Jim Bakker

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James Orsen Bakker (; January 2, 1940 – October 5, 2026) 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. Bakker was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and attended North Central University in Minneapolis, where he met Tammy Faye LaValley. The two married in 1961, left college, and became itinerant evangelists, eventually having two children. Early in his career, Bakker worked at Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, helping to grow the network and hosting shows including The 700 Club and a children’s program. He and Tammy Faye later co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting...

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