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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

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Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died.

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Elton John turns the saga of televangelist Tammy Faye into song for Broadway

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When Elton John was on tour in America during the 1970s, there was someone on TV who caught his eye.

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Elton John's musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

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Elton Johnโ€™s musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from London.

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A Toronto Film Festival that straddles normal and virtual

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The Toronto International Film Festival is uniquely reliant on crowds, which has made its 2021 edition particularly challenging during the pandemic.

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Toronto Film Festival to open with โ€˜Dear Evan Hansenโ€™

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The adaptation of the Broadway hit and Tony-winner โ€œDear Evan Hansen,โ€ Edgar Wrightโ€™s โ€™60s London themed โ€œLast Night in Soho,โ€ and โ€œThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeโ€ are just a few of the major films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival this September.

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Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims

Read full article: Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims

Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the TV pastor of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure COVID-19.

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Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims

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FILE - In this Friday, March 2, 2018 file photo, televangelist Jim Bakker leaves a funeral service for the Rev. Applicants seeking PPP loans were asked to certify they werent engaged in any activity that is illegal under federal, state or local law. Bakkers co-counsel is Jay Nixon, a former four-term Missouri attorney general and two-term Democratic governor. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge pushes back on framing the lawsuit as a religious freedom infringement. Dont let me have to file for bankruptcy.A week later, Arvest Bank, as the lender, released three PPP loans to Bakkers church management, production and retreat entities.

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Liberty University and Falwell: A bond that's hard to break

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(AP Photo/Steve Helber)RICHMOND, Va. Jerry Falwell Jr. has been toppled, at least temporarily, from the presidency of evangelical Liberty University, but whether he will break permanently with the Christian institution that is synonymous with his family name is another matter. Jerry Falwell Sr. into the ministry, took over as president following his fathers death in 2007. The vision laid out by Falwells father rests in part on athletic success, which has improved under his son, who has outfitted the Liberty Flames with top-notch facilities. Adam Laats, a professor at Binghamton University in New York who studies American education, predicted that Falwell would return to Liberty not as president but in another capacity. Harkening back to a sentiment expressed by the elder Falwell, Carson observed: Its not Jerry Jr.s university.

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