The success of a childrens program, Come On Over, and a talk show, The 700 Club, led Jim Bakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye Messner, to take on projects more ambitious in scope.

The PTL Club, a late night talk show, helped them garner international fame. The building of the PTL headquarters began in the 1970s, and a theme park, Heritage USA, soon followed. The empire came down crashing in the 1980s, after Jessica Hahn opened up about an encounter in December 1980.

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