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In Son of a Preacher Man Jay Bakker, son of famous televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, tells the compelling story of growing up in the glaring lights of a television studio. It's all here: the Bakker family's public disgrace, the fall of the PTL (Praise The Lord) media empire, and Bakker's subsequent plunge into a morass of anxiety and selfdestruction. But Son of a Preacher Man is more than a tell-all -- it is a story that dramatizes the human toll of this tragedy on the Bakker family, with insight into the seismic shifts that nearly destroyed his father and wrecked his parents' longtime marriage. It is the story of a prodigal son's return to the true meaning of God's love and acceptance. It is the story of a boy who was lost, but on the journey back from ruin finds a better way to understand and live life. It is the story of discovering God's grace and of becoming a man.
Despite years of disillusionment, alcoholism, and heartbreak, Bakker managed to continue on his spiritual quest. First he worked to redeem his father...then his faith. Bakker began his service with Revolution, a ministry for skateboarders, punk rockers, and hippiesthe street kids he knew best. He shared the message that saved his life -- the message of Jesus that God's love is infinitely generous. Now Bakker has a large and growing ministry among the tattooed and pierced of downtown Atlanta who feel rejected by the traditional Church yet flock to hear his message of grace and love.
Ultimately, Son of a Preacher Man is a story about resurrection -- of one lost young man, of his disgraced and imprisoned father, and of the hope that can't be destroyed by the machinations of power-hungry preachers, The long, lonely road that Bakker traveled taught him that you can't earn or make yourself worthy of the love of God, but if you are willing to let go and open up, that infinite love is waiting to welcome you home with open arms.
- Sales Rank: #644436 in Books
- Color: Other
- Published on: 2001-12-24
- Released on: 2001-12-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x .67" w x 5.50" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 218 pages
Amazon.com Review
By any standard, Jay Bakker has had it rough. The son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay was only 11 years old when his parents' empire collapsed and his family was vilified as the epitome of televangelism's excesses. Jay Bakker's autobiography, Son of a Preacher Man, unflinchingly addresses all of his family's major scandals, including his father's affair with Jessica Hahn and his mother's battle with drug addiction. Bakker also reveals that by age 13, he had developed a serious drinking problem, and that was only the beginning of a long period of rebellion that intensified during his father's years in prison. After his father's release, Jim and Jay began to rebuild their relationship, and Jay, though still struggling with alcoholism, discerned a calling to ministry. After several false starts he built a ministry to young people in Atlanta called Revolution. As a minister, Bakker's main interest is in the kids that churches overlook--the pierced, tattooed, smoking, drinking kind. The message of this ministry, like the message of this book, is simple: "Jesus loves you for who you are, not who you can become." Bakker says that he still works every day to learn that lesson, and to pass it on to others, as he does with some eloquence in Son of a Preacher Man. --Paul Power
From Publishers Weekly
From the opening epigram (a passage from Romans about learning from trials and adversities) to the rousing concluding chapter, this memoir by the son of the scandal-ridden televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker inspires, captivates and entertains. Even before his dad was arrested, Jay confesses, family life began to fall apart: Mom was addicted to drugs, and Jay's 16-year-old sister ran off to marry her beau. And then, in a haze of scandal, his father, whom Jay lionizes, was sentenced in 1989 to 45 years in prison. Jay's portrait of Papa Bakker is extremely sympathetic--at times, a tad too worshipful. He also includes a touching vignette about Jimmy Swaggart, who agreed to help Jay get his father's prison sentence reduced when no other big-name pastors dared to intervene. In the years since his father was released from prison, young Jay Bakker has discovered he's an alcoholic, and gotten sober; fallen in love, and gotten married; and realized he's a sinner, and gotten right with God. He's now a pastor--a tattooed, hip pastor--in Atlanta, ministering to street youth on skateboards. Readers are sure to love Bakker's delightfully down-to-earth, slightly self-mocking tone ("For a while I thought I was Jim Morrison," he says about his acid-tripping, cowboy-boot-sporting days in high school), and will hope he'll somehow carve out time to write more books.