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Televangelist Jim Bakker, convicted in PTL fraud case, dies at 86
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who co-founded the PTL Club and built the Heritage USA Christian theme park with his then-wife Tammy Faye, has died at 86, his family announced; his cause of death was not disclosed. His ministry collapsed amid scandal and fraud convictions in the 1980s, and he later returned to Christian television in Missouri.
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About Heritage USA
Heritage USA was an American Christian-themed water park, theme park and residential complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina, built by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of The PTL Club.
Everything about Heritage USA →- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Fort Mill
- Inception
- 1978