Messner, who claimed to have been behind the building of more than 1,800 churches, served just over two years in prison for ...

Jim Bakker still makes headlines selling survival food and miracle cures from his television compound near Branson, Missouri. While Tammy Faye died in 2007, a new biopic about her, “ The Eyes of Tammy ...

They don’t really get irony.” “Tammy Faye” tells the story of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the popular 1970s and ‘80s televangelists who shook up religious TV with upbeat prayer ...

Tammy Faye Bakker was a national icon, best known for dabbing at mascara-tinted tears while then-husband Jim Bakker prayed for sinners on the PTL (Praise the Lord) Network, one of the nation's ...

John Wigger, University of Missouri-Columbia (THE CONVERSATION) What is it about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker that continues to fascinate nearly 35 years after the fall of their ...

(THE CONVERSATION) What is it about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker that continues to fascinate nearly 35 years after the fall of their evangelical empire? Jim Bakker still makes ...