Jimmy Swaggart Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Jimmy Swaggart Bible College=== In autumn 1984, Swaggart opened Jimmy Swaggart Bible College (JSBC). The college originally provided education and communication degrees.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} JSBC enrollment dropped drastically in 1988 when students left as a result of Swaggart's scandal, followed by accreditation issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-23/local/me-6426_1_jimmy-swaggart-bible-college |title = Enrollment Expected to Drop 72% at Jimmy Swaggart Bible College|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = July 23, 1988}}</ref> In 1991, JSBC was renamed the World Evangelism Bible College and enrollment dropped to 370 students. The college shut down programs in music, physical education, secretarial science, and communications that October and disbanded its basketball team. In November "the college laid off three Bible professors and an English professor, effective at the end of the fall semester".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://apnews.com/article/50f9993c6ddeda5b78d0afdefbd6508f|title=Jimmy Swaggart Bible College May Shed Evangelist's Name|date=December 13, 1991|work=Associated Press}} </ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page