[Ans] Which televangelist was former host of the PTL Club was sentenced to jail for mail and wire fraud?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which televangelist was former host of the PTL Club was sentenced to jail for mail and wire fraud?"

James Bakker is a televangelist, former Assemblies of God minister, and former host (with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker) of The PTL Club, an evangelical Christian television program. A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry. He was later indicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud and of conspiring to defraud the public. The case against the founder of Praise the Lord (PTL) Ministries exploded in the press when it was revealed that Bakker had sex with former church secretary Jessica Hahn.

[Answer] Which televangelist was former host of the PTL Club was sentenced to jail for mail and wire fraud?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which televangelist was former host of the PTL Club was sentenced to jail for mail and wire fraud?"

...James Bakker is a televangelist, former Assemblies of God minister, convicted felon, and former host (with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker) of The PTL Club, an evangelical Christian television program. A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry. Subsequent revelations of accounting fraud brought about his conviction, imprisonment and divorce. Bakker later remarried and returned to televangelism, where he founded his new ministry Morningside Church in Blue Eye, Missouri and currently works on The Jim Bakker Show. He sells buckets of food to his audience on the show, in preparation for the end of days.