A lot of "televangelists" don't worship the Lord; they worship the almighty dollar!
@LarzGustafsson7 ай бұрын
Just like you then.
@DippyHippie6 ай бұрын
Especially Joyce Meyers!
@DippyHippie6 ай бұрын
@@LarzGustafssonidiot!
@baldboss73596 ай бұрын
🎯
@DippyHippie6 ай бұрын
@@LarzGustafssoni don’t! I have a buck fifty in my checking account & I’m happy as a lark!
@FieldMarshalRommel232 жыл бұрын
"For what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul"
@crawwwfishh328411 ай бұрын
And JESUS went into where the money changers were and overturned the tables and said. Yeah you’ve turned my FATHERS house into a den of thieves. $$$$$$$$$. The root of ALL evil. Jim baker is at it again. JESUS said a fool will return to his folly like a dog will return to its vomit.
@sarahshouse18906 ай бұрын
Amen, that's God's word and it's true.🙏
@bazbarrett81036 ай бұрын
@@sarahshouse1890 not any god words...just simply obvious, no great insight.
@randymillhouse7916 ай бұрын
Jessica Hahn: Romans: 1
@richarddelgado27236 ай бұрын
Some of the best lyrics George Harrison ever wrote lol 😂… Nah so true my friend… So true….
@cherylhughes82122 жыл бұрын
I'm not the first to say it, but I believe in a God that doesn't need heavy financing.
@Amanglophile2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you!
@matstarcher76302 жыл бұрын
Fletch
@cherylhughes82122 жыл бұрын
@@matstarcher7630 Yes! Demons out!! 👺
@_boringk67782 жыл бұрын
Amen
@chrisspearline767 Жыл бұрын
That's how you can tell the phonies there always on TV asking for money some of them not even on TV
@airpiedmont7 ай бұрын
I grew up in North Carolina, about 80 miles north of Charlotte, so Jim and Tammy were very much a part of television when I was a kid. It was incredible to watch them go from a kids show and puppets on local, Charlotte TV to this global ministry. One day, I walked downstairs and my father was watching the PTL Club. He was quite religious, but this was something different for him. I remember saying that I meant no disrespect, but I was surprised he liked PTL. He said, "I don't. But it fascinates me. This man never recites scripture. He just asks for money, and people send it in. He never, ever quotes the Bible."
@bryanspindle44556 ай бұрын
They originally started their children's show in Portsmouth, VA. on Pat Robertson's channel in the 1960s.
@laquitagilmer56566 ай бұрын
IKR. Red flags 🚩 everywhere. ☠️
@davidknierim7506 ай бұрын
@@bryanspindle4455Nl Nl
@dollfactory6 ай бұрын
Yes, I can relate. I was raised in Anderson SC and for every 5 miles you could pass 5 churches.
@aarondigby50546 ай бұрын
@dollfactory the Bible Belt that's for sure, I raised my three sons in the church. FPH COGIC Follow Peace Holiness. A real blast for the kids.
@Dulcimertunes2 жыл бұрын
In 1987 the IRS came after me like a bloodhound because I didn’t pay taxes on a $2K profit sharing check. I thought my employer had taken the taxes out. Then IRS penalized me as well. Too busy with us peons to go after bald faced thieves!
@jameseverett49762 жыл бұрын
The richer people can afford lawyers, and make it too hard for the IRS to get anything from them., so they go after people who can't afford to defend themselves. I used an online service that guarantees they're done right, and still was told my taxes were done wrong and had to pay another 2 grand, claiming I couldn't take a deduction I've been allowed every year before.
@maggiemcgrath8093 Жыл бұрын
The IRS employs bullies who go after the easy targets. The little person always gets screwed while the super rich get away with murder. What a world!
@notthedoctor8621 Жыл бұрын
Right. How much was the fine?
@myroselle6987 Жыл бұрын
Had the same thing happen to me. It’s sad.
@georgewilliams42587 ай бұрын
My Mom had a issue with the IRS about 20 years ago.My Dad had just passed away the month before and she went to H&R Block to do her taxes they informed her that she was receiving a refund of $22 K I told them that they had to have screwed up somewhere because nobody gets that kind of money back but they insisted that they were right.Told my Mom when we left that if the IRS would issue her a check for that much we would deposit it in the bank and wait because I knew that they would want it back sure enough 2 months after receiving it we got the letter.Block advertised that if they screwed up they would pay the penalties and interest after about a month of their playing games trying to avoid it I talked to their corporate headquarters and they made good on it thankfully.
@armandoucles53463 жыл бұрын
Preying on people's faith for a dollar is disgusting.
@ANHNGUYEN-ee5ov Жыл бұрын
"These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm-shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted-twice dead" BIBLE - Jude
@TeddyGram13799 ай бұрын
HALLELUJAH THATS THE TRUTH
@user-un7xe4um3c7 ай бұрын
People don't realize you can't buy God's favor, mercies, and blessings. You can't buy your way into heaven. I've heard pastors say straight out that if you don't tithe or giving offerings you are robbing God.
@bivvystridents37526 ай бұрын
It's preying on peoples' gullibility. Trump begging for donations is no different.
@girlygirl4022 жыл бұрын
The ONLY reason God gives us MORE than we need it so that we can share it with those IN NEED 🙏🏻‼️
@mrmustangman6 ай бұрын
🎯
@user-un7xe4um3c6 ай бұрын
Amen
@teresawicks-kq3bq6 ай бұрын
Amen!! I like your comment cause it's the truth!
@Grace-tc1lq6 ай бұрын
‘ Those in need’ is the key words. The Bakers did not need it.
