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James Orsen Bakker (/ ˈ b eɪ k ər /; [1] born January 2, 1940) is 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.
Tammy Faye stood by Jim Bakker through the scandal, including several instances when she cried on camera. In 1989, Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison on 24 fraud and conspiracy counts (he served 5).
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were among the most famous televangelists in America, living a life of luxury with multiple houses, expensive cars and more money than God, when their empire all came crashing down amid sex and financial scandals.
As a couple, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker created an evangelical empire that encompassed a Christian ministry, broadcasting network and theme park. They became two of the most famous...
Jim Bakker (born January 2, 1940, Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.) is an American televangelist, best remembered as the cohost, with his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, of the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy Show).
The PTL Club, also known as The Jim and Tammy Show, was a Christian television program that was first hosted by evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, running from 1974 to 1989. The program was later known as PTL Today and as Heritage Today.
Bakker divorced Jim while he was in prison. Here’s what happened to Tammy following her divorce. She married her second husband. Bakker married Roe Messner in 1993.
Tammy Faye Messner was an American televangelist and singer best remembered as the diminutive wife of Jim Bakker and as his cohost on the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy Show).
Back in the ‘80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker were the king and queen of televangelism. As their show, a mix of traditional preaching and what they called “wholesome entertainment,” rose...
Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and was ordered to pay a $500,000 fine. After his sentencing, Tammy Faye sang a hymn at the news conference.