Televangelist Jim Bakker Says He Needs A Million Bucks Or 'I'll Be Out On The Street'

essentialsaltes said:

“If they foreclose on this ministry, they will take my house too, so I’ll be on the street,” he said.

Bakker claimed he hasn’t taken a salary himself and has no money of his own.

“We have a big debt,” he said, adding that an unnamed “they” has “taken millions of dollars from us.”

One of the show’s co-hosts indicated the financial problems began in 2020, when Bakker was in trouble with a number of authorities for hawking “Silver Solution” during the COVID-19 pandemic. In one case, he reached a settlement with the Missouri attorney general that included restitution of $156,000.

In more recent years, Bakker has fashioned himself as something of a doomsday prophet ― saying on Tuesday, for example, that we’re in the “end times” ― and has been selling food buckets and other “prepper” items on his show and website.

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essentialsaltes said:

“If they foreclose on this ministry, they will take my house too, so I’ll be on the street,” he said.

Bakker claimed he hasn’t taken a salary himself and has no money of his own.

“We have a big debt,” he said, adding that an unnamed “they” has “taken millions of dollars from us.”

One of the show’s co-hosts indicated the financial problems began in 2020, when Bakker was in trouble with a number of authorities for hawking “Silver Solution” during the COVID-19 pandemic. In one case, he reached a settlement with the Missouri attorney general that included restitution of $156,000.

In more recent years, Bakker has fashioned himself as something of a doomsday prophet ― saying on Tuesday, for example, that we’re in the “end times” ― and has been selling food buckets and other “prepper” items on his show and website.

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essentialsaltes said:

Tammy Fae passed away some time ago, after divorcing Jim when he was in prison.

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Aryeh Jay said:

I've often wondered why such people cling so hard to this sinful fallen world considering the message that they preach about how great Heaven is.

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trophy33 said:

Yeah, I deleted the post because I searched some video of him on youtube and he seems old and a bit slow already, he cannot even speak properly.

I suppose he is not flexible to actively change his situation or lifestyle, anymore.

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trophy33 said:

Yeah, I deleted the post because I searched some video of him on youtube and he seems old and a bit slow already, he cannot even speak properly.

I suppose he is not flexible to actively change his situation or lifestyle, anymore.

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Tuur said:

Moseyed out of the Christian Ghetto and saw this.

1. After his scandal, I thought he lost his religious testimony.
2. The take-away from the article isn't that if he doesn't raise one million dollars he'll lose his house, but his plea for each watcher of his show to give $1,000.
3. The scandal taught him nothing? Incorporate, pay yourself a salary, then if the business tanks, you keep your house.

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