Jim Bakker

Jim Bakker is an American televangelist television host and author best known for cofounding the PTL Praise The Lord ministry and hosting the widely viewed Christian talk show The PTL Club throughout the 1970s and 1980s Born on January 2 1940 in Muskegon Michigan he became a prominent figure in Christian broadcasting alongside his thenwife Tammy Faye Bakker Bakkers career faced major upheaval in the late 1980s following financial and legal scandals but he later returned to television with The Jim Bakker Show focusing on evangelical commentary survivalist themes and prophetic discussions Despite controversy he remains a recognizable and influential figure in American televangelism