@thisisme32386 ай бұрын
@girlygirl Yes, according to the Bible, we ARE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING to others in need . . .as God directs us. 🙏
@1212matt3 жыл бұрын
Living a vulgar lifestyle on the backs of misguided people is not very Christian like
@johnybravo18733 жыл бұрын
this misguided ppls u call them need a good smack over their head, who know maybe the common sense will burst from them in the end !
@chrissaunders84243 жыл бұрын
is it not....seems pretty standard to me
@1212matt3 жыл бұрын
@@chrissaunders8424 unfortunately
@NYCBG3 жыл бұрын
What was "vulgar" in the lifestyle of Reverend Bakker? He served the Lord with all his body and soul and you find that "vulgar"!? How dare you?! How dare you! The Lord REWARDS those that he choses which is His way of showing grace. It is His way of showing EVERYONE else that He indeed exists and has never stopped loving us. Rev. Bakker was CHOSEN by the good Lord Almighty and whatever he earned was by God's good grace! DON'T YOU FORGET THAT! Bless you, Reverend Jimmy, bless you!
@chrissaunders84243 жыл бұрын
@@NYCBG are you taking the piss?
@frankgordon88296 ай бұрын
I've been in the ministry for decades. A pastor I worked under when I was young told me, "99.9% of preachers can't keep their pants zipped up or their hand out of the collection plate!" I always remembered that.
@erickskyler6 ай бұрын
And you're .10% that hasn't?
@ThomasNiemann-qe5fo6 ай бұрын
I woud think that the temptation is always there.
@frankgordon88296 ай бұрын
@@erickskyler I should've clarified a little better. 99.9% of those that fall, not 99% of ALL pastors. Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part.
@FieldMarshalRommel235 ай бұрын
It was prophesied in the end times it’d get like this.
@robk96855 ай бұрын
(Note: Not just "priests" were singled out here).
@kimberlysiddons6 ай бұрын
My grandmother was a faithful contributor to PTL; Baker really knew how to turn on the tears and weasel money out of the poor and elderly.
@barneyporter61382 ай бұрын
Well if she was stupid enough to send him money she deserved to lose money
@barneyporter61382 ай бұрын
If your was stupid enough to send them money then she deserved to be broke to these people
@candacelaughinghouse92702 жыл бұрын
Falwell took advantage of the Bakker’s wrong doings. No way is Falwell moral with all he did/does
@mikequinlivan88422 жыл бұрын
Listening to him speak just gives me the creeps. It’s like watching a snake trying to be a human in a human suit.
@teijaflink22267 ай бұрын
Honestly he creeps me out even more than the Bakkers, that creep totally took advantage of the situation.
@merricat30256 ай бұрын
falwell even worse than Jim Bakker who is a grifter. I did like Tammy. She didn't come off as self righteous like the rest
@aarondigby50546 ай бұрын
The Immoral Majority bunch of frauds and charlatans.
@aarondigby50546 ай бұрын
@merricat3025 She was a horn Dogg she knew the men were after her.
@robertslusser67537 ай бұрын
My wife and I used to watch the PTL Club back in the 80's and I remember the day that we received a 3 or 4 ft. fold out advertisement for Heritage USA. We were asked to "buy" in for only $1,000. That's when we decided that we were done with the PTL Club.
@DippyHippie6 ай бұрын
My dear departed brother who WAS a crook,lol,used to say to me…OH NOOO,Jim has that poker out asking for $!😂
@sroevukasroevuka6 ай бұрын
But youd get a guaranteed room every year.
@harrietharlow99296 ай бұрын
@user-kc7mu4jp4p He was smart enough to recognise the grift.
@randymillhouse7916 ай бұрын
PTL: Pathetic Thralllism Losers.
@randymillhouse7916 ай бұрын
@user-kc7mu4jp4p No. What happens is that Jim told the all-loving-God that you didn't pay up and so your eternal soul gets a one-way ticket to hellfire.
@syrsknight Жыл бұрын
In The Word it states - "Be aware if false prophets..."
@GetReal5215 ай бұрын
And carnival barker, charlatan, and grifter. I guess that's not in "The Word." But it is in the vocabulary of competent observers.
@GlowingMpd5 ай бұрын
Correction: “…beware (OF) false…”.👍
@marceldagenais18934 ай бұрын
Nobody told them they were all false,it was like the first version of the liars club after that they called it politics been bull crap ever since just a bunch of grifters and child molesters!
@frankjohnson1502 ай бұрын
Glad you like a fictional book, but it is just that - fiction. If you want to believe it’s true, you can continue your delusions. But quit trying to legislate your belief in fiction and force the rest of us to live like you.
@henrybemis89133 жыл бұрын
I posted this as a sort of warning to those who may put their faith in a mere mortal man instead of God. I hope all of my faithful supporters here find this video useful. God Bless.
@pyrrhicactions3 жыл бұрын
Benny Hinn is a false prophet as well I cannot believe he still has followers
@amug35363 жыл бұрын
Well said!!!👍👍👍👍👍
@bonniebrindle83353 жыл бұрын
Robert Tilton is still doing it too, just like Benny Hinn. They still ask for money etc.
@pyrrhicactions3 жыл бұрын
@@bonniebrindle8335 right i looked up benny hinn after watching this and he's still doing this after being exposed im like how I grew up watching my grandmother sent this guy money I was cussed out at 12 years old for calling him a fake
@mikebalgaard92843 жыл бұрын
@Thunder Stick wrong.
@teresajeffries39346 ай бұрын
Ill never forget coming in from work, turning the tv on and they were on. I was too tired to change the channel so i watched for a while. I had to cut it off when tammy said send more money, i need more jewels and laughed while people clapped. It made me sick.
@RHBR012 жыл бұрын
If anyone's interested, there's a very good book "PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire " by John Wigger. It was written in 2017, and it goes into a lot of detail about how things blew up so badly at PTL, including the stuff that's come out since 1988 (which is when this episode of Frontline aired).
