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In 2003, Bakker began broadcasting ''The Jim Bakker Show'' daily at Studio City Café in [[Branson, Missouri]], with his second wife Lori;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20060708-2006-07-08-0607080152-story.html|title=Televangelist Rebuilds His Life After Scandal|first=Kevin |last=Murphy|newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]|date=July 7, 2006|language=en-US|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812193450/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20060708-2006-07-08-0607080152-story.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> it has been carried on [[Christian Television Network|CTN]], [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]], Folk TV, Grace Network (Canada), [[Daystar Television Canada]], [[GEB America]], [[Hope Channel|Hope TV]] (Canada), Impact Network, [[WGN America|WGN]], [[Family Broadcasting Corporation|WHT]], [[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT Network]], [[The Word Network]], UpliftTV, and [[Z Living|ZLiving]] networks.<ref>{{Cite journal|title='New' Jim Bakker Returns to Christian Television|work=Charisma News Service|date=June 2, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|title=Broadcast Listings|website=The Jim Bakker Show|date=May 7, 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143653/https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/news/ptl-shop-and-the-jim-bakker-show-now-on-zliving/|title=PTL Shop and The Jim Bakker Show now on ZLiving!|website=The Jim Bakker Show|date=July 25, 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729211145/https://jimbakkershow.com/news/ptl-shop-and-the-jim-bakker-show-now-on-zliving/|archive-date=July 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of Bakker's audience receives his program on [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bakker |first=Jim |title=Broadcast Listings |url=https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|publisher=The Jim Bakker Show |website=jimbakkershow.com|date=May 7, 2011 |access-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143653/https://jimbakkershow.com/watch-us-live/broadcast-listings/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Bakker condemned the [[prosperity theology]] in which he took part earlier in his career, and has embraced [[apocalypticism]].<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite news |last=McKinney |first=Kelsey |title=The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker |url-status=live |work=[[Buzzfeed News]] |date=May 19, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181320/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker |archive-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> His show has a [[Millennialism|millennial]], [[survivalist]] focus and sells buckets of [[freeze-dried]] food, such as beans on toast<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohr |first=Kylie |date=December 3rd 2015 |title=Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's "Survival Food" |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food |url-status=live}}</ref>, to his audience in preparation for the [[Eschatology|end of days]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mohr |first=Kylie |title=Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food |url-status=live |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 3, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131201031/http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food |archive-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> Elspeth Reeve wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that Bakker's "doomsday survival gear" is overpriced.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reeve |first=Elspeth |title=Jim Bakker's Doomsday Survival Gear Is Way Overpriced |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/jim-bakkers-doomsday-survival-gear-way-overpriced/327958/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306023057/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/jim-bakkers-doomsday-survival-gear-way-overpriced/327958/|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A man named Jerry Crawford, who credits Bakker with saving his marriage, invested $25 million in a new ministry for Bakker in [[Blue Eye, Missouri]], named Morningside USA. Production for ''The Jim Bakker Show'' moved to Morningside in 2008.<ref name="buzzfeed"/>
 
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