The PTL Satellite Network, also known as The PTL Television Network and often referred to as simply PTL, was a global evangelical Christian television network based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, founded by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in 1977. During PTL's ten year history, the Bakkers, as hosts of the network's flagship talk show, The PTL Club, became two of the most recognizable televangelists in the United States.

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  • "The Inspirational Network"
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  • "The Inspirational Network"
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  • The PTL Satellite Network, also known as The PTL Television Network and often referred to as simply PTL, was a global evangelical Christian television network based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, founded by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in 1977. During PTL's ten year history, the Bakkers, as hosts of the network's flagship talk show, The PTL Club, became two of the most recognizable televangelists in the United States. The Bakkers and their network were affiliated with the Assemblies of God, a conservative Pentecostal denomination . Over the course of its existence, the PTL ministry would develop Heritage USA, a religious theme park in Fort Mill, South Carolina near Charlotte, North Carolina that would gradually become the third most popular vacationing destination in America, behind Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The PTL ministry would collapse in 1987, after a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn, accused the evangelist of rape, and subsequent scandals revealed that the couple had used the non-profit PTL's donations to fund an opulent personal lifestyle. Bakker would be sent to prison for embezzlement in 1989. In the late 1980's, the network was known as PTL-The Inspirational Network. In an effort to distance the network from the PTL scandal, the name PTL was dropped from the network's name in 1988 and it became known simply as The Inspiration Network. After PTL declared bankruptcy, the cable network was sold in 1989 to Morris Cerullo World Evangelism of San Diego, California and, after several years of being known as INSP, became known as Inspiration, now headquartered at new facilities that were recently constructed in nearby Indian Land, South Carolina. The Inspiration Network operates as a separate and distinct entity chaired by Morris Cerullo's son David.
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  • 1977, relaunched 1990 as INSP
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  • PTL Satellite Network (a.k.a. The PTL Television Network)
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  • 1987 - renamed The Inspirational Network
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  • "The Inspirational Network"
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  • 1990 - The New Inspirational Network
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  • The PTL Satellite Network, also known as The PTL Television Network and often referred to as simply PTL, was a global evangelical Christian television network based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, founded by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in 1977. During PTL's ten year history, the Bakkers, as hosts of the network's flagship talk show, The PTL Club, became two of the most recognizable televangelists in the United States.
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  • PTL Satellite Network
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  • PTL Satellite Network (a.k.a. The PTL Television Network)
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