@weltonvillegal6258 Жыл бұрын
I've read that. Also Anatomy of a Fraud by Gary Tidwell. That outlines the utter financial scummery that went on. The bonuses, how little money actually went into the hotels and things. It's staggering how much was wasted on their greed.
@pauldg8378 ай бұрын
Back in 1977 as a student I shared a house with 4 other university students. And our 'must watch nightly entertainment' was PTL. It was a never ending source of laughter, and none of us were surprised years later when it all unravelled.
@debbiehicks2886 ай бұрын
I remember one radio DJ 's interpretation of PTL ; it standed for Pay The Lady 😜🤣🤣
@dr.barrycohn54615 ай бұрын
Bakker need to spend time in prison and preach to his cell mates, and see how long he lasts.
@DreamyGaby66 ай бұрын
"Its your fault why Im on TV" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Total gaslighter, for sure.
@culturalconfederacy7823 жыл бұрын
PTL: Pass The Loot.
@euphratesjehan3 жыл бұрын
Pocket The Loot
@dickrichards96502 жыл бұрын
Pilfer the Lucre.
@susanwilliams58517 ай бұрын
Pay The Lady
@stevengolden90096 ай бұрын
One of the radio stations in Charlotte had a parody of PTL & it was called Pass The Loot
@derinaries6 ай бұрын
Paid To Lie.
@nikiryan86488 ай бұрын
my mother gave money to all of these guys. Jimmy Swaggart was her favorite. She died broke.
@PsulOrtiz6 ай бұрын
And where is she now? Heaven or hell? Any idea???
@melissacooper87245 ай бұрын
I feel bad that she got scammed by these people!
@johnj.baranski65534 ай бұрын
@@PsulOrtizheaven if she did all that donating
@melissaduncan71265 ай бұрын
My dad used to watch PTL because he thought it was the funniest show on tv. But he also truly liked Tammy Fay's singing. I guess there's no accounting for taste.
@melissacooper87245 ай бұрын
What did he think of her clown makeup? Did he think that was hilarious?
@barbarahallowell26136 ай бұрын
Just saying Frontline was a treasure then and most definitely now. THANK YOU PBS!!! ❤😊❤
@joeydelrio11 ай бұрын
never understood why people like jim and tammy go down, but then you have people like copeland and hinn who destroy just as many lives and nothing happens to them. i always firmly believe jim and tammy just got to greedy and forgot (or refused) to pay off the right people.
@LarzGustafsson7 ай бұрын
Feminism has destroyed the world.
@user-un7xe4um3c7 ай бұрын
Tell you something I do believe you've missed here. Every single one of us, regular people and pastors all will stand before the throne of God at the Great White Throne Judgment. God knows ALL, everything we say, think, and do -- including what's in our hearts. We will be judged and either let into heaven or sent to hell.
@joeydelrio7 ай бұрын
@@user-un7xe4um3c something i believe you missed, 1995 dodge ram cummins motor was a 6 cil with 330 Lbs of torque.
@patedwards88444 ай бұрын
@@user-un7xe4um3c Jn.3:18 He who believes is not condemned, but he who does not believe I'd condemned already because he does not believe in the name in the only begotten Son of God.
@stevengolden90096 ай бұрын
I lived just a few miles from Heritage USA and i had a schoolmate who invited me to go with him to see it. Me nor my family were into PTL at all and this was around 1977/1978 when I went when it wasnt developed fully yet, i just remembered how incredibly nice and kind everyone was to me and everyone else. It is a shame that the Bakkers got so greedy.
@Asyouarenow2 жыл бұрын
Turning God into a source of riches is so obscene.
@curlygurl43 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching the PTL club and cracking up when Tammy Faye would cry- watching her mascara run! Good times!
@kayandaeddings48039 ай бұрын
I remember watching praise the Lord in syndication here in California on KTVU channel 2 before I would go to school. My grandma always knew that Jim and Tammy Faye bakker was phonies. She would always say, look at them tears in Tammy Faye‘s eyes. Those are some fake tears she would say. She says she has a beautiful voice but she’s a phony. but on the flipside, she loved Jimmy Swaggart. We would watch him twice on Sundays. Fast forward to the 1990s. She used to love Robert Tilton. Until she seen that he was a fraud. she used to have binders or a binder of all of his tapes and sermons. But she threw it out.
@BEV3236 ай бұрын
"Tammy Faye Messner, former wife of televangelist Jim Bakker, has died. Messner, who was 65, had been battling cancer since 1996, when she was first diagnosed with colon cancer.Jul 21, 2007"
@mikeveis63936 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@louisehorn89836 ай бұрын
Tammy had no idea what was going on. That's why they divorced. Sad you would get a thrill out of her tears
@msbigdog14605 ай бұрын
@@louisehorn8983malarkey! Tammy wasn't as stupid or naive like many think. I don't think she knew everything, but she knew alot.
@emariemcc3 жыл бұрын
For the life of me I can’t imagine how these people can listen to his ranting and be swayed by it.
@yourroyalhighness76622 жыл бұрын
People’s vapidity cannot be overestimated.
@julivee72732 жыл бұрын
To be berated by Jim Bakker and other similar Fundamentals and to hand over contributions to atone for being sinful is strange. GOD wants the sinner to repent and ask for forgiveness and right the wrongs make amends. not money. Being "Born Again"?. If I remember correctly, in the Bible, "no one can face GOD unless he is born again". I was born when I emerge as a baby from my mother's womb. And to me, to be born again is when I die physically, that is when my spirit/soul separates from my body.
@julivee72732 жыл бұрын
@@yourroyalhighness7662 seen on a printed T-shirt: never underestimated the power of a mob in large numbers. The gathering of a large crowd, do instill timidity and it is wiser to stay silent if you do not agree. Better, get out and quit.
