La Feria star basketball player Evan Lopez will get a chance to play on the collegiate level. Lopez, who helped the Lions ...

Suspended by the Assemblies of God and ordered into a two-year rehabilitation program, Swaggart refused to step away from the pulpit, which led to his being defrocked later that year. Rather than ...

Swaggart’s downfall was one of at least two major ministry scandals during that era, which thrust Springfield- and the Assemblies of God- into the national spotlight.

Louisiana televangelist the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, 90, never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack June 15 in his Baton Rouge home.