PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: televangelism

Jim Bakker was an American televangelist, best remembered as the cohost, with his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, of the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy Show). He began his career...

Kenneth Copeland is an American televangelist and member of the Word of Faith prosperity gospel movement that teaches that faith and donations to the church are divinely rewarded with health, wealth, and...

Paula White is an American Pentecostal pastor, speaker, and author associated with the controversial prosperity gospel message, which teaches that faith—expressed through positive thoughts, positive declarations,...

Joyce Meyer is a prominent American televangelist, author, and speaker known for her dynamic teaching style and practical approach to Christian living. Her ministry grew in popularity throughout the 1990s...

Benny Hinn is a televangelist, faith healer, and author known for his “miracle crusades” that are held in major cities and broadcast on his Christian television show This Is Your Day. Hinn frequently espouses...

T.D. Jakes is an American nondenominational bishop, author, and speaker who founded The Potter’s House, a Dallas megachurch. He is known for his charismatic preaching style and for his influence in contemporary...

Tammy Faye Messner was an American televangelist and singer best remembered as the diminutive wife of Jim Bakker and as his cohost on the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy...

Oral Roberts was an American Pentecostal evangelist known for his televised faith-healing ministry. Roberts was one of the first proponents of the “prosperity gospel,” a theology teaching that God desires...

Jerry Falwell was an American religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the Moral Majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values. Although his grandfather and...

Joel Osteen is an American televangelist, theologian, speaker, and author who has attracted millions of followers with his simple and positive sermons and his best-selling books. Osteen’s parents founded...

Jimmy Swaggart was an American televangelist and gospel music performer. He was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988 after a sex scandal involving prostitutes. Swaggart’s father was a sharecropper...

Pat Robertson was an American evangelist who was noted for his conservative views. He founded (1960) what became the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), which aired his talk show, The 700 Club. Robertson...