Jimmy Swaggart, in full Jimmy Lee Swaggart, (born March 15, 1935, Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.), American televangelist and gospel music performer. He was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988 after a sex scandal involving prostitutes. Swaggart’s father was a sharecropper before becoming a Pentecostal preacher in the Assemblies of God denomination in the 1950s, and Swaggart was immersed in the church’s culture from his youth. His cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, […]
The Worldwide Church of God (WCG) is a Christian denomination that was founded in 1933 by Herbert W. Armstrong. The WCG is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has congregations in over 100 countries. The WCG’s beliefs are based on the Bible, and the church teaches that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and
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Why Are Russian Cult Followers Worshipping Gadget Hackwrench? Sometimes some crimes go slipping through the cracks, but bizarre religious movements never do. Like the one in Russia based on the classic Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers cartoon. More specifically, it’s a religion for Gadget Hackwrench – the mechanically handy mouse who invents most of the tools used
Superior Universal Alignment (SUA) is a religious movement that was founded in Brazil in the 1980s by Valentina de Andrade. SUA is a syncretic religion that draws on elements of Christianity, Hinduism, and other spiritual traditions. SUA members believe that the world is in a state of spiritual crisis and that only SUA can save
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im Bakker: A Life of Faith, Scandal, and Redemption Jim Bakker is a controversial figure in American history. He is best known as a televangelist who founded the Praise the Lord (PTL) Club, a popular Christian television program that aired from 1974 to 1987. Bakker was also the founder of Heritage USA, a Christian theme
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The Freedomites, also known as the Sons of Freedom, were a radical sect of the Doukhobors, a community of Spiritual Christians who began a mass migration from Russia to Canada in 1898. The Freedomite movement first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts of British Columbia. The Freedomites were
Monty Python and Religion: A Critical Analysis Monty Python is a British comedy troupe that was active from the 1960s to the 1980s. The group is best known for their television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, as well as their films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The Pythons
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The Order of the Solar Temple (OTS) was a cult and religious sect that claimed to be based upon the ideals of the Knights Templar. OTS was founded by Joseph di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva, as l’Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire (OICTS), and later it was renamed Ordre du Temple
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The Branch Davidians were a religious group that was founded in 1935 by Victor Houteff. The group was originally a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but they later broke away from the Adventists and formed their own church. The Branch Davidians believed that the end of the world was imminent, and they prepared
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The Family International (TFI) is a Christian New Religious Movement founded in Huntington Beach, California, USA, in 1968 by David Berg that has been criticized as an authoritarian cult. Originally named Teens for Christ, it has gone under a number of different names. It gained notoriety as The Children of God (COG). It was later
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