PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire

by John Wigger and John H. Wigger

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In 1974 Jim and Tammy Bakker launched their television show, the PTL Club, from a former furniture store in Charlotte, N.C. with half a dozen friends. By 1987 they stood at the center of a ministry empire that included their own satellite network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million people a year, and millions of adoring fans. The Bakkers led a life of conspicuous consumption perfectly aligned with the prosperity gospel they preached. They...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199379718

ISBN13:9780199379712

Release Date:August 2017

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.59 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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