“God gave us Trump”: Christian media evangelicals preach a messianic message
Reuters correspondent HELEN COSTER reports…
On the Screen: Jessica Chastain captures the heart of fallen US televangelist in ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
MARCUS CHEONG watches the new biopic on controversial US televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker…
Actress Jessica Chastain looked at more than ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ for new movie
RNS Jessica Chastain remembers the “media sensationalism” that surrounded the larger-than-life image of the woman she portrays in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. But years before deciding to produce and star in the biopic, the actress realized she never came close to knowing who the person long known as Tammy Faye Bakker was at heart. […]
Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims
O’Fallon, Missouri, US AP Jim Bakker and his south-western Missouri church will pay restitution of $US156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming a health supplement could cure COVID-19. Missouri court records show that a settlement agreement was filed Tuesday. It calls for refunds to people who paid money or […]
PTL! Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chastain to star as Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in biopic
RNS Tammy Faye Bakker’s story has been told in countless television interviews, as the punchline in Saturday Night Live skits and in a number of musicals. Now it’s one step closer to getting the Hollywood treatment. Tammy Faye Bakker and her then-husband, television evangelist Jim Bakker, talk to their TV audience iat their PTL ministry […]
Jim Bakker seeks suit dismissal; ex-governor is his lawyer
O’Fallon, Missouri AP Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker is asking a judge to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus, and the lawyer representing Bakker is former Governor Jay Nixon. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc in early […]
END TIMES: US DOOMSDAY PREPPERS PUT FAITH IN GOD AND PLAN FOR END OF ALL THINGS
TRACY SIMMONS reports for Religion News Service…