@Venus-gn5oi2 жыл бұрын
You have to fully switch of your brain to follow such a BS
@Amanglophile2 жыл бұрын
Well it doesn't surprise me, especially as I remember Jim Jones and the People's Temple, David Koresh and The Branch Davidians, and The Heaven's Gate cult. People not only give over their money, other assets, as well as their bodies (for the perverted sexual pleasure of the cults' leaders), they ultimately gave their very lives by commiting suicide at the behest of their fruitcake leaders. So I am not surprised that people idolized and gave over their money to charlatans like Jim and Tammy Faye, whose opulent lifestyle was financed by people, most whom were people who could least afford to be giving money to these religious frauds!!
@PP-kr9ob2 жыл бұрын
and nothing changed... Kenneth Copeland is a great example...and many more
@coolcat34526 ай бұрын
True!!….that man gives me the creep!!!😢😢😢
@lynncaldwell83456 ай бұрын
Now it..s Trump.
@sroevukasroevuka6 ай бұрын
All the tv convengalists are grifters.
@harrietharlow99296 ай бұрын
@@coolcat3452 He is totally a creep. To me, he looks demonic.
@amymonsour12576 ай бұрын
I'm a Christian and I truly believe that Kenneth Copeland is possessed by a demon. Dude gives me the creeps. Like he's vampire wearing a human skin suit.
@dr.barrycohn54616 ай бұрын
And what is Bakker doing now? He's rebooted PTL and hosts a televangelist show with emphasis on survivalist crap that he sells.
@kaineray472 жыл бұрын
You dont need a Church or TV to have a personal relationship with God! Helping your fellow people and being a Good person of Morals!
@henrybemis89132 жыл бұрын
NO ONE says you have to do that...
@kayhathaway6956 Жыл бұрын
Well, actually, Christians need go go to church. Jesus said, “Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together.”
@kayhathaway6956 Жыл бұрын
@@henrybemis8913Jesus said we have to. See comment below.
@kaineray47 Жыл бұрын
This is my opinion! I'm here for sharing not telling someone they're wrong!
@OutWestRedDirt6 ай бұрын
Go read the Bible. Christ left A Church and promises to come back for That Church.
@John-ev3rm2 жыл бұрын
Contradicted himself 81 times and refuted 27 times under oath should say it all !
@marklovelace2976 ай бұрын
I know right, he could have been a Clinton!
@awilson816aw Жыл бұрын
'IT'S YOUR FAULT IM ON TV!' 😂😂
@Johnniethesportsguy6 ай бұрын
I remember when this scandal come out in the late 80s, I was in sixth grade and my mom and her friend who were massive PTL fans were absolutely devastated. My mom‘s friend cried uncontrollably for days.
@mariekatherine52386 ай бұрын
Let this be a life lesson, even though the majority of people in the USA weren’t even born yet when this happened. When the focus of ministry becomes money, material gain, popularity, or entertainment, turn off the tv, the radio, the cell phone, get in your car and return home. Go into your prayer closet with a light and your Bible. Don’t come out until God has straightened out your head and your heart.
@JackieOlantern4 ай бұрын
Exactly. And Stop listening to Joel Osteen!!!
@brucemcgee22813 жыл бұрын
We played the PTL club shows on TV back in the late 1970's. We would get a months worth of shows every month to air from video tape. One day, I was watching from the control room Bakker said on that show that he was going broke, etc, and needed help, fast, or the show would be gone. I remember laughing, because we had at least 25 days of shows on the shelf yet to air.
@henrybemis89133 жыл бұрын
Great story Bruce...I understand Baker could sell ICE to ESKIMOS....
@livelaughloveyazmeme81473 жыл бұрын
Wow
@rhondagregory52532 жыл бұрын
I just watched Tammy Faye Bakker's story on netflix. They lived a very lavish lifestyle. At any time, they could have sold a few of their homes. It is unfortunate that they got caught up in the almighty dollar. I think they both were called to serve, but they started fulfilling their worldly desires.
@Amanglophile2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps they started out with noble intentions, but later figured out that there was money to be made in religion.
@ryanyoung92022 жыл бұрын
@@rhondagregory5253 🎯
@BillyAlabama Жыл бұрын
It’s frightening thinking about how many people were taken in by this circus freak show…you know they’ve found another carnival to follow.
@infonut6 ай бұрын
They were just watching to see if they could catch a glimpse of some red neck relative in the audience.
@michaelbellingham7196 ай бұрын
trump
@kaii21726 ай бұрын
Trump
@ralphschneider92836 ай бұрын
Not for me to judge other peoples conduct, but lets open our eyes. The average man can spot crooks easily. Because we acfually have to work for an honest livung ..
@sharonh29916 ай бұрын
You say that as if it wasn’t still happening 😂 what about that Joker looking Joyce Meyers or that satanic Kennith Copeland? That guy is the demon incarnate.
@blackthought61333 жыл бұрын
The way these 2 used to cry on tv and Tammys perfectly placed thick makeup sliding down her face even as a kid I would think to myself " what a buncha crap !!! " 😳😳😳😳
@henrybemis89133 жыл бұрын
Jim could turn on the waterworks like nobody's business....
@blackthought61333 жыл бұрын
Yess he could-what a crooook !!!!!
@SUGAR_XYLER3 жыл бұрын
@@henrybemis8913 Jim used to take acting classes.... drama 🎭
@debbiebasche53376 ай бұрын
I knew a woman that would "reverse Bakker"..she would never send them money and saw right thru their scam but would often call the PTL resources line that would in turn put you in touch with a local church that backed Jim and Tammy...she would get donations made to her for various reasons, like light bill or rent...many times "church ladies" would come to her house,pray with her and then take her grocery shopping ...all free and she'd just smile and say she was making the Bakkers honest :-)
@blackthought61336 ай бұрын
@@SUGAR_XYLER yea Both of em acting like Thalia and Melpomne 👀
@monkeyboy47467 ай бұрын
I watched the PTL show sometimes just for its strangeness, it was weird. I remember the little handicapped boy and the house they said they built for him, but one look at the house and you knew it was a fraud, the house was overly opulent and clearly not for a handicapped child.
