNS News Quiz: School debt forgiven and a televangelist biopic

By Emily Churchill — June 5, 2021
(RNS) — Test your knowledge of the week's current events in the world of religion.

PTL! Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chastain to star as Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in biopic

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 2, 2021
(RNS) — The biopic also will depict a number of other evangelicals who were prominent during the 1980s, including Jerry Falwell Sr., Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson.

PBS’ Billy Graham documentary captures preacher’s pull and ambition

By Ken Garfield — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — PBS’ ‘American Experience’ explores the life and legacy of the legendary preacher in a new documentary.

Why Mark Driscoll’s fall and Mars Hill’s breakup issues a warning for megastar pastors

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 5, 2014
(RNS) Pastors with megabrands are raising new issues for fast-growing churches.
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