Why Did Janet Paschal Leave Jimmy Swaggart (2024)

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What has happened to Janet Paschal? ›

After her own journey back to health after a breast cancer diagnosis, Janet is now hosting radio show on JoyFM which highlights stories of people whose lives have been impacted in some way by cancer. We are grateful to have her here at Family Fest and thrilled she is now cancer-free!

In 1998, Paschal met John Lanier, a commercial airline pilot. They married in 1999 in Reidsville. Paschal was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and took a year off from touring to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Singer-songwriter Janet Paschal grew up in Reidsville and now lives in Burlington. She got her start at the age of 18 singing with The LeFevres, who later changed their name to the Rex Nelon Singers.

BJ Vavasseur formerly of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries is a Gospel singer, Minister of the Word, and up and coming Christian author. BJ and her three children live outside of the Baton Rouge, LA area. BJ travels extensively singing and sharing her testimony around the world.

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries hired him as a backup singer, and also, as a pilot for the ministry's airplane. Starnes spent the 1980s with the ministry, singing and flying ministry members all over the world. In 1991, Starnes began his own solo ministry, appearing on a variety of faith-based television programs.

August 31, (THEWILL) – American singer, Janet Jackson, younger sister of late iconic pop artiste, Michael Jackson, made a fortune from her marriage of five years to billionaire businessman, Wissam Al Mana.

Janet Jackson has finally confirmed her pending divorce from husband Wissam Al Mana. The singer and Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana, have been married for five years and recently welcomed their son, Eissa Al Mana on January 3, 2017.

Now 78, Dame Janet lives quietly with her husband Keith in north-west London.

Swaggart then became an independent and non-denominational Pentecostal minister, establishing Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, based at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Sonlife Broadcasting Network (SBN) which can be seen in the United States and other countries.

What singers are related to Jimmy Swaggart? ›

Growing up in Quitman, a small town in the piney woods of northeast Texas, author J. D. Davis was exposed early on to the famous trio from north Louisiana—cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley. Lewis and Swaggart are double first cousins. Lewis and Gilley are first cousins.

Bj Barbara Jo Pons (BJ Vavasseur)

Is Brian Haney married? Yes, the singer is married. However, there is a common misconception that Tara Montpetit and Brian Haney are a couple. Tara is also a member of the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, a soprano singer.

Loren Larson, Th.M., M.A.P.T. Professor

He holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from JSBC and a Master of Arts in Practical Theology Degree from Northpoint Bible College . Mr. Larson served as the president of JSBC for over 20 years, beginning in 1997, and has served as a professor at JSBC for over 25 years.

Swaggart continues to preach through the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries today and has his own television channel. Though he would go on to serve prison time for fraud in an unrelated case, Jim Bakker still broadcasts an eponymous television show.