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re: Jimmy Swaggart’s Church in BR
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:00 pm to armsdealer
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:00 pm to armsdealer
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He still has a few hundred thousand followers...
I think his big money is through media now, probably a hell of a lot more cash flow now
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:01 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I got stinky pinky from the choir director daughter in 1985 if that counts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I enjoyed his appearance with the Church Lady
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:06 pm to fallguy_1978
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It did. A lot of those buildings around his church like the Renaissance Hotel used to be his.
I think his scandal hit during the construction and they just stopped. We used to go up in that shell of a building and drink beer in HS
He was building a college there. He had completed one big dorm building. The one that eventually was built into the Renaissance was going to be the second.
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:07 pm to JackieTreehorn
thats supposed to be the Bakkers
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:15 pm to Tempratt
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I know a guy that worked there.
He said that the son and wife are far more intimidating than Jimmy himself.
Most accounts are that Jimmy is fairly personable, in a horndog sort of way. Frances is hell on wheels and the brains of the operation. Donnie is a tool. They've passed him over in favor of the grandson.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:16 pm to JackieTreehorn
That was Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:16 pm to Tempratt
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I know a guy that worked there.
He said that the son and wife are far more intimidating than Jimmy himself.
Most accounts are that Jimmy is fairly personable, in a horndog sort of way. Frances is hell on wheels and the brains of the operation. Donnie is a tool. They've passed him over in favor of the grandson.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:16 pm to fallguy_1978
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Bluebonnet was kind of the sticks at the time. Now we have rappers getting shot right down the street though.
Pre-JSM, we used to ride dirt bikes all up and down Bluebonnet and up in the fields before they paved it.
As for Swags before the scandal, it was huge. I went to a youth church called Crossfire for a bit after the main church moved into the new sanctuary. Crossfire would meet at the old sanctuary. When the main church moved to the new sanctuary things kind of started to take on a different vibe that I really didn’t care for, one more of pomp and circumstance than what I liked at the old church which was more down to earth, and significantly less showy. Jimmy then became more of a star attraction when he was in town and not on a crusade. People started to say stuff like “oh brother Jimmy this” and “brother Jimmy that” and that never really sat well with me. It bordered on hero worship sometimes, and I wasn’t there for Jimmy as I was for Jesus. In any case, Swag knows scripture like the back of his hand, and I respect him for that, but I still have no real interest in going back there.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:24 pm to Mike da Tigah
In both of their primes he was as good a piano player as JLL and a better singer.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:27 pm to DVinBR
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it's amazing how so many people follow these businessmen preaching Jesus' name for profit
God has a different name for them. It has nothing to do with business.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:54 pm to SaintlyTiger88
He had a branch office on AIRLINE in Kenner that I hear was fun.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:58 pm to OWLFAN86
thats supposed to be the Bakkers
Bakker's? I guess 3K's would be much too obvious.
Bakker's? I guess 3K's would be much too obvious.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:07 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There are many truer expressions of Christianity in the city.
I’m assuming Swaggart made a living on prosperity gospel.
I’m assuming Swaggart made a living on prosperity gospel.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:07 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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He was building a college there.
He had enough enrolment at the college to to warrant placement on signage on the interstate. After that second scandal, I remember the news covering them taking down that sign because the enrollment dropped below some magic number.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:11 pm to HeadSlash
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Why such a cheap ugly whore Jimmy?
That's his fetish.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:15 pm to fallguy_1978
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Bluebonnet was kind of the sticks at the time. Now we have rappers getting shot right down the street though.
Yep.
I remember when there wasn’t much on Bluebonnet besides Swaggart’s church and a few other buildings. On Saturday nights my family used to go out to eat. One night my parents wanted to try this “new place” near Swaggart’s complex called they’d heard about from their friends called…Subway.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Just did some work on their latest renovation. Seems to be more oriented on streaming their services. Also, upgraded his museum....to himself.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:31 pm to SaintlyTiger88
A few years after I graduated HS a guy I graduated with and was friends with started going there. I hadn't seen him since a few months after graduating then all of a sudden he would stop by my house.
It was almost like a process he was advice to do in order to "save" people. First time he came, everything was cool then he drops the whole "I have been attending Jimmy Swaggart (or whatever his church is called" Tells me I need to go check out out with him sometime.
Several days later he stopped by, he burned a few CDs for me where I could really hear the message in the music. About a week later he comes over and asked what I thought about the CDs and he would be glad to talk about them with me. That's when I told him I had no interest whatsoever in listening to them. I said I would check them out just to be nice, but I am not going to waste his time.
He seemed taken back, I gave him his CDs and said its nothing personal, I still consider him a friend but I am not talking about that shite with him. Have not seen or heard from him since.
As for as what its like, probably like every other scam artist preacher.
It was almost like a process he was advice to do in order to "save" people. First time he came, everything was cool then he drops the whole "I have been attending Jimmy Swaggart (or whatever his church is called" Tells me I need to go check out out with him sometime.
Several days later he stopped by, he burned a few CDs for me where I could really hear the message in the music. About a week later he comes over and asked what I thought about the CDs and he would be glad to talk about them with me. That's when I told him I had no interest whatsoever in listening to them. I said I would check them out just to be nice, but I am not going to waste his time.
He seemed taken back, I gave him his CDs and said its nothing personal, I still consider him a friend but I am not talking about that shite with him. Have not seen or heard from him since.
As for as what its like, probably like every other scam artist preacher.
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