Jim Bakker dead

[Ransom]

Per Charisma, his death at 86 was announced by his wife Lori:

Jim Bakker, Televangelist and PTL Founder, Dies at 86, Wife Lori Bakker Announces - Charisma Magazine Online

Jim Bakker, televangelist and PTL founder, has died at 86, his wife Lori Bakker announced recently on social media.

mycharisma.com

Funny how this hagiography makes no mention of his scandals or prison time.

 

[Ekklesian]

It's the end of us all 'till the Lord tarries.

 

[illinoisguy]

Protestia does mention the scandals and jail time:

Televangelist Jim Bakker Dead at 86 - Protestia

Jim Bakker, the embattled head of Praise the Lord Network (PTL) and The Jim Bakker Show, has passed away at the age of 86, according to his wife Lori. She posted a message on Facebook, writing of her Televangelist husband: “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim...

protestia.com

And let's not forget Jimbo's miracle cure for the Coronavirus:

"On a February 2020 episode of his show, Bakker and a guest discussed a product, 'Silver Solution,' that they claimed could eliminate the coronavirus from the body within hours -– well before vaccines or any approved treatments.

"The Missouri attorney general sued Bakker and his production company for misrepresenting 'Silver Solution' as a coronavirus cure.

“'Anyone who has bought "Silver Solution" from "The Jim Bakker Show" should know that it cannot cure or treat coronavirus,' the Missouri Attorney General’s office announced in a statement."

MSN

 

[Ransom]

And let's not forget Jimbo's miracle cure for the Coronavirus:

Yeah, I believe I made mention of this at the time. This was about the time that Kenneth Copeland was declaring Coronavirus "over." They should've all gotten together at a prophecy conference or whatever and gotten their stories coordinated.

Wasn't Bakker's "cure" just another colloidal silver concoction? I wonder how many people he turned into Smurfs.

 

[voicecrying]

Protestia does mention the scandals and jail time:

Protestia never misses an opportunity to bring up the dirty laundry.

 

[I'll be ready!]

Per Charisma, his death at 86 was announced by his wife Lori:

Jim Bakker, Televangelist and PTL Founder, Dies at 86, Wife Lori Bakker Announces - Charisma Magazine Online

Jim Bakker, televangelist and PTL founder, has died at 86, his wife Lori Bakker announced recently on social media.

mycharisma.com

Funny how this hagiography makes no mention of his scandals or prison time.

Refresh my memory, What did he do time for?

 

[Ransom]

Refresh my memory, What did he do time for?

Fraud and conspiracy. The PTL Club sold expensive "lifetime memberships" that included an annual stay in a luxury hotel at Heritage USA. But they had nowhere near the capacity for the tens of thousands of memberships they sold. Bakker pocketed several million dollars.