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Article: PTL In the Aftermath; Ministry Carries On Amid Leadership Crisis
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- The Washington Post
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- October 10, 1987
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Ron Aldridge, the boyish-looking cohost of "The New PTL Club,"
wasn't on the air today, but he acted as if he were as he stood
before almost 1,000 people in the studio of the most notorious TV
ministry in the country.
"Let's go to you," he shouted, pointing to a PTL singer. Then,
changing his mind, he signaled to another singer: "No, you!" Then he
shrugged and asked no one in particular, "Who's in charge here-isn't
that the pervading question these days?"
The crowd laughed, though not heartily, perhaps because the quip
hit a little too close to home. Since the Rev. Jerry Falwell and the
entire PTL board of directors resigned Thursday, "Who's in charge?"
has been a question no one seems ...