10/6/2026
Jim Bakker, who built 'PTL Club' televangelism empire, has died at 86
Filed by Dirk Danger
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Jim Bakker, 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 over a sex scandal and financial crimes.
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