T. D. Jakes Personal details Birth name Thomas Dexter Jakes Born June 9, 1957 (age 58) South Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. Nationality United States Spouse Pastor Serita Ann Jakes Occupation Apostle, Prophet, Bishop, and Author Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes, Sr. (born June 9, 1957) is the Apostle/Bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch, with 30,000 members. T. D. Jakes' church services and evangelistic sermons are broadcast on The Potter's Touch, which airs on Lightsource.com, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Black Entertainment Television,[1] the Daystar Television Network, The Word Network and The Miracle Channel in Canada. Other aspects of Jakes' ministry include an annual revival called "MegaFest" that draws more than 100,000 people, an annual women's conference called "Woman Thou Art Loosed", and gospel music recordings. TD Jakes grew up in Vandalia, West Virginia, attending local Baptist churches. He spent his teenage years caring for his invalid father and working in local industries. Feeling a call to the ministry, he enrolled in West Virginia State University and began preaching part-time in local churches, but he soon dropped out of the university. He took a job at the local Union Carbide and continued preaching part-time. During this time he met his future wife, Serita Jamison. The couple married in 1981. In 1982, Jakes became the pastor of the Greater Emanuel Temple of Faith, a small, Montgomery, West Virginia independent Pentecostal church with about ten members. Over the next few years, the church grew, drawing an integrated congregation that helped increase Jakes' renown as a speaker and pastor. He moved the church twice - from Montgomery to Smithers and then to South Charleston, where the congregation grew from about 100 members to over 300. During this time, he began a radio ministry The Master's Plan that ran from 1982-1985. He also became acquainted with Bishop Sherman Watkins, founder of the Higher Ground Always Abounding Assembly (an association of over 200 Pentecostal churches). Watkins ordained Jakes as a minister of the Higher Ground Assembly and encouraged him to start a church in the Charleston Area. Jakes also used this time to continue his education by studying through correspondence courses from Friends International Christian University, an unaccredited online university. Jakes completed a B. A. and M.A. in 1990, and a Doctor of Ministry in Religious Studies from Friends International Christian University in 1995. After the 1990 move to Charleston, as his congregation grew, T. D. Jakes began to focus on the spiritual needs of the women in his church who had been abandoned and abused in their lives. He began a Sunday School class for them, "Woman, Thou Art Loosed," in which he encouraged the women to use their past pain as a foundation for new growth. He later started a similar class for men, which he called "Manpower." In 1993, Jakes self-published his first book, drawing on his experiences working with the women of his congregation. Woman, Thou Art Loosed would become Jakes' signature work and a national religious bestseller. He also began a new television ministry, Get Ready, which aired on Black Entertainment Television and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Also in 1993, Jakes moved his church yet again, to Cross Lanes, West Virginia. His ministry continued to expand, prompting the founding of the bishop t d jakes messages bishop t d jakes ministries bishop t d jakes internet church bishop td jakes sermons bishop t d jakes net worth bishop t d jakes manpower 2015 bishop t d jakes daughters wedding bishop t d jakes sermons 2015 bishop t d jakes the potters house dallas texas bishop t d jakes son bishop td jakes quotes bishop t d jakes sermon 2015 a breaking point bishop t d jakes 2015 bishop t d jakes sermon 2015 bishop t d jakes don't let your situation change w bishop t d jakes sermon 2105 five stages of recove bishop t d jakes exposed bishop t d jakes grace bishop t d jakes songs bishop t d jakes interview bishop t d jakes sermons t. d. jakes - gospel artist bishop t d jakes ministries bishop t d jakes 2015 bishop t d jakes internet church bishop t d jakes net worth bishop t d jakes sermons 2014 bishop t d jakes bio bishop t d jakes live broadcast bishop td jakes home bishop t d jakes prophecy 2015 bishop t d jakes daughter's wedding bishop td jakes on marriage bishop td jakes daughter bishop td jakes biography bishop td jakes twitter bishop t d jakes sermon on ruth and naomi bishop td jakes quotes bishop t d jakes children bishop t d jakes let it go bishop t d jakes books bishop td jakes facebook bishop td jakes talk show bishop td jakes son heart attack bishop td jakes house pictures bishop td jakes leadership conference 2015 bishop td jakes divorce

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