Writer on Religion and Culture

Martyn Wendell Jones

1 article 2018

Martyn Wendell Jones is a writer who contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2018. He wrote about American religious culture, covering the rise and fall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: A Scandal of the Self

March 2, 2018 · Evangelicals, Books and Art, sexual misconduct

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were a husband-and-wife televangelist team who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s before their ministry was brought down by scandal, trickery, and bankruptcy. They lived extravagant lives in front of the camera, inviting viewers into their beautiful homes for…