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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 the
Trinity Broadcasting Network,
Black Entertainment Television 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.
T.D 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 University. Jakes completed a
B. A. and
M.A. in
1990 and a
D. Min. 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 T. D. Jakes Ministries organization to oversee his work beyond the church itself. He continued to write and to publish, spreading his message of spiritual healing to new audiences. In
1994 he held the first of what would become a series of conferences for ministers and their spouses, "When Shepherds
Bleed."
In May
1996, Jakes moved his family and his ministry again, as well as fifty other families involved in his work, to
Dallas, Texas. There he purchased
Eagle's Nest Church, a large
Dallas church. Renaming the church The Potter's House, Jakes continued his work. The Potter's House, which was a 5,000 seat auditorium and a 34-acre campus, had grown to a congregation of 14,000.
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