Tammy Faye Bakker (aka Tammy Faye Messner) wasn't your usual television icon. This charismatic talk show host was one of the world's most famous televangelists, building an empire of influence with ...

In the 1980s, the televangelist Jim Bakker was riding a sensational wave of fame, religious fervor and cash, bringing in more than $100 million in revenue annually as the founder and face, along with ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Over many centuries, interpretations of the Bible have led kings and elected leaders alike to, among other things, set prohibitions on divorce, criminalize ...

Elton John is blaming politics for the failure of his musical “Tammy Faye.” The EGOT winner, 78, spoke about the pricey show that he produced having a short-lived run on Broadway in an interview with ...

The singer produced the musical, which also featured his music. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “We put out two musicals recently, one a huge flop in America and the other a huge hit in England,” he ...

The first church Ronald Roe Messner built was the Douglas Avenue Assembly of God in Wichita. He was around 22 when he finished it with a company he started when he was 17. His mother had to sign the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Ronald “Roe” Messner, a prominent Wichita builder and husband of the late Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner, has died. Born in Waldron, Kansas, in 1935, Ronald graduated from East ...

Free speech is becoming an increasingly precious commodity in the 2020s, thanks to the censoriousness of President Donald Trump and X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk. If you speak truth to power in ...

It’s only November, and Broadway has posted its first closing notice. “Tammy Faye,” the new $25 million Elton John musical about Tammy Faye Bakker, will close on Dec. 8, at which point it will have ...

For those who might need a refresher, Tammy Faye Messner was a popular televangelist who founded the program The PTL Club. Working alongside her husband Jim Bakker, Faye even built a Christian theme ...