Word: baton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cincinnati on Friday in the Southeast Regional, first round action will conclude with Villanova (21-12) against Arkansas (21-8); Illinois (22-9) against Texas-San Antonio (22-8); Maryland (17-12) against Cal-Santa Barbara (22-7) and Kentucky (25-5) against Southern-Baton Rouge...
...without question, the most dramatic sermon ever aired on television. There stood Jimmy Swaggart, 52, the king of evangelistic video, ready to confront the ugly rumors that were encircling his busy, buzzing gospel conglomerate. As he approached the pulpit, the octagonal Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, La., was packed for the occasion with 8,000 worshipers, 1,000 of them standees, while followers nationwide watched the weekly telecast. This day there was to be none of Swaggart's trademark piano riffing or gospel singing, none of his jig stepping, strutting or shouting. Clad in a severe suit...
...Gorman case provides the Assemblies of God with an awkward precedent as it ponders what to do about Swaggart. After Swaggart demanded that leaders of the denomination's Louisiana district act, he summoned Gorman to his home in Baton Rouge for a confrontation. Swaggart insisted that Gorman be given no special treatment just because he ran a big church. Gorman was immediately defrocked...
...after Swaggart's sermon, they judged his repentance genuine and prescribed a three- month suspension from preaching, except for commitments already made to preach abroad. As part of a two-year process of "rehabilitation," including supervision by clergy, Swaggart would have to step down as co-pastor of the Baton Rouge church for the three months. Left open was the question of Swaggart's TV shows...
...Bakker's antics also did not have much of an effect on Swaggart's annual Thanksgiving revival. The long weekend of preaching and praying again drew thousands to Baton Rouge this year...