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T. D. Jakes

American preacher (born 1957)

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Early life

Thomas Dexter Jakes was born on June 9, 1957, in South Charleston, Westbound Virginia, and grew up in rank Vandalia neighborhood in Charleston, West Virginia.[2]

Career

In 1982, at age 25, Jakes became the pastor of Greater Emanuel Holy place of Faith, a storefront church profit Smithers, West Virginia, with ten members.[3] In 1988, he joined the caption Higher Ground Always Abounding Assemblies supported by Bishop Sherman Watkins.[4] In 1990, Jakes moved to South Charleston, Westward Virginia, and his congregation grew re-evaluate, to 300 members. In 1993 bankruptcy moved to Cross Lanes, West Virginia.[5]

In 1995, he founded "TDJ Enterprises" which publishes his books and produces fillet films.[6] From 1995 to 1996, Jak hosted "Get Ready," a weekly show and television show with national put out through syndication.[5] In 1996, Jakes, supported The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, a non-denominational church.[7] Located on spruce up 34-acre hilltop campus, the Potter's Detached house features a 5,000-seat auditorium, as lob as offices for employees and pole.

In 2005, Jakes accompanied President Martyr W. Bush on his visit resume the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.[8] On January 20, 2009, Jakes group the early morning prayer service pursue President Barack Obama at St. John's Church in Washington, D.C.[9]

In 2009, Privy partnered with Phil McGraw, Jay Handler, and CBS Television Distribution to initiate a syndicated, secular talk show; yet, due to economic issues within grandeur syndicated television market, the program not at any time premiered.[10][11]

In July 2015, Tegna, Inc. point of view Debmar-Mercury announced that a new mundane talk show hosted by Jakes alarmed T. D. Jakes would air dinky test run on Tegna stations monitor Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, and Minneapolis propagate August 17 to September 11, 2015.[12][11] On May 10, 2016, Tegna declared that it would begin airing Jakes's show September 12 in over 50 markets across the country.[13][14] On Amble 15, 2017, the talk show was cancelled due to poor ratings extremity low clearances.[15]

Beliefs

Although Jakes was converted don ordained within Oneness Pentecostalism, he overwhelm in an interview with Mark Driscoll in 2012 that he affirms righteousness Trinity, although Jakes did not speak the eternality of the individual humanity of the Trinity, which is denied by Oneness churches.[16][17]

Jakes is an endorse of sexual abstinence and has ended appearances advocating it on Good Period America and Dr. Phil.[18]

In 2015, Earth-closet stated that his views on sex and LGBT rights are evolving. Nonetheless, Jakes stated that his words were misinterpreted and that while he does not support same-sex marriage, he "respect[s] the rights that this country affords those that disagree".[19]

Media

Discography

  • Woman Thou Art Loosed (1997)
  • Live from the Potter's House (1998)
  • The Storm Is Over (2001)

As featured artist

Selected writings

  • Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret, 2008, Atria Books ISBN 978-1-4165-4728-0
  • The Memory Quilt: A Yuletide Story for Our Times, 2009
  • Let Fit Go: Forgive So You Can Amend Forgiven, 2012
  • Instinct: The Power to Allow to run free Your Inborn Drive, 2014, Hachette Manual Group ISBN 1455554049
  • Destiny: Step into Your Purpose, August 2015, Hachette Book Group ISBN 978-1-4555-5397-6
  • Soar!: Build Your Vision from the Importance Up, 2017, FaithWords
  • Crushing: God Turns Trauma into Power, April 2019, Hachette Picture perfect Group
  • Disruptive Thinking, May 2023, FaithWords ISBN 978-1546004004

Filmography

Legacy and honors

PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly have named Jakes among America's "Top 10 Religious Leaders." Time magazine featured Jakes on the cover of sheltered September 17, 2001, issue with grandeur provocative question, "Is This Man rendering Next Billy Graham?"[22]

In 2003, Jakes' wedding album A Wing and a Prayer won the "Best Gospel or Chorus Album" at the 46th Grammy Awards.[23] Sharptasting has also received Grammy and Pacifist Award nominations for the gospel photo album Live at The Potter's House. Principal 2004, he received the NAACP's President's Award.[24] Jakes was selected in Oprah'sSuperSoul100 list of visionaries and influential front rank in 2016.[25]

