The service for the American Pentecostal preacher and gospel music artist will take place at a church in Baton Rouge. He died July 1 at age 90.

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries spokesperson Megan Kelly said the family expects a packed house for the founder's wake and funeral in Baton Rouge.

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Swaggart died at the age of 90 in Baton Rouge, LA—two weeks after his son, Donnie, revealed he was in the hospital.

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