Ten years ago, she says, she turned to television evangelism after the Lord "beckoned."

His topic, of course, is television evangelism.

"The next time I feel the urge to do this I'll take up a more honest branch of the profession, like television evangelism."

And, like the stock market in early October, television evangelism in the late 1980's may have been a bubble waiting to burst.

- a satire of television evangelism - for HBO.

A satire about television evangelism written by Adam Simon and the actor Tim Robbins.

Mrs. McCarter encouraged people to "come and see for themselves" that the program is not like television evangelism.

Jim and Tammy Bakker returned to their home here late Wednesday night, promising to return to television evangelism within 30 days.

The $2 billion a year television evangelism field is split among 221 Christian stations and 60 syndicated programs.

It is perhaps the most telling indicator of the contradictions that threaten to transform television evangelism.