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Part One: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker

Behind the Bastards

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Jim Baker's Amusement Park in Carolina

heritage USA was initially planned as almost a whole enclosed christian society built in the twin images of Jim Baker and Walt Disney. PTL started laying off employees and making up the shortfall in labor by calling for Saturday work sessions which were unpaid employees. The park would eventually become the third most popular amusement park in the United States right after Disneyland and Disney World so this is a huge amusement parkYeah yeah built on 1200 acres of carolina land heritage USA was originally planned as almost an enclosed christiansociety built in the twins image of Jim Baker  and Walt Disney. becomes Christian Walt Disney Yeah which is an interesting move in 1978 the bakers broke ground on heritage heritage USA now this was Jim

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