Praise the Lord
1988-01-26 · 60 min · Not rated
PBS Frontline traces rise and fall of television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker and investigates why government agencies failed to vigorously investigate charges of corruption in Bakker empire.
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- William Cran
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Jim BakkerSelf
Tammy Faye BakkerSelf
Ronald ReaganSelf
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