BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart went into cardiac arrest at his home Sunday morning and is in intensive care at a hospital, his son said Sunday evening.
Jimmy Swaggart, 90, is one of the most well-known televangelists in the world.
He is the founder of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart(Jimmy Swaggart Ministries)
An Evangelist from the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Jimmy Swaggart, went into cardiac arrest around 8 AM on Sunday, June 15.(Jimmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Television preacher Jimmy Swaggart emphasizes a point as he speaks to more than 10,000 people in the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, March 27, 1987 during a revival meeting marking the start of three-day crusade in the Southland. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)(Reed Saxon | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, at Sports Arena, March 27, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)(Lennox McLendon | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart raises his fist to make point at news conference at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 1987. Swaggart denied accusations that he master-mined a plot to take over the rival PTL ministry, and said PTL leader Jim Bakker has yet to fully repent an extramarital sexual encounter. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)(Lennox McLendon | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart speaks at the funeral service for his cousin, rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, in Ferriday, La., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)(Gerald Herbert | AP)
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart gestures with the bible as spread the word of the Lord to the 14,000 faithful that packed the Los Angeles Sports Arena during his Los Angeles Crusade, Sunday, March 30, 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)(Mark Avery | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart gestures as he talks with reporters while departing the Civil District Courthouse in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 12, 1991. A jury found on Thursday that Swaggart spread lies that helped ruin fellow television preacher Marvin Gormans ministry. Damages are yet to be decided. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(Bill Haber | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart preaches to a Nicaraguan audience in Managua, Saturday, Feb. 13, 1988 on the second day of his three-day visit to the Central American country. The services are the first by a U.S. minister in Managua since the Sandinistas came to power in July 1979. (AP Photo/Mauricio Orozco)(Mauricio Orozco | AP)
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and his wife Frances arrive at Civil Court in New Orleans, Monday, July 16, 1991. Swaggart is being sued by fellow evangelist Marvin Gorman in a $90 million defamation suit. The trial is in the jury selection stage with opening arguments expected shortly. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(Bill Haber | AP)
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart gestures with the bible as spread the word of the Lord to the 14,000 faithful that packed the Los Angeles Sports Arena during his Los Angeles Crusade, Sunday, March 30, 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)(Mark Avery | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Controversial American Christian evangelist Rev. Jimmy Swaggart delivers a service, Friday, July 29, 1988, to 350 American pilgrims in the Garden Tomb, where Jesus is said to be buried in Jerusalem. Swaggart arrived in Israel on a 10-day visit during which he will visit the holy sites. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)(Anat Givon | AP)
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and his wife Frances enter Civil Court in New Orleans, Monday, July 15, 1991. Swaggart is being sued by fellow evangelist Marvin Gorman in a $90 million defamation suit. The trial is in the jury selection stage with opening arguments expected tomorrow. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(Bill Haber | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Television Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and wife Frances listen to a question at a news conference in Baton Rouge, Monday, Jan. 31, 1989. Mrs. Swaggart called Penthouses story, alleging Swaggarts involvement with a stripper, about the most cruel and inhumane thing that could be done to a family. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(Bill Haber | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Evangelist Marvin Gorman and his wife Virginia are seen as they leave Civil District Court in New Orleans, on July 9, 1991. Gorman is accusing fellow evangelist Jimmy Swaggart of conspiring to destroy his television ministry by falsely accusing him of numerous adulterous affairs. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(BILL HABER | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, at Sports Arena, March 27, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)(Lennox McLendon | AP)
Television minister Jimmy Swaggart leads the crowd in hymn as more than 10,000 people attended a revival meeting in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 1987 to mark the beginning of his three-day crusade through the Los Angeles area. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)(Reed Saxon | AP)
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart gestures as he preaches the Gospel to the nearly 14,000 faithful who attended his Los Angeles Crusade in the Sports Arena, Sunday, March 29, 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)(Mark Avery | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
American preacher Jimmy Swaggart hugs his wife Francis near the biblical city of Bethlehem, Monday, August 1, 1988, as he videotaped a show for his Louisiana-based television ministry. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)(Anat Givon | AP)
Television Evangelists Jerry Falwell, left, and Jimmy Swaggart, right, met with Rep. J.J. Pickle, D-Texas, center, to discuss the possibility of congressional hearings into their operations in Washington, July 20, 1987. Pickle plans to hold hearings in the near future to determine how federal tax regulations apply to television ministries. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)(Dennis Cook | AP)
Controversial Christian Evangelist Rev. Jimmy Swaggart and his wife Francis, look out on Jerusalem from their hotel balcony with the Mount of Olives and east Jerusalem in the background, Friday, July 29, 1988. Swaggart is leading 350 American pilgrims on a 10-day tour of the Holy Land. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)(Anat Givon | AP)
U.S. television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, right, blesses his granddaughter, Jennifer, 11, after he submerged her in the River Jordan as the defrocked ministers son, Ronnie, 33, looks on in Israel, Wednesday, August 3, 1988. The midday religious ceremony of baptizing his three grandchildren (two unseen), was a highlight of Swaggarts 8-day visit to Israel. (AP Photo/Max Nash)(Max Nash | AP)
Christian evangelist Jimmy Swaggart reads from a prepared statement announcing his resignation from the Assemblies of God church outside of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries headquarters in Baton Rouge, La., on April 9, 1988. (AP Photo/Burt Steel)(BURT STEEL | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Members of the audience react to evangelist Jimmy Swaggart during a recent rally in Milwaukee, Feb. 10, 1985. At age 49, Swaggart has surpassed Robert Schuller, Oral Roberts and others to become the king of the television preachers. (AP Photo/Joseph Jensen Jr)(Joseph Jensen Jr | AP)
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart wades through reporters and photographers as he walks through the lobby of the Civil District Courthouse in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 13, 1991. The jury ruled that Swaggart and a group of codefendants must pay rival preacher Marvin Gorman $10 million in damages for spreading rumors about Gormans sex life. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)(Bill Haber | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart leaves his office complex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jan. 7, 1977, that is about the size of two football fields. His sermons are aired on more than 500 radio stations around the globe. In addition to a weekly television show he travels a minimum of 10,000 miles per month. (AP Photo)(AP)
Jimmy Swaggart(JImmy Swaggart Ministries)
The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart gestures with the Bible as he spreads the word of the Lord to the 14,000 faithful that packed the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Sunday, March 30, 1987 during his Los Angeles Crusade. (AP PHOTO/Mark Avery)(MARK AVERY | ASSOCIATED PRESS)
His son Donnie says Swaggart went into cardiac arrest around 8 o’clock Sunday morning and “has never regained consciousness.”
He said paramedics responded to Swaggart’s home and were able to get a heartbeat before rushing him to a local hospital.
“Right now he is in ICU and without a miracle, without a miracle, his time will be short,” Donnie Swaggart told the congregation during a special prayer service held Sunday evening at their church in Baton Rouge.
“We’re going to give the Lord an opportunity to work,” he added.
On Monday afternoon, Jimmy Swaggart Ministries released an update on Facebook, stating that there was no change in his condition.
A native of Ferriday, Louisiana, Swaggart also founded the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College.
He is the senior pastor of the Family Worship Center, located off of Bluebonnet Boulevard in Baton Rouge.
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