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

by John Wigger and John H. Wigger

Book Overview

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"