This week we are wrapping up the Jim and Tammy Faye story. We finally get to some water slide action. But this victory is very short lived. The house of cards finally tumbles down.
The allegations against Jim finally begin coming into the light. And at the same time other powerful ministers begin trying to turn the Bakker's downfall to their advantage.
The ministry gets temporarily passed over to Jerry Fallwell a popular Baptist televangelist at the time who is excited to exploit his new found power and riches. But it turns out that PTL is DEEEEEEPLY in debt and has been mis-allocating funds for years.
Eventually the ministry collapses and Jim is sentenced to 45 years in jail for all of his financial crimes. (he only serves around 4 years) and now he is out of jail running a much smaller Doomsday ministry in Missouri where he is selling 5 gallon buckets of apocalypse soup!
So as promised we finally get a bit of modest Downfall!
Enjoy
Sources:
PTL The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire by John Wigger
Bonus:
A Wild Compilation video of Jim Bakker Selling Soup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6uhZCB62k
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