TD Jakes handy over Potter’s Home to daughter, son-in-law

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Sunday, April 27, 2025

Bishop T.D. Jakes introduced at church on Sunday that he is handing over the management of The Potter’s Home megachurch in Dallas, Texas, to his daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts and son-in-law Touré Roberts.

“I can not afford, particularly after November, to threat one thing taking place to me and also you be sheep and not using a shepherd,” Jakes instructed his congregants on the finish of his sermon. The information comes after he suffered a coronary heart assault in November and filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to a person who accused him of sexual assault.

“I can not afford to let all of the work of all of the saints, dwelling and lifeless, to carry this so tight so lengthy that I wither away. So I am suggesting to you, I am recommending to you, that you simply obtain Pastor Touré and Pastor Sarah,” he mentioned to cheers and applause whereas noting that the transfer is a continuation of “legacy.”

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“Not as a result of they’re kin however as a result of … they’ve immersed themselves into the DNA of this church for years. Sat quiet, preached,” he defined. “What you did not know from November ahead, they have been operating the church anyway.”

Jakes’ announcement to the 80,000-member congregation comes a month after he revealed that the “slight well being incident” he suffered on stage whereas preaching on Nov. 24, 2024, was a coronary heart assault.

Final month, Jakes instructed NBC’s “Immediately” present that when his coronary heart stopped, he discovered himself in a “cloud-enveloped area” throughout the near-death expertise.

“, I did not actually understand what was taking place to me on stage till I bought to the hospital in an ambulance. And [I was] fussing that it occurred on stage, by the way in which, as a result of I did not need it to occur,” Jakes mentioned.

“The physician leaned over in my ear and mentioned, ‘You had a large coronary heart assault.’ And the rationale I did not understand it’s I had no signs [of a heart attack]: no numbness, no sharp ache, no something. I simply sort of drifted off to sleep. I did not know what it was, however I virtually died,” Jakes defined.

On Sunday, Jakes instructed churchgoers that whereas his daughter and son-in-law usually are not meant to switch him, he believes in the event that they take over the management of the church “they might lengthen me.”

Jakes mentioned he hopes to have the management transition formalized by the point the church celebrates its anniversary later this 12 months so he can deal with different issues.

“There’s some issues I need to do locally earlier than I get too outdated to do it, and the clock is ticking,” he mentioned.

“There’s some ways in which I need to put together us for the times forward that I can not do it fully from the pulpit. Once in a while I feel they’re going to let me preach, however there’s some work within the winery that must be finished.”

Jakes, who has been in ministry for practically 50 years, is anticipated to proceed as chairman of the T.D. Jakes Group the place he additionally made the announcement in a information launch.

“For practically 50 years, I’ve had the distinction of connecting with and serving the native and international group as a pastor, international religion chief and unwavering fact teller,” Jakes mentioned in that assertion.

“As I enter my fiftieth 12 months within the public highlight, I acknowledge the pressing want to deal with extra challenges of our time, significantly the looming menace of a disappearing center class, social unrest and shutting alternative gaps. This pivotal second calls me to deal with a legacy of financial empowerment, serving as a bridge between group, tradition, and company alliances to assist place our nation for a stronger future,” he added.

“Elevating Pastor Touré and Pastor Sarah as the brand new senior pastors of The Potter’s Home, we are going to honor our wealthy historical past whereas embracing a future that calls for revolutionary ministry for the approaching age. This elevation just isn’t a departure however a rebirth. I’ll by no means cease preaching and can proceed to minister. This second isn’t an ending, it’s an enlargement. We’re not solely passing a mantle we’re multiplying influence. Management just isn’t static, it’s dynamic. It calls for the braveness to evolve.”