Jim Bakker

===Return to televangelism===
[[File:Thorvaldsen's Christ in Grace Street Studio Building.jpg|thumb|The set of ''The Jim Bakker Show'' in [[Blue Eye, Missouri]]]]
In 2003, Bakker began broadcasting ''The Jim Bakker Show'' daily at Studio City Café in [[Branson, Missouri]], with his second wife Lori;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20060708-2006-07-08-0607080152-story.html|title=Televangelist Rebuilds His Life After Scandal|first=Kevin |last=Murphy|newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]|date=July 7, 2006|language=en-US|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812193450/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20060708-2006-07-08-0607080152-story.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> it has been carried on [[Christian Television Network|CTN]], [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]], Folk TV, Grace Network (Canada), [[Daystar Television Canada]], [[GEB America]], [[Hope Channel|Hope TV]] (Canada), Impact Network, [[WGN America|WGN]], [[Family Broadcasting Corporation|WHT]], [[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT Network]], [[The Word Network]], UpliftTV, and [[Z Living|ZLiving]] networks.<ref>{{Cite journal|title='New' Jim Bakker Returns to Christian Television|journal=Charisma News Service|date=June 2, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|title=Broadcast Listings|website=The Jim Bakker Show|date=May 7, 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143653/https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/news/ptl-shop-and-the-jim-bakker-show-now-on-zliving/|title=PTL Shop and The Jim Bakker Show now on ZLiving!|website=The Jim Bakker Show|date=July 25, 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729211145/https://jimbakkershow.com/news/ptl-shop-and-the-jim-bakker-show-now-on-zliving/|archive-date=July 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of Bakker's audience receives his program on [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bakker |first=Jim |title=Broadcast Listings |url=https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|publisher=The Jim Bakker Show |website=jimbakkershow.com|date=May 7, 2011 |access-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143653/https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Bakker condemned the [[prosperity theology]] in which he took part earlier in his career, and has embraced [[apocalypticism]].<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite news |last=McKinney |first=Kelsey |title=The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker |url-status=live |work=[[Buzzfeed News]] |date=May 19, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181320/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker |archive-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> His show has a [[Millennialism|millennial]], [[survivalist]] focus and sells buckets of [[freeze-dried]] food, such as beans on toast,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohr |first=Kylie |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's "Survival Food" |website=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food }}</ref> to his audience in preparation for the [[Eschatology|end of days]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mohr |first=Kylie |title=Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food |url-status=live |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 3, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131201031/http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food |archive-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> Elspeth Reeve wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that Bakker's "doomsday survival gear" is overpriced.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reeve |first=Elspeth |title=Jim Bakker's Doomsday Survival Gear Is Way Overpriced |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/jim-bakkers-doomsday-survival-gear-way-overpriced/327958/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306023057/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/jim-bakkers-doomsday-survival-gear-way-overpriced/327958/|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A man named Jerry Crawford, who credits Bakker with saving his marriage, invested $25 million in a new ministry for Bakker in [[Blue Eye, Missouri]], named Morningside USA. Production for ''The Jim Bakker Show'' moved to Morningside in 2008.<ref name="buzzfeed"/>

