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 ...
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 ...