Jim Bakker

<p><strong>James Orsen Bakker</strong> (<span class= "rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class= "IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title= "'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title= "/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title= "'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title= "/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id= "cite_ref-Time06-2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#cite_note-Time06-2001-1">[1]</a></sup> born January 2, 1940) is an American <a class="mw-redirect" title= "Televangelist" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televangelist">televangelist</a> and convicted <a title="Fraud" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud">fraudster</a>. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program <em><a title= "The PTL Club" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_PTL_Club">The PTL Club</a></em> with his then wife, <a title= "Tammy Faye Messner" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Faye_Messner">Tammy Faye</a>, and developed <a title="Heritage USA" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_USA">Heritage USA</a>, a now-defunct Christian theme park in <a title= "Fort Mill, South Carolina" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina">Fort Mill</a>, <a title="South Carolina" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina">South Carolina</a>.</p>