====Prophecies and statements====
In 2013, Bakker wrote ''Time Has Come: How to Prepare Now for Epic Events Ahead'' about end-time events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21414015-time-has-come|title=Time Has Come|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> Bakker has changed his views on [[prosperity theology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prosperity Gospel Apocalypse: Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL Empire|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2017/07/sex-money-fame-and-the-evangelical-empire-of-jim-and-tammy-faye-bakker/|website=[[Patheos]]|date=July 26, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112850/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2017/07/sex-money-fame-and-the-evangelical-empire-of-jim-and-tammy-faye-bakker/|archive-date=February 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 1980 book ''Eight Keys to Success'', he stated, "God wants you to be happy, God wants you to be rich, God wants you to prosper."<ref>{{cite book|last=Wigger|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjsqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |title=PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire|pages=7|publisher=John H. Wigger|year=2017|isbn=9780199379729}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9447990-eight-keys-to-success|title=Eight Keys To Success|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523231351/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9447990-eight-keys-to-success|archive-date=May 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 1996 book, ''I Was Wrong'', he admitted that the first time he actually read the Bible all the way through was in prison. Bakker also wrote that he realized that he had taken passages out of context and used them as [[prooftext]]s to support his [[prosperity theology]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bakker|first=Jim|title=I Was Wrong: Excerpt From Jim Bakker's Autobiographical Book. Bakker admits to study the Bible|url=http://www.spiritwatch.org/firejbwrong.htm|quote=The more I studied the Bible|publisher=Spiritwatch Ministries|year=1996|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224005909/http://spiritwatch.org/firejbwrong.htm|archive-date=February 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bakker's revived show features a number of ministers who bill themselves as "prophets". He now says that "PTL" stands for "Prophets Talking Loud".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/news/the-5-principles-of-faith/|title=The 5 Principles of Faith|first=Jim|last=Bakker|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703005054/https://jimbakkershow.com/news/the-5-principles-of-faith/|archive-date=July 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In an October 2017 video, Bakker said that "God will punish those" who ridicule him;<ref>{{cite web|last=Mazza|first=Ed|title=Jim Bakker Says God Will Punish You For Making Fun Of Him|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bakker-stop-making-fun-of-me_us_59e593f3e4b0a2324d1d2f54|quote=Jim Bakker: One day, you're going to shake your fist in God's face. And you're going to say, 'God, why didn't you warn me?' He's gonna say, 'You sat there and you made fun of Jim Bakker all those years. I warned you, but you didn't listen.|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=October 17, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107145213/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bakker-stop-making-fun-of-me_us_59e593f3e4b0a2324d1d2f54|archive-date=January 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> he has said that [[Hurricane Harvey]] was a judgment of God, and he blamed [[Hurricane Matthew]] on then-President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Disgraced pastor Jim Bakker says Hurricane Harvey was 'judgment' from God while selling his Tasty Pantry bucket for $175|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/disgraced-pastor-jim-bakker-calls-hurricane-harvey-judgement-article-1.3473935|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083505/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/disgraced-pastor-jim-bakker-calls-hurricane-harvey-judgement-article-1.3473935|archive-date=February 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tashman|first=Brian|title=Jim Bakker Blames Hurricane Matthew On Obama|url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-blames-hurricane-matthew-on-obama/ |publisher=Right Wing Watch|date=October 17, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083601/http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-blames-hurricane-matthew-on-obama/|archive-date=February 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Bakker predicted that if then-President [[Donald Trump]] was [[Efforts to impeach Donald Trump|impeached]], Christians would begin a Second American Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|title=Televangelist Jim Bakker: Christians will start a civil war if Trump is impeached|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|quote=Jim Bakker: If it happens, there will be a civil war in the United States of America. |last=Delk |first=Josh |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348418-televangelist-jim-bakker-christians-will-start-new-civil-war-if/|date=August 29, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014707/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348418-televangelist-jim-bakker-christians-will-start-new-civil-war-if|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He compared the [[2017 Washington train derailment]] to the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking]] of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] and stated the [[Amtrak]] train derailment was a warning from God.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mantlya|first=Kyle|title=Jim Bakker: Washington Train Derailment Was A Warning From God|url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-washington-train-derailment-was-a-warning-from-god/|publisher=Right Wing Watch|quote=Jim Bakker: The great preachers of all times have said the ''Titanic'' is God's warning|date=January 3, 2018|access-date=February 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032207/http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-washington-train-derailment-was-a-warning-from-god/|archive-date=February 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He also claimed that he predicted the [[September 11 attacks]] of 2001, stating that he "saw 9/11 in 1999 before [[New Year's Eve]]" and that there would "be terrorism" and bombings in New York City and [[Washington, D.C.]]"<ref>{{cite web|title=Televangelist Jim Bakker claims he predicted 9/11 disaster|url=https://joltleft.com/televangelist-jim-bakker-claims-he-predicted-911-disaster/|quote=Jim Bakker: I saw 9/11 in 1999 before New Year's Eve ... I said there's going to be terrorism; there's going to be a bombing in New York and Washington DC. I said it would be at a high defense location in DC ...|publisher=Jolt Left|date=August 23, 2011|access-date=February 25, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032244/https://joltleft.com/televangelist-jim-bakker-claims-he-predicted-911-disaster/|archive-date=February 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A few days after the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]], he stated that "God came to [him] in a dream... and he was wearing camouflage, a hunting vest and had an [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15]] strapped to his back" and that God supported Trump's plan to [[arm teachers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Bakker Supports Arming Some Teachers: 'Jesus Loves AR-15'|url=https://www.nova-magazine.net/jim-bakker-supports-arming-some-teachers-jesus-loves-ar-15/|quote=To me, that is a sign that he is against gun control. God ordained Donald Trump and he supports his plan to arm teachers.|work=nova-magazine.net|date=February 22, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142257/https://www.nova-magazine.net/jim-bakker-supports-arming-some-teachers-jesus-loves-ar-15/|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the death of [[Billy Graham]] on February 21, 2018, Bakker attended Graham's funeral and paid his respects, stating that Graham was the greatest preacher since [[Jesus]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marusak |first1=Joe |last2=Funk |first2=Tim |title=Fallen evangelist Jim Bakker and wife pay their respects to Billy Graham in Charlotte |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/billy-graham-life/article202470224.html |work=[[The Charlotte Observer]]|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228091355/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/billy-graham-life/article202470224.html|archive-date=February 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and also remarking that Graham had visited him in prison.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dyches|first=Chris|title=Fallen PTL pastor Jim Bakker recalls prison visit from Rev. Billy Graham|url=http://m.wbtv.com/story/37607004/fallen-ptl-pastor-jim-bakker-recalls-prison-visit-from-rev-billy-graham|publisher=[[WBTV]]|location=Charlotte, N.C.|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306023215/http://m.wbtv.com/story/37607004/fallen-ptl-pastor-jim-bakker-recalls-prison-visit-from-rev-billy-graham|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the ''Stand in the Gap Today'' radio program, Pennsylvania Pastors Network president Sam Rohrer criticized Bakker's civil-war prediction.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gryboski|first=Michael|title=Pastors Network Pres: Jim Bakker Is Wrong, Christians Won't Start 'Civil War' Over Trump Impeachment|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-network-president-jim-bakker-wrong-christians-wont-start-civil-war-over-trump-impeachment-197355/|work=[[The Christian Post]]|date=August 31, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073339/https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-network-president-jim-bakker-wrong-christians-wont-start-civil-war-over-trump-impeachment-197355/|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Christian Today]]'' criticized Bakker's show for preying on "the most vulnerable kinds of people" and claimed that it had "no place on our TV screens."<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Martin|title=Jim Bakker's TV show amounts to spiritual abuse – so why is he still broadcasting?|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/uk/jim-bakkers-tv-show-amounts-to-spiritual-abuse-so-why-is-he-still-broadcasting/128881.htm|work=[[Christian Today]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064231/https://www.christiantoday.com/uk/jim-bakkers-tv-show-amounts-to-spiritual-abuse-so-why-is-he-still-broadcasting/128881.htm|archive-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