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Twenty-five-old Jay Bakker, who currently ministers to punk rockers, hippies, and street kids in Atlanta, is the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the former TV evangelists. Jay, who has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine and has appeared on Larry King Live, grew up amid material abundance in the Bakkers' multimillion-dollar Christian retreat and playground, Heritage, USA. When he was just 12, his mother "overmedicated" and ended up in the Betty Ford Clinic, his parents' rocky marriage lapsed into infidelity, and news of his father's affair quickly led to the loss of the Heritage, USA, "empire." Tried and convicted of de,frauding followers of $158 million, his father was imprisoned, and Jay's life collapsed before he was 13. Rebellion followed, difficulties at school increased, and alcoholism and drugs took over. Moves to new locations brought cycles of hope amid bouts of drunken and drugged despair. Nonetheless, Jay began to minister to the street kids with whom he identified. With this book, he proclaims a very personal message to outcasts, emphasizing Jesus' unconditional love. Recommended for young adult collections.DGeorge Westerlund, Palmyra, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Extreme Trial Resulted in Renewed Faith
By Ryan D.
As Jay says in this book, if anyone had a reason to abandon belief in God then it would be him. He gives an insightful and emotional account of PTL days, the betrayal of his family by many Christians, and his struggle to get his life back together and find God.
As one who has felt disconnected from God, and have struggled on my own path to faith, Jay's story resonated with me very much.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Finding Grace...
By D. Smithee
...is what Jay Bakker was trying to do his entire life and this book gives some details on the bumps in the road he encountered. His all too brief account of his childhood in the spotlight of the PTL television ministry and what happened after his father's fall can be riveting at times. Bakker's childhood was one of privilege that was wrested away mainly by the machinations of rival television preachers. He reveals the motivations of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and others mainly being attempts to gain money and influence at the cost of his family's happiness and harmony.
More important is what happened afterward. Bakker becomes something of a drifter. He enters the world of clubbing, partying, drinking and drugs. And it takes him a long time to realize how addicted he's become and how much these things are affecting his life. Good things happen along the way. He makes friends, meets and marries his wife, founds a ministry, but most importantly, he discovers what has made him depressed. He was trying to earn his salvation rather than discover grace, hence the title of the book.
You get the sense that Bakker isn't all the way there yet. He still has steps to take and things to do. The book is several years old now and hopefully there will be a follow up volume to fill in some the gaps. I think he has discovered the true heart of Christianity and reaches out to those who need it most. All the while dealing with the learning disorder, dyslexia.
The book is written in a clear and simple, but not simplistic, style that make it very easy to read and difficult to put down. I read it in a few hours and am very glad I did.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Son of a Preacher Man
By Robert E. Patton
This book is a very interesting history of the PTL network and events following it's demise as seen through the eyes of Jay Bakker, the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Several things come through. 1/ He was left in the care of others rather than his parents much of the time and was not properly disciplined. 2/ He never really heard the Gospel of Grace (i.e. the good news that salvation is by the grace of God through faithin Jesus Christ and NOT by works) until years after PTL was gone. 3/ The message he got was mainly presenting a good image to outsiders, whether phoney or not, and to earn salvation by good works. 4/ He personally had crisis after crisis, recorded in the book, and ended in total dispair and a life of drunkenness and drugs. 5/ He clearly sensed that "church people" had turned their backs on him. Then, through some folks who did not give up on him, he really heard the "GOOD NEWS" which to him was good news indeed. 6/ Gradually (NOT overnight) his life began to have meaning and purpose as God led him to tell his friends on "skid row" what God had done in his life. The result is that he has a ministry with people whom many would consider beyond hope. He knows there is hope because he was where they were. 7/ He has a lot to say about the weaknesses in the US church community and in explaining the need for reality in the lives of true believers. Worth reading...hard to put down!
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