@stephanieallen64063 ай бұрын
That lil handicapped boy was Jims nephew....not known to public as they never told ppl
@yourroyalhighness76622 жыл бұрын
I first saw the Bakkers on television when I was a teenager living in South Florida. I was struck at how homely Jim and Tammy were in their physical appearance and wondered if that might be part of their appeal. The studio audience was overwhelmingly caucasian and middle-aged to elderly. They reminded me of sheep being lead to slaughter and they were blissfully unaware of this fact. Tammy is deceased now but Jim has remarried and is once again on tv. His studio audience is still almost universally white and middle-aged to infirm. History really does repeat itself. Watching Bakker on tv sends chills up my spine and that is NOT a good thing.
@donnabethturnage44462 жыл бұрын
YES! He's doing the same crap all over again and people just eat it up. It's so crazy...
@yourroyalhighness76622 жыл бұрын
@@donnabethturnage4446 Well, people are stupid.
@mk2022 жыл бұрын
Jim thought of himself as a really good looking guy. On his show that still airs today, you can tell he’s had multiple face lifts, etc. He thought he was quite a sex symbol.
@yourroyalhighness76622 жыл бұрын
@@mk202 He was delusional.
@litneyloxan2 жыл бұрын
@@mk202 he thought wrong
@dobbsar5 ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE the old Frontline intro! And wow look how young Judy Woodruff is here!
@allegrobrio9686 ай бұрын
Twenty years ago (it's 2024 as I write this), while visiting the Charlotte, NC area, I went on a bicycle ride and witnessed one of the most unusual sights I have ever encountered. I had come upon a large complex with multiple buildings including a conference center, a large dormitory-like building, recreation facilities, and a large tract for RVs, among other things. The vast parking area had fallen into disuse and was fissured with cracks with weeds growing within. What made it so usual: I was the only human present. It seemed like a scene from The Twilight Zone (this dates me, I realize). It later occurred to me that this was Jim and Tammy Faye's Heritage Park. As I understand it, very little evidence of the Park remains. What a colossal waste.
@pinkparasollise96464 ай бұрын
Actually, for the past 15 years, it's been used by Morningstar Ministries with Rick Joyner. They still get hundreds of people every week. Visitors book the hotel rooms, the services are held in the big lobby. The little indoor street that is attached has the church bookstore. I did visit it 15 years ago, I really enjoyed how they revamped the property for the new church.
@lowanadrurey31053 жыл бұрын
I told my aunt Jim Bakker was gonna fall!!! She said " well I don't send him money" I said " Ur STILL supportin' him by watchin' im then she slapped me!!!
@lowanadrurey31053 жыл бұрын
Christianity is NOW a ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
@MsCafecito2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@timwarcloud Жыл бұрын
😂
@lowanadrurey3105 Жыл бұрын
U can't handle the truth that's ur problem!!!
@steveweinstein32226 ай бұрын
Unless her TV viewing was monitored by Nielsen, she wasn't supporting him.
@tomaslopez29407 ай бұрын
How come it always seems like old people are more likely to fall for prosperity gospel preaching???
@reagandenny6 ай бұрын
Closer to God's runway.. plus, too many people overlook or dismiss the value of our older generations. Many are relegated to watching TV for comfort and will give $ to feel valued.
@deliveryguy74026 ай бұрын
Because they've been broke most of their lives and are looking for ways to get money.
@lp42655 ай бұрын
As they say, “money is not the root of all evil…the LOVE of money is” Period.
@bxpress65076 ай бұрын
I remember when PTL was on when i was younger..i think i watched it for 10 minutes then switched channels quickly..even as a kid i felt something was wrong..as it played out i was right
@robertgreen91503 жыл бұрын
Was too depressing then and still is to this day!
@steveweinstein32226 ай бұрын
My parents watched Oral Roberts religiously. My dad would put his hands on my mom's head and yell "Walk!" She'd pretend to take some halting steps, and he'd yell, "It's a miracle!" Once I remember he put his hands on the dog, and when it walked, they screamed, "It's a miracle!" It was so obnvious to them that it was staged - which, of course, it was.
@Justaskme7816 ай бұрын
I can remember laughing with my mom and Dad. All of us wondering how anyone fell for this
@steveweinstein32226 ай бұрын
@@Justaskme781 It's just too weird.
@teresajeffries39346 ай бұрын
I have to say that oral roberts was instrumental in my walking again. I was very young, born with crooked legs and couldn't walk. Oral roberts was a mainstay on TV then. Drs could not help me, braces didn't help. Finally it was decided I would have to go to a hospital in Memphis, my legs broken, set in cases from ties to hips and hope that worked. My parents wrote to oral riberts about it. Oddly enough, a few days before we were set to leave, oral read the letter my folks had written to him. He prayed and said a miracle would happen. The day before we were scheduled to leave , I had been taking a nap. I never could walk so I had to wait til someone got me up. This day, I crawled off the bed and ran into the kitchen. My folks were amazed and just sat down and cried. That truly happened.
@steveweinstein32226 ай бұрын
@@teresajeffries3934 I'm certainly no Christian Scientist, but don't discount the power of the mind in such situations. Anyway, whatever it was, I'm glad it worked for you.
