John Wigger: 2 books
American Saint
Francis Asbury and the Methodists
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history. Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and...
PTL
The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
In 1974 Jim and Tammy Bakker launched their television show, the PTL Club, from a former furniture store in Charlotte, N.C. with half a dozen friends. By 1987 they stood at the center of a ministry empire that included their own satellite network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million people...