Jim Bakker dreams big in Branson

[DesertFox]

BLUE EYE, MO. • Forgive them for gawking. They were not expecting this.

"It’s a little like Disneyland," one stunned visitor says.

"A miracle," says another. "It is God’s work."

They stand surrounded by a surreal indoor streetscape of Italianate store facades and condo balconies. A grand chapel sits at one end and a portico at the other, the entire color-bursting scene playing out under a ceiling painted like a cloudless blue sky. It looks so real one woman decides to keep her coat on.

This is even more than Jim Bakker promised them. For months they had heard Bakker on his TV show touting his impending move here. Bakker, the disgraced TV minister of PTL-and-Tammy-Faye fame, said the day was coming when he would no longer broadcast his bare-bones show from inside a converted restaurant in nearby Branson, as he had for five years. He talked about moving to a sprawling complex being built for him as the new headquarters for his television ministry, the heart of a 600-acre development named Morningside.

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[Jack_Savage]

Yeah, I went into that resturant for lunch a couple of years ago not knowing a show was going on. Had lunch and left. Wasn't much to it. His new wife was a pretty young thing, eyes twinkling at everyone in the room. It was right down the street from headliner row. It was a hokie celebrity talk-religion show with Jim groupies in the audience.

I wonder if he is going to have his son, the one with the nose-ring, as part of the new production? He's got to be close to 40 now right? The son I mean.

[DesertFox]

Jim Bakker's not about God. He's about show biz.

[Jack_Savage]

Jim Bakker's not about God. He's about show biz.


Always has been, but he trails his new wife's interest in it from what I saw. She has a real talent for the show business side of religion.

[Elgalad]

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Matthew 21:12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Matthew 21:13 And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."


-Elgalad

[DeclinetoState]

I wonder if Fred Phelps is going to protest him. Probably not, unless he kicks the bucket like his ex, Tammy Faye, recently did. Then the "God Hates . . ." crew will be at the funeral.

[Bluemoon_Rising]

:rolleyes:

[Gonzo67]

Jim Bakker's not about God. He's about show biz.


Nope.

http://webpages.charter.net/gonzo367/100.jpg

This is Jim Baker's "god". Always has been, always will be. He prays to the U.S. Mint.


Matthew 21:13 And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."


In the red. That is Jim Baker to a T. And BTW: Great video, a definate blast from the past. I don't believe I heard a song by the Hooters since I was in the Navy. "All You Zombies" it was...

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[Riverboat]

He shoulda taken the advice of a number of our posters to lie low for a year after getting sprung, praying and fasting for guidance. It worked for Saint Paul.

[Lubbock]

What Gonzo said.