@teresajeffries39346 ай бұрын
@steveweinstein3222 so you are insinuating it didn't happen? Hiw do you explain my being crippled, then suddenly able to walk with straight legs? Roberts didn't lay hands on me, but he prayed, my folks prayed. How do you explain it? Are you insinuating my legs weren't crooked and they just decided I could walk and so I did???? How insulting.🤬🤬🤬
@martindracul8286 ай бұрын
When my brother used to watch ptl, back on the 80s, i always heard Black Sabbath
@molliwilson56393 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was in my early twenties, I had 3 small children- we had barely enough money to live on.. but I gave The Bakers money every month.. these days, I am philosophical about my “ gifts of money” to them for all those years ; I try not to think that I was paying for Jim Bakers’ new cars or his cinnamon rolls that he had delivered each morning to his office because he liked the smell ( true story) as one can become bitter- but God knew my heart of giving and blessed me accordingly. Today, I am an educated doctor and pay money to many charities and organizations .. There are board of directors and other accountability entities that watch over my donations. God blesses me for my kind heart accordingly now as well.
@Partyinglikeits19992 жыл бұрын
You just admitted it. You try not to think about paying for Bakkers lavish lifestyle……but you did infact pay for their life style. You have been gifted because of the effort you put in. Not because you paid for this charlatans mansions, cars, life style.
@luv2travel2000 Жыл бұрын
Praise God how He has blessed you. I give tithes and offerings to the LORD. Above that I have tried to support ministries (there are many good ones!) and bless people financially or help people in need. A couple of times people I helped financially misrepresented themselves (a.k.a. lied about their "needs") but I have learned from those mistakes and choose to forgive. I try to listen to the Holy Spirit more and give to those with a genuine need. ❤ The Lord saw your heart. God bless you. 🛐
@angelanetherton8240 Жыл бұрын
Bless God!! He is amazing .. Way I look at it and feel if you worry more what someone is going to do with the money you give then don’t give it. Your heart isn’t in the right place. Yet you give it with good intentions from your heart you done the right thing and what they chose to do with the money they will have to answer for. God always makes sure you get it back too in some way. Your heart was in right place and God made sure you got it back 3 fold . Look what happened to them ? They scammed a lot of people and it’s sad. That’s not what a true Christian would do.
@sharonrodgers1136 Жыл бұрын
You had 3 young kids,no money but still gave these people money every month, shame on you. You became a doctor where were your brains earlier, charity begins at home. Now you donate to charities but these charities still have overheads true charity is to help people who need it, give your time and finances to people you meet in the streets by buying them a meal so that they can survive boards of directors get paid a lot more than you do, so where exactly does your percentage of donations go to I’ll bet it’s 70% to overheads and 30% to recipients
@oneworldawakening6 ай бұрын
"It's not for me to judge" is the biggest copout in Christianity It IS for each person to judge-to see, hear, and think for ourselves, and to seek the truth. This is not judgment but discernment, one of the spiritual gifts God has given us so that we would not be deceived. "“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16
@Chris.37917 ай бұрын
I miss shows like this. Shot like this. It reminds me of a much simpler time and place.
@brendagray96016 ай бұрын
I Watched This Faithfully Back In The 80's
@xianchang10113 жыл бұрын
I will be 53 this July...and I remember the heyday of Evangelical TV....long before Cable TV there was Jimmy Swaggart, Robert Schuller, Rex Humbard, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Hal Lindsey, Jack Van Impe, etc etc.....
@chazchillings30193 жыл бұрын
My family gave money to jimmy swaggart and we went without dinner quite a few times. Put your hand on the tv screen
@EpicKate3 жыл бұрын
@@chazchillings3019 I'm so sorry that you went through that.
@SUGAR_XYLER3 жыл бұрын
@@chazchillings3019 My mom made me attend 2 Swaggart concerts back in the 1980s...... I'm an Atheist now
@dr.jones.3832 Жыл бұрын
i gave money to these charlatans😞... now i want it all back😠
@daylehudson68106 ай бұрын
I feel Jimmy Swaggart is the real thing along with Oral Roberts
@user-un7xe4um3c7 ай бұрын
The only plates passed around in our church are not offering plates -- what is passed around are communion plates to give us bread and wine.
@ANHNGUYEN-ee5ov5 ай бұрын
I can not imagine waking up and seeing that face.......A SURE HEART ATTACK!
@jeanhartely6 ай бұрын
Bakker is rolling again, selling bunker food in buckets that you can poop in when you're done eating the contents. Old grifters never die, it seems. They just sell poop buckets.
@OutWestRedDirt6 ай бұрын
He's so sleepy And his new Tammy, ugh
@jamesbulldogmiller6 ай бұрын
from Encyclopedia Britannica ; " In October 1989 he (Jim Bakker) was convicted on all 24 counts, having bilked followers out of $158 million, and sentenced to 45 years in prison. His sentence was later reduced by an appellate judge to 8 years, and Bakker was released on parole in 1994 after having served less than 5 years" .Jan 1, 2024
@rayisland236 ай бұрын
It's amazing they have their hands in your back pocket and they still love them
@snickersdibene44196 ай бұрын
My friend always went around saying " Jim and Tammy really need ya!"...it was funny mocking them
@evafitzsimmons34076 ай бұрын
A reminder to worship God not a person!
@AncientApparatus3 жыл бұрын
The #1 question everyone fails to ask when consuming so called "Christian" content is; is this man centered or CHRIST centered? If people would ask that question along with reading their Bible then maybe they wouldn't get duped by these false teachers. Remember man centered teaching focuses on satisfying the flesh while CHRIST centered teaching feeds the soul. The body will die but the soul lives on forever, so which do you think is more important to feed?
@capricorndrbird2 жыл бұрын
I agree 100% , that is the question people need to ask. People like them exploiting God to satisfy greed and personal indulgences. He was an ego maniac who exploited religion for his pockets. SMH
@shannonlxc4748 Жыл бұрын
@Henry Bemis this is excellent, thank you for sharing!
