- As a young boy he put a newly painted rowboat in his front yard and stuck a 'For Sale' sign on it. After the sale, the buyer tried to bring it back when he discovered that Bakker had only painted one-half of the boat -- the side that faced the street.
- After his arrest, people cynically joked that Bakker's PTL network actually stood for "Pass The Loot".
- (1989 - 1994) Imprisoned for fraud (US$158 million)
- Among the frivolous items that Bakker bought with his church's money: a eight-foot-tall brass giraffe and an air-conditioned doghouse.
- When confronted about the missing $158,000,000, he claimed that Satan had gotten into his ministry's computers to make the money lost. When asked if he could prove Satan stole the money, he replied, "Can you prove he didn't?"
- Father of Jay Bakker and Tammy Sue Bakker.
- He marked the fourth anniversary of "The New Jim Bakker Show" which premiered January 2, 2003. He and his second wife, Lori Bakker, star in the talk show format program in front of a live audience in the former Cowboy Cafe which is now called the Studio City Cafe in Branson, Missouri. (January 2007)
- He was portrayed by Kevin Spacey in Fall from Grace (1990).
- He and second wife Lori adopted five children, siblings whom Lori had gotten to know in Phoenix, Arizona. Adopted daughter Maricela is a regular co-host on The Jim Bakker Show.
- (2000-present) Began to plan a possible move to the Branson, Missouri area, where he now resides much of the year.
- (1995-2000) Lived in California and spent as much time as possible in North Carolina with his daughter and two grandsons
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