Jim Bakker
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Jim Bakker Net Worth

Jim Bakker was born on January 2, 1940 in Muskegon, MI and is best known as a televangelist and former co-host of The PTL Club. His career was marred by scandal when he was forced to step down from his leadership position in the church and was later convicted of accounting fraud, resulting in a prison sentence.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day January 2, 1940
Birth Place Muskegon, MI
Age 84 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Capricorn

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

Televangelist and a former co-host, with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker, of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program. He infamously was forced to step down from his leadership position in the church and spent several years in prison for accounting fraud.

Before Fame

He attended North Central University, a Bible college affiliated with the Assemblies of God, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Trivia

He was forced to resign from PTL in 1987 because of allegations that he had embezzled money from the church to silence a staff secretary at the church who claimed he had raped her.

Family Life

He married to Tammy Faye LaValley in April 1961 and the couple had two children together.

Associated With

He met his wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, while both were working inside of a department store.

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