im Bakker: A Life of Faith, Scandal, and Redemption Jim Bakker is a controversial figure in American history. He is best known as a televangelist who founded the Praise the Lord (PTL) Club, a popular Christian television program that aired from 1974 to 1987. Bakker was also the founder of Heritage USA, a Christian theme …
The Branch Davidians were a religious group that was founded in 1935 by Victor Houteff. The group was originally a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but they later broke away from the Adventists and formed their own church. The Branch Davidians believed that the end of the world was imminent, and they prepared …
The Family International (TFI) is a Christian New Religious Movement founded in Huntington Beach, California, USA, in 1968 by David Berg that has been criticized as an authoritarian cult. Originally named Teens for Christ, it has gone under a number of different names. It gained notoriety as The Children of God (COG). It was later …