====COVID-19 misinformation====
{{see also|Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
Bakker sold [[colloidal silver]] supplements that he advertised as a [[panacea (medicine)|panacea]]. In March&nbsp;2020, the office of the [[Attorney General of New York]] ordered Bakker to cease making false medicinal claims about his supplements' alleged ability to cure the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|2019–2020 strains of coronavirus]], and the [[Federal Trade Commission]] and the [[Food and Drug Administration]] also sent a warning letter to Bakker about his claims regarding the supplements and coronavirus.<ref>{{cite news |title=NY AG Letitia James orders televangelist Jim Bakker to quit advertising coronavirus cure |date=March 6, 2020 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/ny-ag-letitia-james-orders-televangelist-jim-bakker-to-quit-advertising-coronavirus-cures/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306142558/https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/ny-ag-letitia-james-orders-televangelist-jim-bakker-to-quit-advertising-coronavirus-cures/ |archive-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FDA, FTC sends warning letter to ''Jim Bakker Show'' |date=March 9, 2020 |newspaper=Ozarks Independent |url=http://ozarksindependent.com/2020/03/09/fda-ftc-sends-warning-letter-to-jim-bakker-show/ |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406135333/http://ozarksindependent.com/2020/03/09/fda-ftc-sends-warning-letter-to-jim-bakker-show/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Missouri]] attorney general [[Eric Schmitt]] and [[Arkansas]] attorney general [[Leslie Rutledge]] filed lawsuits against Bakker for allegedly pushing the supplements as a treatment for the virus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Federal government, Missouri AG tell area pastor to stop claiming coronavirus cure |website=Branson tri-lakes News |url=http://bransontrilakesnews.com/news_free/article_d2e39562-62fd-11ea-a417-1b9ee625bd44.html |access-date=March 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311153024/http://www.bransontrilakesnews.com/news_free/article_d2e39562-62fd-11ea-a417-1b9ee625bd44.html |archive-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Bakker sued by second state for selling fake coronavirus cure |website=[[CBS News]] |date=June 17, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-bakker-sued-by-second-state-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure/ |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717181336/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-bakker-sued-by-second-state-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure/}}</ref> In the State lawsuit against him, Bakker is represented by former Missouri governor [[Jay Nixon]], who has argued for the suit to be dismissed. Nixon says that the allegations made in the lawsuit are false, stating: "Bakker is being unfairly targeted by those who want to crush his ministry and force his Christian television program off the air."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Bakker seeks dismissal of suit claiming he touted false virus cure |last=Salter |first=John |date=May 5, 2020 |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |url=https://www.startribune.com/jim-bakker-seeks-suit-dismissal-ex-governor-is-his-lawyer/570207402/ |access-date=May 6, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507124231/https://www.startribune.com/jim-bakker-seeks-suit-dismissal-ex-governor-is-his-lawyer/570207402/ |archive-date=May 7, 2020}}</ref>

