Overview

• At approximately 8 a.m. Sunday, Swaggart suffered a cardiac arrest at his Baton Rouge–area home.
• Donnie Swaggart and his grandson Gabe administered chest compressions until paramedics arrived and restored his heartbeat.
• He was then taken to a Baton Rouge hospital’s intensive care unit for ongoing critical care.
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries issued an urgent prayer request on Father’s Day appealing for a miracle.
• The congregation suspended its regular Sunday evening service for a special prayer session in his honor.