Posted on 10/06/2026 3:20:16 AM PDT by Ezekiel
Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a Christian television empire, died Monday at the age of 86.
'It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening,' his wife, Lori Bakker, wrote.
Lori said Bakker's final moments were filled with faith after he devoted 66 years of his life to preaching the gospel.
Bakker was best known for hosting The PTL Club, short for The Praise the Lord Club, a popular Christian television show that aired from the 1970s through the late 1980s, as well as developing Heritage USA, the now-defunct Christian theme park.
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Bakker's cause of death had not been revealed at the time of this report.
He is survived by his wife, his two children from his first marriage, Tammy Sue Chapman and Jamie Bakker, and five children the couple adopted in 2002: Maricella, Lori, Clarissa, Marie and Ricky Bakker.
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Con man, right to the end.
He lived a life that served a mission; to show the world how not to be
Oh please. No...he wasn't.
Sam Kinison was right about him.
Wonder how Satan is treating him... It’s a win win for Bakker. Satan won’t let Tammy in due to toxic makeup and the possibility of a chemical reaction to the heat.
When I was in the Army & serving in West Germany in the late seventies, a fellow lieutenant told me the story of how his parents were taken in/scammed by Jim & Tammy Faye. His parents lived in NC and my friend was away at college. He went home one weekend to find his folks had sold the house and moved to the PTL HQ to devote all their worldly possessions to Jim & Tammy. I can’t imagine the sense of betrayal he felt.
Satellite - Hooters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVXjBMK3EkI
Jim and Tammy, Oral Roberts and Jimmy Swaggart were what the late comedian Sam Kinison referred to as “God’s Special-Ed squad”. He had a good solid 20 minutes of material on these snake oil salesmen.
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A certain part of me hopes that Tammy Faye was waiting at the gates to give Jim a swift kick in the crotch with a pair of those heels she used to wear. :P
Me. Never had one.
He was a fag, Jim.
“...He was a fag, Jim...”
And Tammy-Faye was a pillhead. More reason for her to give him that swift kick. :P
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