Persistence—Holding Fast To Your Confession of Faith Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) (Hebrews 10:22-23 […]
T.D. Jakes and son Jamar Jakes Article By Latifa Sanders:: EEW Magazine Mega pastor and mogul Bishop T.D. Jakes often hears words of affirmation and adoration in response to his uplifting sermons, books, movies and conferences. Most recently, an Instagram post from his son Jamar Jakes stood out from the rest, making the 58-year-old emotional. […]
You may remember when Angie Stone and her grown daughter,Diamond Stone, were involved in an altercation earlier this year. (Stone also has a teenage son with singer D’Angelo.) In that incident, Diamond accused Stone of physically assaulting her and knocking her teeth out after an argument that started when Angie got upset with Diamond, who lives […]
Ricky Jackson, Ronnie Bridgeman and Wiley Bridgeman were just teenagers when they were convicted of a crime they didn’t commit and were wrongfully imprisoned for decades. Eddie Vernon was just 12 years old when he was coerced to testify against the men and has lived with this lie for most of his life. Can Eddie […]
T.D. Jakes created MegaFest, but the 2013 edition of his faith, family and entertainment festival could have been the Oprah Winfrey show. This go-around, when the event returns to Dallas on Wednesday, Jakes is the top star. Besides presiding over his local megachurch, The Potter’s House, he just released a book, started a TV talk […]
Debmar Mercury has set a summer test run of a talkshow hosted by prominent Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes in four heartland markets. The talkshow described as a headline-driven topical series will be carried from Aug. 17-Sept. 11 on Tegna stations (formerly known as Gannett Broadcasting) in Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Cleveland. Jakes has been flirting […]
A group of heartbroken mothers gathered to share their stories with T.D. Jakes on Thursday. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice appeared at a taping of the T.D. Jakes Show. All of the women have endured the loss of their children under controversial circumstances. “We live with […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes is gearing up to bring his brand of inspiration to a new talk show where he expects to spark national conversations about socially relevant topics. Jakes, the 58-year-old senior pastor of The Potter’s House church in Dallas, Texas, will host the hour long series set to first broadcast in select markets from […]
(Credit: GETTY) Bishop T.D. Jakes’ intervention on last week’s episode of WE tv’s Braxton Family Values turned into a tough love session. The mega pastor went off on Toni, Trina, Traci, Towanda, and Tamar, calling them “flat-out spoiled.” Yet, the youngest, Tamar, is praising the Dallas leader for imparting helpful wisdom. “Bishop T.D. Jakes came […]
T.D. Jakes has built an empire in North Texas. He runs The Potter’s House, a megachurch with 30,000 members. He headlines a super-charged annual revival MegaFest. And he’s produced Hollywood films like “Heaven Is for Real.” But as a pastor, he’s had to address some big national issues with his congregation. Jakes sat down to […]
Prayer circles and therapy sessions have not been successful at calming their ever-brewing storm, so the Braxton sisters have summoned a great spiritual reinforcement to help them overcome their ongoing struggles and frustrations with each other. Fans of the WE tv hit series Braxton Family Values have witnessed the up’s and down’s between the sisters’ for the past […]
Faith leaders all over the country reflected this weekend on the fact that the Supreme Court ruled by a 5 to 4 vote that the…
