Jim Bakker est né le 2 janvier 1939 dans le Michigan, États-Unis. Il est marié avec Lori Bakker depuis le 4 septembre 1998. Il a été marié avec Tammy Faye Bakker.
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.
[on why his The PTL Club (1974) empire crashed] I think the devil was mad. I think something so wonderful and beautiful was being built, that the
devil was mad.