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Jimmy Swaggart remains in hospital after heart attack, family asks for prayer

by Lydia Davies
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Veteran Pentecostal evangelist Jimmy Swaggart remains hospitalised in critical condition after suffering a severe heart attack, according to family members.

His family have said there has been “no change” since the 90-year-old was found unconscious last week and admitted to intensive care.

His son, Donnie Swaggart, told the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge that he and his son discovered Jimmy unresponsive.

He said at a recent service, which has been posted to the church's Facebook page: “We do not question God, we do not blame God, we do not argue with God. We always want God to do things immediately and on our schedule. But God's ways are not our ways.”

A post on Swaggart’s official Facebook page has asked supporters to “continue to lift him up in prayer and believe God for a miracle, but above all, we trust in the Lord's perfect will".

Jimmy Swaggart rose to prominence as a preacher, musician and broadcaster in the 1980s before a 1988 scandal saw him defrocked by the Assemblies of God.

He later launched the SonLife Broadcasting Network, which continues to reach audiences worldwide.

Supporters are being urged to pray as the family remains in what Donnie described as a "holding pattern".

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