Jay Bakker.
Posted on 12/13/2006 7:35:59 AM PST by Alex Murphy
NEW YORK (AP) -- He was born into the glare of televangelist parents Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Then the "Praise the Lord" empire collapsed in scandal. His father went to jail for fraud.
Jay Bakker spent his teens in the darkness, rebelling and bent on self-destruction from alcohol and drugs.
But now, with his 31st birthday next week, this tattooed, multi-pierced pilgrim is on a righteous path: preaching God's grace to a flock of young, downtrodden and disillusioned parishioners most any other church would turn away.
Jay is the focus of "One Punk Under God: The Prodigal Son of Jim & Tammy Faye," a reality series about the back-to-basics church he calls Revolution, which, notwithstanding his decade-long sobriety, holds services in an Atlanta bar.
Keeping the faith while keeping Revolution going will prove to be a challenge for Jay.
"I think Revolution is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place," he muses in the first episode (airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST on Sundance Channel). "With some groups we're too Christian, and with the Christians we're not Christian enough."
But Jay has other concerns as the six-episode series unfolds.
His mom is gravely ill from cancer; Jay will be traveling to her North Carolina home for tender visits. His dad, now remarried and with a new TV ministry, is estranged from him -- a rift Jay will make great strides repairing. And after several years' devotion to his church, he will be uprooted when wife Amanda, a young woman with fluorescent red hair and a beatific smile, is accepted by New York University for its doctoral program in psychiatry.
In short, 2006 is eventful for Jay Bakker -- far more than he imagined when "One Punk Under God" began filming in February.
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Jay Bakker.
Finally, ~my~ kind of church. :-)
We are watching.
Jay still loves the Lord just as much as the next guy.
I didn't expect it to tug at my heart for a fellow human who had eccentric folks who failed as humans but still love the Lord.
Kid has a long road ahead in growing up and a lot of healing needed in his and his folks life.
I like his conservative Baptist brethren buddy Stu and also the fact that he was honest about being funded by a conservative group.
We will continue too tune in.
Sundance is usually on around here unless Glen Beck is on for free time. (I will tune in to FR for a reading session for my free time).
I have been tuning in to the Military Channel (when the other per is not watching the tv) that seems pretty good so far as info it is sponsered by the US govt. I am pretty sure.
BTW Thanks for starting the thread.
Put me on a One Punk ping list if you start one.
I am not a punk rock fan but I am always interested in how people grow in there faith with God.
Huh! You gotta be kidding me! Jay Bakker is just a flat out freako degenerate. Yeah, he's a punk alright. I watched that program in the same way I would watch a freak show.
Something about the hair...
Ain't no Bakker thread complete without one.
Accepted as Exhibit A?
Aw, now why did you go and do that? Durn near scared me to death!
kinda looks like a young elton john.
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