Book Description
The shocking true story of the downfall of Jimmy Swaggart.


Card catalog description
Let Us Prey will take you behind the scenes of the battle that began in the ecclesiastical courts of one of the largest Protestant denominations in America, moved to the civil courts of the State of Louisiana, and culminated in one of the most publicized and controversial episodes in the history of the modern church.


From the Back Cover
In retrospect, it was inevitable that two men such as Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman could not coexist in such close proximity to one another. They were both evangelists within the same denomination who commanded the loyalty and admiration of their respective followers. They both had burgeoning ministries, one already spanning the globe, the other with aspirations of a world-wide ministry. The only question was which of these men of God would initiate the battle for dominance and reveal himself not as a minister of grace, but as a prophet of prey. LET US PREY will take you behind the scenes of the battle that began in the ecclesiastical courts of one of the largest Protestant denominations in America, moved to the civil courts of the State of Louisiana, and culminated in one of the most publicized and controversial episodes in the history of the modern Church. From a scripted "exorcism" which revealed Marvin Gorman as a demon from hell, to Swaggarts's systematic campaign within the Assemblies of God to portray Gorman as a habitual adulterer, and finally to Gorman's $90,000,000 defamation suit against Swaggart, the truth about Jimmy Swaggart's lust for power and wealth, his penchant for prostitutes and strippers, his voyeurism and pedophilic tendencies, are all revealed for the first time.

ANNOTATION

Let Us Prey will take you behind the scenes of the battle that began in the ecclesiastical courts of one of the largest Protestant denominations in America, moved to the civil courts of the State of Louisiana, and culminated in one of the most publicized and controversial episodes in the history of the modern church.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Let Us Prey takes you behind the scenes of Jimmy Swaggart's downfall and the legal battle in the civil courts of Louisiana which signaled Marvin Gorman's refusal to become Swaggart's prey. Beginning in a small New Orleans church with the scripted "exorcism" from a young girl of a demon identifying itself as Marvin Gorman, to the systematic campaign to portray Gorman as a habitual adulterer, and finally to Gorman's $90,000,000 defamation suit against Swaggart, the truth about Jimmy Swaggart's lust for power and wealth, his penchant for prostitutes and strippers, his voyeurism and pedophilic tendencies, are all revealed for the first time.

SYNOPSIS

In retrospect, it was inevitable that two men such as Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman simply could not coexist in such close proximity to one another. They were both evangelists within the same denomination who commanded the loyalty and admiration of their respective followers. They both had burgeoning ministries, one already spanning the globe, the other with aspirations of a world-wide ministry. The only question was which of these men of God would initiate the battle for dominance and reveal himself not as a minister of grace, but as a prophet of prey.