On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker, then 47, resigned from PTL. His voice trembling as he spoke over the telephone to Observer reporters and editors, he said he had been “wickedly manipulated by ...

The upcoming movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye offers an inside look at the lives of Tammy Faye Bakker, the televangelist whose then-husband Jim Bakker was the face of a major 1980s scandal. How does the ...

On this day, Oct. 24, 1989, televangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years for his conviction on 24 counts of fraud. Jim and his wife, Tammy Faye, who tearfully implored viewers to send money to ...

Jim Bakker had a great vision, and God blessed him with many things. Now, just like anything in life, it takes a lot of responsibility when you're endowed with so much.” Tonges, too, recalls actually ...