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	Jim Bakker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Orson Bakker (born January 2, 1939 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, and a former host (with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker) of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.
		Jerry Falwell called Bakker a liar, an embezzler, a sexual deviant, and "the greatest scab and cancer on the face of Christianity in 2,000 years of church history." Falwell, controversial in his own right, was rumored to be using the situation to gain control of a leading broadcast competitor.
		Bakker was indicted on federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and racketeering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Bakker (1805 words)

	Jim Bakker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Jim Bakker (born January 2, 1939, Muskegon, Michigan) is an American televangelist, and the former host of The PTL Club (PTL is an acronym for 'Praise the Lord' and 'People That Love') with his wife Tammy Faye Bakker.
		Most people are aware of Jim Bakker's $265,000 payoff to Jessica Hahn to keep her sexual services to him a secret, his longtime homosexual relationship with his right hand man David Taggart, his prison sentence, his close relationship to Billy Graham, and his lust for the public spotlight.
		Bakker, who apparently made all of the financial decisions for the PTL and kept two sets of books to conceal the accounting irregularities, took conspicuous consumption to new extremes.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/ji/jim_bakker.html (1245 words)

	Jim Bakker - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Bakkers greatly contributed to the growth of the network, but their success with a variety show format (including interviews and puppets) sparked controversy, and they were eventually forced out by Robertson in the early 1970s.
		By the early 1980s the Bakkers had built Heritage USA (in Fort Mill, south of Charlotte), then the third most successful theme park in the US, and a satellite system to distribute their network twenty-four hours a day across the country.
		Jerry Falwell called Bakker a liar, embezzler, sexual deviant, and "the greatest scab and cancer on the face of Christianity in two thousand years of church history." Falwell, controversial in his own right, was rumored to be using the situation to gain control of a leading broadcast competitor.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/PTL (1591 words)

	Lori Bakker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lori Graham Bakker is the second wife of televangelist Jim Bakker.
		Lori is the author of More Than I Could Ever Ask (Thomas Nelson) Her book is "The Story of a Woman, Broken and Defeated Who Found That Dreams Really Do Come True,".
		In 1998 Lori met and married Jim Bakker, after his first marriage to Tammy Faye ended in divorce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lori_Bakker (191 words)

	JIM BAKKER HAS NEW MINISTRY IN CHARLOTTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Bakker served five years of a 45-year prison sentence and was paroled in 1994, after a federal appeals court reduced his sentence.
		Bakker’s wife and PTL ministry partner, Tammy Faye Messner, divorced him while he was in prison and married Roe Messner, a former close friend of Bakker’s who helped him build the Heritage USA complex in South Carolina.
		Bakker was remarried to Lori Beth Graham in 1998.
	www.wayoflife.org /fbns/jimbakker.htm (866 words)

	Jim Bakker
		Bakker said he was "wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and colleagues who victimized me with the aid of a female confederate....
		Bakker, while serving nearly five years of an eight-year prison term for the largest mail fraud in history, lent his name to a direct-mail campaign to benefit his daughter and a church ministry he helped create.
		Bakker donated his prison writings and a cache of PTL memorabilia - even his federal parole papers - to raise funds for his daughter's fledgling ministry, New Covenant Ministries Inc., where he also was scheduled to work after his release from prison.
	www.gospelgrace.com /falseprophets/jimbakker/JimBakker.html (3331 words)

	Praise the Lord - again! - theage.com.au
		Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for his crimes, even though some of the counts against him were later reversed and in 1994 he was released after only five years behind bars.
		Bakker was defrocked by his denomination, the Assemblies of God, for "conduct unbecoming of a minister", and all of America, and his fellow television evangelists, turned against him.
		Bakker recently commented that it was a "supernatural act of God" that got him back in front of the cameras.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/07/1057430125158.html (1872 words)

	Bakker to preach from Branson
		His troubles continued to mount, and in 1989, Bakker was convicted of a wire and mail-fraud scheme over the sale of more than 150,000 lifetime partnerships to his ministry's Heritage USA theme park in Fort Mill, S.C. Other ministry officials also were convicted in the case.
		Bakker's credentials as an ordained minister were withdrawn in 1987, said Juleen Turnage, spokesperson for Assemblies of God International in Springfield.
		The Bakkers have custody of seven children ranging in age from 5 to 13 who grew up in difficult circumstances and were befriended by the Bakkers during their work at the Dream Center.
	www.rickross.com /reference/bakker/bakker8.html (1069 words)