@jimmybright75796 ай бұрын
Billy graham never took a dime...Jerry f..has done great things to..
@terrydigenti87564 ай бұрын
I used to watch this as a kid. I actually enjoyed them but was sad when that happened. I still love Tammy Faye.
@heatherfranklin473 жыл бұрын
We are all going to have to stand before the Lord on judgment day! They will have to give an account for their actions, just like you and I will.
@user-un7xe4um3c7 ай бұрын
That is true. They will be judged before God's throne. Added to that, if you are a pastor you are held to a higher countability than your congregation.
@gerberbernstein7360 Жыл бұрын
Funny that Charles Rangel was on a finance board, as he was found to be a slumlord in NY.
@kawboy147 ай бұрын
Tammy gives new meaning to "Putting lipstick on a pig"
@Susan-lf2hl5 ай бұрын
LOL
@BabsLongfellow2 жыл бұрын
They're all despicable, but I have to say Jerry Falwell stands above and beyond!
@slboard962 жыл бұрын
He was just as involved with this business as they were. Jim and Tammy were just easy to pin it all on. Not saying jim bakker is innocent, but I do think Falwell was too and pretended to be above it
@doubtingthomas736 Жыл бұрын
Quote from Christopher Hitchens... "If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox." ...says it all! 😂
@nancyenkelmann45527 ай бұрын
Sure he does, remember his spawn, wife and the pool boy. Jerry Sr. was just a greedy mofo and was quite successful. Just another in the long line for for profit TV preachers.
@LarzGustafsson7 ай бұрын
YOU are despicable and God will rebuke you.
@jefferyscherrer23226 ай бұрын
Do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of the faith. First, take care of the truly needy within your congregation. Then, take care of the unbelieving, while sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
@TheShospitali Жыл бұрын
Right after the fall of Jim & Tammy Faye my uncle boarded a plane he seen only one seat next to what he thought was a hobo. He went set down beside him. He got up to go to the restroom. The Stewart was a friend of his she came over do you know who he is. My uncle said no. That's James Baker. When he came back from the restroom he realized it was him. He was trying to disguise himself he set there with his hat over his head hiding his face never looked up. He had never seen such a broken man in his life. He had mixed emotions about that day. He never spoke to him. 😮
@joefraga73776 ай бұрын
I would have talked Bible to him. God knew who was in that seat. What a missed opportunity. As the Bible says " your sin will find you out." Sad ending. We never fall alone.
@fabbehn01903 жыл бұрын
Whose here after seeing the movie trailer?
@traciequinn52033 жыл бұрын
Guilty!
@teresajohnson77273 жыл бұрын
Yup!
@joylotsmore-mamademoji67292 жыл бұрын
Me! Loved the movie too
@eddiestanley1356 ай бұрын
Watching the early construction of his "Taj Mahal" eerily reminded me of Jonestown.
@RobinPillage.3 жыл бұрын
People get so lost in their imagination and delusion they'll let anything go on and just stand there and smile. Then go on to say it's not for them to judge and God will take care of it...and then nothing gets done. These are the truly lost souls that will ultimately see salvation and the promised land behind a mushroom cloud.
@jonsmith30302 жыл бұрын
Knowing all we know now, I truly believe she was a genuine Christian woman. She may have lost her way a little, but Tammy had the love of God in her heart, you could tell.
@lucindawaugh39452 жыл бұрын
She absolutely was a good person
@cruzaderawaken9600 Жыл бұрын
No she wasn't in her 2000 documentary In The Eyes of Tammy Faye she said she didn't do anything wrong.
@gerberbernstein7360 Жыл бұрын
She was cheating on Jim, as he cheated on her.
@sroevukasroevuka Жыл бұрын
Yes helping jim rip off people. Yes she was a saint.
@sroevukasroevuka Жыл бұрын
@@gerberbernstein7360 cheating on jim is not important. Thats between them. What is bad is how she actively conned people with jim.
@acooksla6 ай бұрын
These two were such creeps. It was great to see him go down
@jeffreymcneal15076 ай бұрын
"Elmer Gantry" was a superb novel, and later a superb film with Burt Lancaster. Hormonal drives are especially difficult to master, and Bakker's downfall with a pretty girl can hardly be shown as a lethal weakness of Christianity. Just because we are saved does not render us pure as the driven snow. What bothered me most about Bakker, and all the other big names, is that it becomes showmanship and portrays a vision of life that is not real.
@guidofeliz83843 жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ?
@chroniclesofsage3333 жыл бұрын
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darknesses. Instead expose them. Ephesians 5:11
@proudman65986 ай бұрын
Just proves how easily people can be brainwashed by religion.
@robertslusser67536 ай бұрын
Jim Jones and the Jonestown mass suicide/homicide was one of the worst examples of unquestioningly following a human "religious" leader.
@melissacooper87245 ай бұрын
I remember that George Harrison said it best in his song "Brainwashed." Not only religion, but also the media and all other things would brainwash a person.
@stephenmacconnoran47243 жыл бұрын
I'm fascinated by the kind of mindset that his fans have. Extraordinarily gullible.
@andiestewart74233 жыл бұрын
It def shows that karma eventually catches you
@jimmyjoejeeter23663 жыл бұрын
I went to my neighbors house he was watching Jim & Tammy Bakker, He was putting his hands up in the air, I thought he was watching Saturday Night Live! Back in the 1980,s I thought Tammy looked like a drag queen!
