Jim Bakker’s Profession Got here Crashing Down After the Jessica Hahn Scandal

The success of a childrens program, Come On Over, and a chat current, The 700 Membership, led Jim Bakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye Messner, to deal with initiatives additional formidable in scope.

The PTL Membership, a late night communicate current, helped them garner worldwide fame. The developing of the PTL headquarters began throughout the Seventies, and a theme park, Heritage USA, rapidly adopted. The empire acquired right here down crashing throughout the Eighties, after Jessica Hahn opened up about an encounter in December 1980.