Jim Bakker

Jim Bakker, also known as James Orsen Bakker, is an entrepreneur and televangelist from the United States. He’s also a convicted con artist. Between 1974 until 1987, he presented the evangelical television program The PTL Club. He was then found guilty of accounting fraud and sentenced to prison. Later, with the show The Jim Bakker Show, he returned to televangelism. He is a published author who has written multiple books.

Bakker was sued by the state of Missouri in 2020 for marketing fraudulent coronavirus remedies.

What is Jim Bakker Net Worth?

Jim Bakker makes a living as a televangelist. He offers and promotes emergency survival gear. He was sentenced to prison for accounting fraud. His net worth is estimated to be less than $1 million dollars.

What is Jim Bakker Famous For?

• Popular televangelist from The Jim Bakker Show.

Where was Jim Bakker Born?

On January 2, 1940, Jim Bakker was born. James Orsen Bakker is his given name. In the United States, he was born in Muskegon, Michigan. He is a citizen of the United States of America. Raleigh Bakker was his father, and Furnia Lynette “Furn” Irwin was his mother.

North Central University was his alma mater. In Minneapolis, he worked at the Young-Quinlan department store. In April 1961, he married Tammy Faye LaValley, a fellow student. He and his wife dropped out of college to pursue a career as evangelists.

Jim Bakker Career Timeline:

• In 1966, the Bakkers began working for Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network.
• The Bakkers aided in the expansion of the network.
• For several years, their Portsmouth, Virginia studio broadcasted the children’s show The Jim and Tammy Show.
• The Bakkers were the original hosts of The 700 Club.
• In 1972, the Bakkers quit Robertson’s ministry.
• In 1073, the Bakkers teamed up with Paul and Jan Crouch to co-found the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
• The Bakkers made the decision to relocate to Charlotte, North Carolina.
• The Bakkers first broadcasted The PTL Club in 1976.
• In 1974, Bakker launched the PTL Satellite Network. Their network broadcasted The PTL Club.
• From 1974 to 1987, The PTL Club was hosted by The Bakkers.
• Bakker established their ministry’s headquarters in the Carolinas. Heritage Village was the name given to it.
• In Fort Mill, South Carolina, the Bakkers expanded their mission by establishing a theme park. Heritage USA was the moniker given to it.
• Heritage USA and The PTL Club were both successful for The Bakker.
• Two incidents marred Bakker’s otherwise excellent life. Jessica Hahn, the church secretary, accused Bakker of sexual misconduct.
• Bakker and former PTL Club co-host John Wesley Fletcher were accused of drugging and rapping Hahn. The Bakker had paid $279,000 to get the matter put to rest.
• In March 1987, Bakker’s payment to Hahn was made public. PTL’s Bakker has resigned. He acknowledged having a sexual relationship with Hahn but denied rapping her.
• The PTL Club, a TV show, was canceled after the incident.
• The probe into the rape claims led to an investigation into Bakker’s improper use of ministry funds. From 1980 to 1983, $1.3 million in ministry money were utilized for Bakkers’ personal gain, according to a private 1985 Internal Revenue Service report. The FCC had previously opened an inquiry into Bakker and his PTL ministry in 1979.
• On May 6, 1987, he was fired as an Assemblies of God minister.
• In 1989, he was found guilty of accounting fraud. Eight counts of mail fraud, fifteen counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy were proven against him. He was given a 45-year prison sentence as well as a $500,000 fine.
• In Rochester, Minnesota, he was held at the Federal Medical Center.
• Bakker’s conviction on fraud and conspiracy counts was upheld by the United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit. In February 1991, a new sentencing hearing was planned.
• In November 1992, his sentence was reduced to eight years.
• In August 1993, he was sent to a federal minimum-security prison in Jesup, Georgia.
• In December 1994, Bakker was granted parole. He had virtually completed his sentence of approximately 5 years. He owing the Internal Revenue Service $6 million.
• Tammy, his first wife, had already divorced him in 1992.
• In 2003, he and his second wife, Lori (whom he married in 1998), launched a new television show, The Jim Bakker Show.

• The expo promotes disaster preparedness items.
• CTN, Daystar, Folk TV, Grace Network (Canada), GEB America, Hope TV (Canada), Impact Network, WGN, WHT, TCT Network, The World Network, UpliftTV, and ZLiving are among the networks that broadcast his show.
• Jerry Crawford put $25 million into Bakker’s new Morningside ministry in Blue Eye, Missouri.
• In 2008, the Jim Bakker Show relocated to Morningside.
• He has written a number of books. In 1996, he published I Was Wrong.
• In 2013, he published Time Has Come: How to Prepare Now for Epic Events to Come.
• Bakker and Morningside Church Productions were sued by the state of Missouri in March 2020 for marketing fraudulent coronavirus remedies.

Who is Jim Bakker Married to?

Jim Bakker is a husband and father. Lori Beth Graham, a former televangelist, is his wife. On September 4, 1998, the pair married. They had only met 50 days before. Five children were adopted by the couple.

Tamara “Tammy” Faye LaValley was Bakker’s first wife. They met in 1960 at North Central University, when they were both students. On April 1, 1961, they married. Tammy Sue “Sissy” Bakker Chapman and Jamie Charles “Jay” Bakker are the couple’s two children. In March 1992, the couple divorced.

How tall is Jim Bakker?

Jim Bakke is a tall man, standing at 1.7 meters. He is 68 kilograms in weight. He is of ordinary height and physique.

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