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Tonight, the Sundance Channel debuts “One Punk Under God,” a documentary series that follows Jay Bakker, the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Since his parents’ PTL ministry collapsed in the late ’80s, Bakker hit the bottle, got a ton of tattoos, sobered up, rediscovered God, and became a preacher. He’s now spreading the word from a Brooklyn storefront, but it’s a distinctly different message from the one we’re used to hearing from megachurches and televangelists. I recently talked to Bakker about his philosophy, his decision to become a “gay-affirming” church, and what tricks of the trade he picked up from his parents. Check it out here.
