‘A most interesting life’: 4 Christian leaders react to the death of Jim Bakker

The Scheme (Lifetime Partnerships)

• The Pitch: Between 1984 and 1987, Bakker sold over 159,000 fraudulent "lifetime partnerships" (costing around $1,000 each) to contributors.
• The Promise: Buyers were told their $1,000 purchase gave them a right to a free annual stay at a luxury hotel at the Heritage USA resort.
• The Fraud: Bakker promised to limit these partnerships to 25,000 (a number the resort could actually accommodate), but instead oversold them nearly seven times over to raise more than $158–$400 million.
• Luxury Spending: Instead of using the funds to build and maintain the promised lodgings, Bakker and his inner circle diverted the money to fund an opulent lifestyle—including six-figure salaries, luxury cars, a private jet, and gold-plated fixture

My memory: con man and false teacher

https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight/heritage-usa-fraud

https://sharperiron.org/tag/jim-bakker

Remember his "Time of Trouble Beans"?

https://sharperiron.org/filings/112514/30331

He was an unrepentant con-man to the end