The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire,” by history professor John Wigger. Jim and Tammy Faye were legendary in the ’80s as co-hosts of “The PTL Club,” a ...

Tammy Faye Bakker (aka Tammy Faye Messner) wasn't your usual television icon. This charismatic talk show host was one of the world's most famous televangelists, building an empire of influence with ...

Remember Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker? If you were around in the mid- to late ’80s, you do. The couple created the Praise The Lord Club in 1974, turned it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise ...

The Bakkers built a Christian-themed television act modeled after Johnny Carson. Tammy Faye Bakker lived her life in front of television cameras. Starting from a modest children’s show featuring ...

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker enjoy a night on the town on Oct. 24, 1987, as they arrive at the Beverly Theatre to see the show “The Gospel Truth.” (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac) As the money flowed ...

Tammy Faye Messner, the mascara-laden former wife of televangelist Jim Bakker, the charismatic TV preacher with the choir-boy face with whom she appeared on their popular Christian talk-variety ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — The fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and their PTL Club ministry has captivated the Charlotte region for decades. The Bakkers were the stars of "The PTL Club," which aired on ...

Regardless of how familiar you are with televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, there’s a good chance your reaction to seeing Jessica Chastain in character for her role—which she won Best Actress for ...

The rise and downfall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker is the focus of a new 20/20 special titled “Unfaithfully Yours,” and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Ted Koppel ...

In “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Andrew Garfield and Jessica Chastain play Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the self-styled Christian TV personalities who did more than anyone else to mold televangelism ...

Jim Bakker was found to have siphoned off $3.7 million from his ministry for, among other things, his-and-hers Rolls-Royces. By Bill Higgins Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker - H 2015 Their empire’s ...

As satellites broadcast brand-new cable programming into American homes, millions fall in love with Tammy Faye Bakker – the charismatic wife of pastor Jim Bakker. Together, they build a ...