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American televangelist (1940–2026)
James Orsen Bakker was an American televangelist and convicted felon. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program The PTL Club and its cable television platform, the PTL Satellite Network, with his then-wife, Tammy Faye. He also developed Heritage USA, a now-defunct Christian theme park in Fort Mill, South Carolina. After serving a prison sentence related to defrauding his parishioners, Bakker returned to televangelism in 2003, hosting The Jim Bakker Show until his 2026 death.
More on Wikipedia ↗Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife, Tammy Faye, built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all in a
Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker has pleaded for viewers to send him $1 million, saying his ministry will be shut down if he doesn't get the funds.
A funeral service for televangelist Jim Bakker is scheduled to take place Monday at Morningside Church in Blue Eye, Missouri.