The youngest child of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, he grew up in Charlotte.
Multi-tattooed and pierced, the 32-year-old Bakker doesn't look the role of a preacher, but his birth right includes one of the best-known names in Christian evangelism. Jay Bakker is visiting the Triangle for the N.C. It's out of that ancient Christian tradition that the Rev. Tax collectors, lepers and prostitutes among others were his friends, and his message was relatively simple: Love one another. Jesus Christ had a reputation for hanging out with the wrong crowd.
law sends some bi-national, same-sex couples into exile'
