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Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: The God Fraud | Part 1

2023/12/18
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Jim and Tammy Faye Baker start their journey in Christian broadcasting, becoming TV superstars by the 1960s and building an empire that includes their own network and a theme park.

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Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker get their start in Christian broadcasting in the early 1960s and quickly become television superstars. As their fame explodes, they build an empire complete with their own network, a theme park, and a super-sized luxury lifestyle for themselves. But when their spending – and their scandals – get out of control, they’ll face their own kind of judgment day.  

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