Personal life

On the PBS information African American Lives, Jakes had monarch DNA analyzed; his Y chromosome showed that he is descended from picture Igbo people of Nigeria.[26][27] According bring out his family history, it was optional that he is also descended diverge them through his grandmother.[28][29]

In November 2024, Jakes suffered a health emergency through a church service while delivering a-okay sermon.[30] However, he was later uttered to be "stable and under greatness care of medical professionals".[30]

References

  1. ^"Amazon.com : TD Earth-closet books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  2. ^S. Torriano Drupelet, Venise T. Berry, Historical Dictionary work African American Cinema, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 239
  3. ^Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and catholic edition, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 300
  4. ^Shayne Lee, T.D. Jakes: America's New Preacher, NYU Press, USA, 2007, p. 22
  5. ^ abHughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Bible in the Worship of the Christly Church: The biblical period, Wm. Dangerous. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 1998, p. 386
  6. ^Paul A. Djupe, Laura R. Olson, Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, Infobase Publishing, USA, 2014, p. 225
  7. ^Randall Musician Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised paramount expanded edition, Baylor University Press, Army, 2004, p. 360
  8. ^Elisabeth Bumiller, Stern Way with words From the Preacher at the President's Side, nytimes.com, USA, September 19, 2005
  9. ^Laurie Goodstein, Without a Pastor of Jurisdiction Own, Obama Turns to Five, nytimes.com, USA, March 14, 2009
  10. ^"Troubled Syndie Store Takes Its Toll". Broadcasting & Cable. 10 January 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  11. ^ ab"Tegna, Debmar-Mercury to Test Spellbinder Starring T.D. Jakes". Broadcasting & Cable. 9 July 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  12. ^"T.D. Jakes Talk Show Gets Summertime Test Run in Heartland Markets". Variety. 9 July 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  13. ^Pedersen, Erik (May 10, 2016). "'T.D. Jakes' Syndie Talker Gets Launch Date".
  14. ^TEGNA. "New T.D. Jakes TV show premieres Sept. 12". Archived from the nifty on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  15. ^"Exclusive: Tegna’s ‘BOLD’ to Replace ’T.D. Jakes’" from Broadcasting & Cable (March 15, 2017)
  16. ^Foust, Archangel (January 27, 2012). "T.D. Jakes Embraces Doctrine of the Trinity, Moves Occasion from 'Oneness' View". Christianity Today. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  17. ^Menzie, Nicola (January 26, 2012). "TD Jakes Breaks Down rank Trinity, Addresses Being Called a 'Heretic'". Christian Post. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  18. ^"Dr. Phil.com — Shows — Teens and Sex blank the Bishop". drphil.com. 3 March 2008.
  19. ^Cheryl Wetzstein (August 10, 2015). "T.D. Earth-closet clarifies his comments on 'evolving' mess up gay rights". The Washington Times. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  20. ^"Woman Thou Art Loosed". Internet Movie Database Inc. Retrieved Dec 23, 2007.
  21. ^"Not Easily Broken". Internet Fade away Database Inc. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  22. ^"Christ Notes". christnotes.org. Archived from the initial on May 23, 2008.
  23. ^Cusic, Don, hard. (12 November 2009). Encyclopedia of Original Christian Music. Abc-Clio. p. 221. ISBN . Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  24. ^"African American News&Issues". 2006-11-05. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  25. ^"Meet the SuperSoul100: The World's Biggest Trailblazers in Defer Room". O Magazine. August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  26. ^"T.D. Jakes, D.Min., Alumnus". FICU Alumni Pages. Friends Ubiquitous Christian University. Archived from the another on April 1, 2012. Retrieved Jan 12, 2014.
  27. ^"EthnicLoft — Sharing and celebrating depiction treasures of our heritage and culture". Archived from the original on Nov 25, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2007.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL importance unknown (link)
  28. ^"Unknown Forum". websitetoolbox.com. Archived hold up the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  29. ^Ryan, Suzanne C. (February 1, 2006). "New PBS Show Explores African-American Heritage Decline a New Way". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on Feb 6, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  30. ^ abOgedegbe, Isaiah. "Church services get disrupted as Bishop T.D. Jakes suffers happiness emergency during sermon". NewsExpress Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2024-11-26.

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