In April 2020, prohibited from receiving credit card transactions, Bakker disclosed to his viewers that his ministry was on the brink of filing for bankruptcy and urgently petitioned them for donations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Televangelist asks viewers to send checks after credit card companies cut him off for selling fake coronavirus cure |last=Slisco |first=Aila |date=April 22, 2020 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |language=en |url=https://www.newsweek.com/televangelist-asks-viewers-send-checks-after-credit-card-companies-cut-him-off-selling-fake-1499636 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426214105/https://www.newsweek.com/televangelist-asks-viewers-send-checks-after-credit-card-companies-cut-him-off-selling-fake-1499636}}</ref>

The following month, GEB America and World Harvest Television dropped Bakker's program from their networks after [[DirecTV]] owner [[AT&T]] asked channels to reconsider airing the show. AT&T made the request of its channels in response to a [[deplatforming]] campaign from the liberal Christian group Faithful America.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holman |first=Gregory J. |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Liberal Christian group says TV network tied to Oral Roberts University drops Bakker show |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/missouri/2020/05/06/jim-bakker-show-oral-roberts-university-geb-network-faithful-america/5175969002/ |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="stroke">{{cite web |last=Marusak |first=Joe |date=May 8, 2020 |title=TV pastor Jim Bakker suffers stroke, wife and son confirm. 'Jim will be back!' |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article242596441.html |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510232623/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article242596441.html|url-status=live |archive-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

On May 8, 2020, Lori Bakker announced that Jim Bakker had suffered a stroke that his son Jay described as “minor”. Lori stated that he would be taking a sabbatical from the program until he recovers. She blamed the stroke on Bakker's hard work on his show and wrote that he had described the criticism against him as “the most vicious attack that he has ever experienced”.<ref name="stroke"/> Bakker returned to his program for the first time following his stroke on July 8, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marusak |first=Joe |date=July 8, 2020 |title=TV pastor Jim Bakker returns to his show for the first time since suffering a stroke |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article244094697.html |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710173315/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article244094697.html}}</ref>

On June 23, 2021, Missouri Attorney General [[Eric Schmitt]] announced the settlement of the state's lawsuit against Bakker.  Bakker and Morningside Church would be prohibited from saying silver solution could "diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat, or cure any disease or illness". Restitution of about $157,000 would also be paid to those who bought silver solution between February 12, 2020, and March 10, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wert |first=Jason |date=June 23, 2021 |title=Attorney General settles suit with Jim Bakker |website=[[KWTO (AM)]] |url=https://933kwto.com/attorney-general-schmitt-settles-suit-with-jim-bakker/ |access-date=June 23, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623161425/https://933kwto.com/attorney-general-schmitt-settles-suit-with-jim-bakker/ |archive-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>