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Jim Bakker

Jim BakkerAKA James Orsen Bakker

Born: 2-Jan-1939
Birthplace: Muskegon, MI

Gender: Male
Religion: Born-Again Christian [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [2]
Occupation: Religion

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist

One of Bakker's prison cellmates was Lyndon LaRouche.


[1] Defrocked by the Assemblies of God, citing "bisexual activity", 1987.

[2] Per evangelicals John Ankerberg, Jerry Falwell, and Jimmy Swaggart. See Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, page 52; Marjorie Garber, One Nation Under God? Religion and American Culture, page 272 (Falwell claiming proof of bisexual behavior back to the 1950s, and the Assemblies of God naming him as a bisexual); and Paul Apostolidis, Public Affairs: Politics in the Age of Sex Scandals, page 44.

Father: Raleigh Bakker (factory worker)
Mother: Furnia Lynette Irwin ("Furn")
Wife:
Tammy Faye Bakker (m. 1-Apr-1961, div. 1992, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Tammy Sue Bakker (b. 2-Mar-1970)
Son: Jamie Charles Bakker ("Jay Bakker", evangelist, b. 18-Dec-1975)
Slept with: Jessica Hahn (6-Dec-1980)
Boyfriend: David A. Taggart (his personal aide, per John Wesley Fletcher)
Slept with: John Wesley Fletcher (according to Fletcher in Penthouse magazine)
Wife: Lori Beth Graham (m. 4-Sep-1998)

    High School: Muskegon High School, Muskegon, MI (1959)
    University: North Central Bible College

    PTL Club Television Host (1976-87)
    Conspiracy 1989 (1 count, with Richard Dortch, convicted)
    Mail Fraud 1989 (8 counts, convicted)
    Wire Fraud 1989 (15 counts, convicted)
    Tax Evasion 1989
    Racketeering 1989
    Risk Factors: Toupee

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye (25-Jan-2000) Himself

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