	Monday Morning Insight Weblog: Jim Bakker Returns to Heritage USA to Preach
		Bakker spoke at MorningStar Ministries' New Year's Conference Friday and Saturday nights at the former Heritage Grand Hotel, which cost Bakker $60 million to build and was the centerpiece of Heritage USA, a religious theme park and headquarters for his multi-million-dollar evangelical television ministry, PTL.
		Bakker resigned from his ministry, which included the Sunday morning television staple "The PTL Club" produced in his Fort Mill studio, in March 1987 after an extramarital affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn was disclosed.
		Bakker told attendees of the conference Friday that two of the prophecies God revealed to him were the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina, which flooded New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities last summer.
	www.mmiblog.com /monday_morning_insight_we/2006/01/jim_bakker_retu.html (3477 words)

	THE thinking person's online news source for politics, prophecy, science and mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Bakker said he was stunned at his acceptance and how stars such as Andy Williams and the Lennon Sisters invited him to their shows.
		Bakker said he didn't know much about Branson, except that it was a show town and he was inclined to avoid the limelight, given his history.
		Bakker later was convicted on federal charges that he sold, for $1,000 or more, Heritage resort weekend time shares that he could not provide, although a later class-action civil suit by buyers was tossed out.
	www.raidersnewsupdate.com /lead-story119.htm (1393 words)

	Christian News Today Jim Bakker
		Bakker's backers, both newfound and those dating to Bakker's scandal-riddled PTL Ministries in York County, S.C., are financing and encouraging the project.
		Bakker had not only sold more "exclusive" partnerships than could be accomodated, but had also raised more than twice the money needed to build the hotel.
		Bakker, the founder on the now non existent PTL Club and Village, has downplayed the role of the bisexual evangelist John Wesley Fletcher, who arranged his tryst with Jessica Hahn.
	cnt10.tripod.com /bakker.htm (6605 words)

	CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: The Bakker Family Discusses Living Through Scandal and Personal Tragedy - January 30, ...
		LORI BAKKER: But what I thought was, "I cannot believe what they're doing to this man." He is -- you know, what he's done is not that great of a -- of a sin, I mean, compared to what people do on a daily basis.
		LORI BAKKER: Yes, it is. That's where I met him and little did I know that one day I'd be a part of this family when I met him there.
		LORI BAKKER: Yes, and he was so -- you know, all the girls loved him -- Amanda (ph), sorry I don't want to, you know, say that to you (right now.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0101/30/lkl.00.html (6795 words)

	Amazon.ca: More Than I Could Ever Ask: The Story of a Woman, Broken and Defeated, Who Found That Dreams Really Do Come ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Meeting Lori Bakker today-a young woman with a bright, outgoing personality, you could hardly imagine her as a teenager living a life of flagrant sexual promiscuity and drug abuse.
		Lori's story is one of forgiveness-finding forgiveness from God, learning to forgive the men who hurt her, and most of all, discovering inner peace.
		After she was single and celibate for nearly nine years, Lori met and fell in love with a man she had known only by reputation-Jim Bakker.
	www.amazon.ca /More-Than-Could-Ever-Ask/dp/0785267972 (620 words)

	Amazon.fr : More Than I Could Ever Ask: The Story of a Woman, Broken and Defeated, Who Found That Dreams Really Do ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Meeting Lori Bakker today—a young woman with a bright, outgoing personality, you could hardly imagine her as a teenager living a life of flagrant sexual promiscuity and drug abuse.
		Lori’s story is one of forgiveness—finding forgiveness from God, learning to forgive the men who hurt her, and most of all, discovering inner peace.
		After she was single and celibate for nearly nine years, Lori met and fell in love with a man she had known only by reputation—Jim Bakker.
	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/0785267972 (316 words)

	Jim Bakker is Back
		The Bakkers are still being pursued for $3m (£1.9m) in unpaid income tax.
		On hand every day to ensure an atmosphere of wholesome devotion to Bakker, are the paying customers of the 260-seat café, nearly all tourists visiting Branson, cheering him on while shovelling down barbecued ribs and eight-inch-high chocolate gateaux.
		When the new Jim Bakker Show hit the airwaves in January, it was 16 years to the day since his last PTL appearance.
	www.cephas-library.com /bakker/bakker_is_back.html (1838 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		The debauchery is eventually followed by a tearful conversion at a Billy Graham revival or neighborhood church.
		Lori Graham Bakker's story, "The Story of a Woman, Broken and Defeated Who Found That Dreams Really Do Come True," is one of these carbon-copy conversion tales.
		The beautiful blonde beaming at readers from the cover looks like she has always had her act together, but inside we find she was once a druggie, an unfaithful wife, and, in her view, a murderer: She had not one but five abortions before she found the Lord and repented of her sins.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/68/story_6887_1.html (337 words)

