T.D. Jakes
T.D. Jakes is a pastor, author, filmmaker, and podcast host who shares sermons and conversations about faith, leadership, and starting a new chapter in life.
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- Born
- June 9, 1957, in South Charleston, West Virginia
- Based in
- Dallas, Texas
- Work
- Pastor, author, filmmaker, and podcast host
- Breakout
- Woman, Thou Art Loosed! and national television ministry in the 1990s
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in West Virginia, Jakes preached his first sermon in 1976 and was ordained in 1979. He began with a small storefront congregation in Montgomery and worked at Union Carbide to help keep his ministry going.
The message that traveled.
Woman, Thou Art Loosed! grew from his preaching into a 1993 book about women’s healing and freedom. Television broadcasts on TBN and BET helped bring his ministry to a national audience in the 1990s.
Building a home in Dallas.
In 1996, Jakes moved to Dallas and founded The Potter’s House. Its first service drew more than 2,000 people. His work expanded into books, gospel recordings, and film production, including Miracles from Heaven.
His next chapter.
In 2025, Sarah Jakes Roberts and Touré Roberts became The Potter’s House’s co-senior pastors. Jakes remained its founding pastor and spiritual overseer, and launched The Open Book newsletter and the iHeart podcast NXT Chapter, opening with an Oprah Winfrey interview.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2023Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and LoveAuthor, with Nick Chiles
- 1993Woman, Thou Art Loosed!Author
Film
- 2016Miracles from HeavenProducer
Podcasts
- 2025–presentNXT Chapter with T.D. JakesHost
Awards
Quotes
I’ve spent my life speaking to people’s souls. Now, I want to sit with their stories.T.D. Jakes, iHeartMedia podcast launch announcement
He described the conversations he wanted to create with NXT Chapter when the podcast was announced in November 2025.
Trivia
- As a child, he was known in his community as “the Bible boy.”
- He named purple as his favorite color in his HistoryMakers interview.
- He offered to make Oprah Winfrey banana pudding while persuading her to visit The Potter’s House, a story they revisit in the NXT Chapter premiere.
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