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BATON ROUGE, La.--Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who reportedly was photographed with a prostitute, confessed yesterday that he had sinned and said he would stop preaching until church officials complete an investigation...
...Assemblies of God denomination has been investigating Swaggart, reportedly for allegations of sexual misconduct. A church official said the evangelist had shown "true humility," and another minister said the door was open for Swaggart to remain in the ministry...
...will step out of this pulpit for an undetermined, indeterminate period of time," Swaggart said. "We will leave that in the hands of the Lord...
...year. In one seven-month period, Christian Broadcasting Network revenues fell 32.5%, compared with the same time in 1986 -- a drop that partly reflected the loss of its star, Pat Robertson, to presidential politics. Jerry Falwell's income for March through October was $6 million less than projections. Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts refuse to disclose their 1987 results, but the latter's situation is obviously rocky. Broadcast ratings for all these top preachers have also dropped...
After the memorial service, there is a picnic and church bazaar. While women swap dessert recipes and sewing hints, men exchange investment tips and talk soccer. Everybody gossips. Weightier topics are also touched on: AIDS, the Persian Gulf war, Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's recent Brazilian tour. What distinguishes the occasion is its civility. Even the singing of hymns at the service seems contained. Perhaps the restraint stems partly from the absence of hard liquor and beer. "As practicing Protestants, many of us think alcohol is unholy and unhealthy," says John Homer Steagall, 68, a retired Singer sewing-machine general manager...