	Is Jim Bakker A Hero?
		The Bakkers' closest associates were privy to their high living at the expense of PTL partners.
		The first Sunday out, Ruth Graham called the halfway house I was living in at the Salvation Army and asked permission for me to go to the Montreat Presbyterian Church with her that Sunday morning.
		When Bakker declined to appear before his district presbytery to face charges, the Assemblies of God dismissed him for "conduct unbecoming to a minister." Reverend G. Raymond Carlson, general superintendent of the church, said the "alleged misconduct involving bisexual activity" weighed heavily in the decision to unfrock Bakker.
	www.cephas-library.com /bakker_hero.html (7216 words)

	State: Bakker sets up camp in Florida
		LYNN HAVEN -- Former television evangelist Jim Bakker says he is planning to open a camp for inner-city youths in the rural Florida Panhandle, where he now lives.
		Bakker, 61, and his wife, Lori Graham Bakker, recently moved to Sunny Hills in neighboring Washington County and were given land near there for a youth camp.
		"Lori and I had been actively involved in an inner-city ministry in Los Angeles for a couple of years," Bakker said.
	sptimes.com /News/052201/State/Bakker_sets_up_camp_i.shtml (466 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		BRANSON, Mo. >> Televangelist Jim Bakker, who was convicted of wire fraud and served five years in prison, plans to start another TV ministry, this time in Branson.
		Bakker, 62, said he has commitments from stations in several cities to broadcast his show, which will originate from a restaurant.
		Bakker, who hit the airwaves with his PTL Ministries in the 1970s, resigned in 1987 after he admitted having an affair with a ministry secretary.
	starbulletin.com /2002/09/21/features/religion.html (468 words)

	Kidman and Cruise to sue cosmetics chain. - theage.com.au
		Televangelist Jim Bakker, who was convicted of wire fraud and served five years in prison, said he plans to start another TV ministry, this time in Branson, Missouri.
		His wife, Lori Graham Bakker, will be his co-host.
		Bakker, who first hit the airwaves with his PTL Ministries in the 1970s, resigned from PTL in 1987 admitting to an affair with a ministry secretary, Jessica Hahn.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/09/20/1032054949303.html (1684 words)

	PTL Club - Page 4 (TIW Forums)
		Richard Dortch, who was executive vice president of PTL under Jim Bakker, pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and mail fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.
		The government was able to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, that Bakker had deliberately defrauded those who bought lifetime partnerships, and that's why Jim was sentenced to 45 years in prison, which was later shortened on appeal.
		Jamie Charles Bakker, who prefers to be called Jay Bakker, is a youth evangelist in the Atlanta area.
	forums.theideaweb.com /t346-4.html (2572 words)

	Jim Bakker plans to start new ministry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Televangelist Jim Bakker, who was convicted of wire fraud and served five years in prison, said he plans to start another TV ministry, this time in Branson, Mo.
		We're not coming to say, 'Be like us.' " Bakker, who first hit the airwaves with his PTL Ministries in the 1970s, resigned from PTL in 1987 admitting to an affair with a ministry secretary, Jessica Hahn.
		Soon after, he and other ministry officials were implicated in a fraud scheme linked to the sale of memberships in his Heritage USA theme park in Fort Mill, S.C. While he was in prison, his wife at the time, Tammy Faye Bakker, divorced him.
	www.rickross.com /reference/bakker/bakker6.html (171 words)

	Bakker, Lori Graham: More Than I Could Ever Ask (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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		As a teenager, Lori Bakker, wife of Jim Bakker, lived a life of sexual promiscuity and drug abuse, and had five abortions before she was 21.
		Lori's story is one of forgiveness and discovering inner peace, and shows the power of love and faithfulness.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /BookPage.asp?prod_cd=IPUBU (85 words)

	Branson Christian Events
		Join Jim & Lori Graham Bakker for lunch at the Studio City Cafe weekdays and be a part of national TV broadcast, featuring live music, celebrity guests and Christian ministry.
		Afterward, Jim and Lori are available for prayer and ministry.
		In addition to his television show, Jim Bakker is teaching a weekly Bible Study at the Studio City Café.
	www.bransonchurchgroups.com /branson.asp?pagenum=66 (1545 words)

	Lori Graham Bakker Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Lori Graham Bakker Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
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	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 00136407 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Publisher description for More than I could ever ask : the story of a woman, broken and defeated, who found that dreams really do come true / Lori Graham Bakker with Connie Reece.
		Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
		Nor would you picture her as having had five abortions before she was twenty-one. More Than I Could Ever Ask tugs at the heartstrings of women and men.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0608/00136407-d.html (214 words)

	Jim Bakker Show
		We will have NO LIVE TAPING Monday September 4th.....Join Jim and Lori on the Network Broadcast with Dr. Hilton Sutton and musical guest Sami Straub Johnson.
		Jerry Goff will join Jim and Lori in the studio.
		A unique perspective from Lori Bakker on Ministry and Family!
	www.jimbakkershow.com (164 words)

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