


They married that year and have totally dedicated their lives to ministry. In 1998, while working in the inner-city ministry of the Dream Center of Los Angeles, Jim met Lori Graham. Jim was invited to many churches to share his testimony, and to begin sharing what he had learned in the book of Revelation. On July 1, 1994, Jim was released on parole after serving five years in prison. Throughout five years, Jim intensely studied the book of Revelation and received a call from God to be a watchman, always looking ahead for the return of the Lord.Ī few years later, thanks to the efforts of men like Alan Dershowitz and James Albert, Jim’s appeal was won. Jim became the target of a lawsuit, and in 1989, he was indicted and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. While in prison, Jim turned to his Bible and found a deeper walk with the Lord than he ever experienced before. PTL, under new management, soon found its way into bankruptcy. Through these ministries, they recorded over ten million salvations through phone calls, feedback cards, and on-campus ministry.Īfter 13 years of developing and expanding Heritage USA, Pastor Jim Bakker was forced to resign. In 1974, Pastor Jim relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina to birth several of the most dynamic ministries the world has ever known including The PTL Club, The Inspirational Network, and a state of the art Christian retreat center called Heritage USA. Jim was the first President and a founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network, which today, still beams around the world with 24-hour a day Christian programming. Jim and his family soon joined Paul and Jan Crouch in California to pioneer a new television ministry. He also later became the first host of a ground-breaking talk show called The 700 Club, featuring many of the top ministers and singers of the day.Īfter eight years at CBN, the Lord led Jim back into a traveling ministry, helping to plant and start many television ministries around the country. Jim developed one of the first daily, one-hour, kids’ shows for Christians called Come On Over. In the 1960s, he joined the Christian Broadcasting Network under the direction of Pat Robertson. During the golden era of television, he was divinely inspired to use this new medium. His life is proof of the power of God’s restoration and grace.Īs a young man, Jim was called to “make Jesus real” to the world.

From humble beginnings, he rose to build one of the largest ministries in the world.

Pastor Jim Bakker, host and founder of The Jim Bakker Show, is a pioneer of Christian Television. A Benjamite would explain everything to the Gentiles and his knowledge would be in the synagogue of the gentiles, which is obviously Paul and the New Testament (Testament of Benjamin).Birth Name: Jim Bakker Born: Januin Muskegon, MI.The Messiah would begin an age of grace.The Messiah would be for Gentiles as well.The Messiah would raise the dead, which is not found in the Old Testament.The Messiah would arrive exactly when he did.That Herod would be king but would turn bad.Why should we care what the Essenes predicted? From their writings that date back to at least a century before Christ and writings about them such as Josephus, they correctly predicted (among many others): The Essenes-the ancient Jewish sect who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls-actually predicted mankind would enter the final period of our age in the year 2025 AD, and the feast of trumpets in the fall of 2025 is 3.5 years away from the spring of 2029 when Apophis is set to fulfill the Wormwood prophecy of the Book of Revelation.
