Gone With the Sinned: Swaggart Bible College Dorm

The HQ for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries is in Baton Rouge.

It is still occupado. However, not all the buildings on its campus are. This never-completed dorm for the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College has a fence around it, so because I am a law-abiding citizen, these like, other guys named Cosh and Jo supplied me with photos.

Good one, Cosh and Jo, I totally would have taken a picture of that graffiti, too.
Apparently the place has been cleared out recently, and it's a lot cleaner there than you might expect.

The unfinished dorm rooms have robotic faces.

And some afford views of the scenic Mall of Louisiana.

There are holes through the floors where plumbing and heating were supposed to go.

And muy dangeroso elevator shafts with mosquito hatcheries at the bottom.

The graffiti is the only sign of life--there was (according to our sources) only one beer can and several bottle caps on premises.

Other graffiti not pictured covered all the usual bases of illustrations of male genitalia, who to call for a good time, who was a fag , and who you could buy a gram from. One surprising trend in graffiti was references to alternative rock, like a quote attributed to Alice in Chains, the NIN logo, shout-outs to Superchunk as well as Bad Religion (take that, Jimmy S.) and this, from the roof:

Riot Grrrl style! You go, urban explorer grrrl.

Also from the roof:

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The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. Do you understand?

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out with the old, in with the new, if you haven't noticed, we are fixing that hell hole into one of the nicest hotels BR will see

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[RiverRat]

I got inside as an insider and know how only the Swaggart family opened any mail because so many dumbasses sent cash in. Don't get me wrong- I respect him because he made (and continues to make after multiple serious trangressions)- a very good tax-free living off of losers. I do enjoy his Gospel music but know all about his bullshit- especially after being inside to document for him his inter-employee meetings.

[Thomas]

Update on this: The building is currently under renovation, last I checked it's actually almost complete and has been turned into a nice hotel.

[Kate]

The dorms have been finished now but it's a really nice hotel! I was driving down the street and saw them start construction one day and what seems like just the next day(though it's more like 9 months) it has the lobby lights on and is ready for business. It's called the "renaissance" which I thought appropriate.

[Andre Chavez]

Can't go anywhere in this world without seeing JSMs 24 hour network, books, Bibles or hear their music. And the new generation are better musicians than he was. Looks like their getin' the last laugh.

[C]

This building has been re-opened as the Renaissance Hotel. Looks very nice compared to the concrete eye sore it was :) Awesome pics here!