@vintageragdoll19913 жыл бұрын
I think it’s tied in with mental illness too at times. My MIL is very mentally ill as is runs in her family and she’s always clinging to her religious channels and letting people know she’s “praying”. That’s all fine if she wasn’t so passive aggressive every time I am forced to talk to. If I ignore her? I am disrespectful. 😂
@SJ-ni6iy3 жыл бұрын
It’s sad how cruel people can be, to rob people using their religious beliefs is particularly savage. I think the Republican Party has been doing it for years.
@patmebackimirish55863 жыл бұрын
Key word…fans.
@mk2022 жыл бұрын
I never liked Jim very much…but in PTL’s heyday, he was a selling machine.
@emilysanders1978 Жыл бұрын
I Didn't and I Still Don't Like Him
@ShangHighRoller6 ай бұрын
Fools and their money are soon parted. Good for him, as far as I'm concerned. You get that money, Jim!
@helenagreenwood23053 жыл бұрын
These people obviously think that lying and duping are not sins - taking money in duplicitous circumstances - they are laughing all the way to the bank
@lasal86133 жыл бұрын
lol this man still has money. What do people think, God pays him? 🤦🏽♂️
@petdetail6 ай бұрын
Aimee Simple McPherson's mansion in Lake Elsinore is absolutely stunning. Done in the Moorish style of architecture, when it's opened to the public for tours (which is very rarely), it's a complete sell out. Now tell me she didn't take a piece of the pie!
@andiestewart74233 жыл бұрын
I am excited to watch The Eyes of Tammy Faye!👍
@lowanadrurey31053 жыл бұрын
I watched that movie!!!😂😂😂😂😂
@andiestewart74233 жыл бұрын
@@lowanadrurey3105 I watched it in real time😂😂 There is one with Bernadette Peters that was made for tv. It was pretty unforgettable. Hopefully this one is good
@SJ-ni6iy3 жыл бұрын
That’s what brought me here! It does look like it’s going to be good.
@gperez8053 жыл бұрын
Why I’m here
@bisonchicka2 жыл бұрын
Literally why I’m here… About to go to a screening
@horrorfanrikki79933 жыл бұрын
Jim Baker is the same as he was back then..Money hungry!!
@OutWestRedDirt6 ай бұрын
Saw him and his new wife other year on TV. Unbelievable people still tune in and show up at studio.
@jerrypolverino60256 ай бұрын
Jim is one of my favorite con artist.
@alandimes5795 ай бұрын
Many years ago, when the 1987 Batman movie was being cast, someone suggested it should be played by Tammy Faye Bakker 'only with less make-up'.
@melissacooper87245 ай бұрын
What part would she have played the Joker? 😂
@alandimes5795 ай бұрын
yup. that's what was suggested@@melissacooper8724
@crawwwfishh32842 жыл бұрын
Greed has no bounds. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
@redbird14able2 жыл бұрын
The Pianist at the end of this clip was awesome!!
@PsulOrtiz6 ай бұрын
I thought it (the piano player) was EXACTLY like the entire PTL cult of personalities! WAY, WAY OVER THE TOP! All of the flourishes don't add a thing to what is supposed to be the message! Much like frosting covering up the mistakes and blemishes of a cake! The more the frosting, the bigger the mess it is covering up and hiding! Inch thick frosting is great symbolism for PTL's approach to religion! And people just ate it all up, didn't they? Despite being warned it wasn't good for them!
@deliveryguy74026 ай бұрын
My brother and I were on that show in 1972. They were friendly on the TV but not on the set. We found out a lot about those two that day, and we never watched their show after that.
@davidmahady82415 ай бұрын
My friend very intelligent mafia aligned quickly rebuked me when I implied Jim Bakker might be godly ! As I thought on it and more revealed it's amazing how stupid and blind I and others can be!
@mikeveis63936 ай бұрын
There's no such thing as a 4 star gospel. There's only one gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
@Oiniguez133 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons I am atheist. Nothing against folk who practice religion.
@OutWestRedDirt6 ай бұрын
Don't base your life on criminals and fakes. Check out an Orthodox monastery. It's The Church Christ left and is coming back from. Or channel, Gregory Decapolite, definitely no Jim vibe.
@vc5385 Жыл бұрын
The Original "GRIFTERS"
@crawwwfishh328411 ай бұрын
If that’s what you call Preaching LORD help you.
@dirkdiggler72713 жыл бұрын
There's something about so called preachers named Jim...Jim Baker..Jim Swaggert....Jim Jones 😐
@jerrypolverino60256 ай бұрын
Jim Baker was one of my favorite religious grifters. I loved the way Tammy cried on every show.
@OutWestRedDirt6 ай бұрын
And her jezebel makeup, talk about a red flag
@sylvianfrancis5204 Жыл бұрын
I had to pay back tax for $200…I still have to pay sales tax.I am 72 years old.
@i-craftsdesign31753 жыл бұрын
Yet stations like TBN and Daystar still run these types of scams today but the bait differs.
@shanemcguire64282 жыл бұрын
True all of them just didn't get caught Jim bakker wouldn't the only one and Tammy faye was just as guilty as Jim
@AXander19782 жыл бұрын
They do not have the production/show value or entertainment that the Bakkers had then. They're basically just sitting at a desk with bookshelevs behind them now.......
@shopsshire9282 Жыл бұрын
If yo even in today's dollars Jim Baker's neck work would just be a plink in the bucket compared to Kenneth Copeland's net worth I just looked it up a couple of hours ago and he is worth at least $300 million I mean
@wakaywa2 жыл бұрын
As a young girl, PTL was on every morning on our home. I followed their story from the ‘70s on.
@joypasquariello64183 жыл бұрын
Don't be fooled by Jim! He's in MO doing the same thing he did in Ft Mill! Have Jim investigated and Morningstar Ministry dealing with Jim Bakker
@nikolarosie1594 Жыл бұрын
I could see Sarah Paulson doing an excellent acting role playing Aimee McPherson if her story ever was told on the screen.