Pastor T.D. Jakes
Why He is Stepping Down From Church
… Coronary heart Assault Performs Function
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Pastor T.D. Jakes struggling a coronary heart assault throughout a November sermon was one of many dominoes that led to him taking up a decreased function at his megachurch.
Reps for Jakes inform TMZ … the center assault, emergency surgical procedure and ensuing restoration are a number of the causes he is taking a step again from his function as pastor of The Potter’s Home of Dallas.
Pray for Bishop TD Jakes as he suffered a “medical emergency” in the course of the service this Sunday. pic.twitter.com/UBKln2sepo
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We’re advised Jakes spent quite a lot of time recovering from the center situation, and it is affecting him to some extent.
As we reported … Jakes introduced Sunday he was naming his daughter and her husband as his successors … handing over the reins to them at The Potter’s Home and deciding on them as the following pastors.

Jakes’ camp says well being will not be the one cause he is stepping again, although … and he is stated he needs to handle some main financial points.
We’re advised the opposite dominoes that led to his departure occurred in 2022 … when Jakes’ daughter and son-in-law moved from Los Angeles to Dallas to get extra concerned on the megachurch, and “the historic farewell of the annual Woman, Thou Art Loosed conference to continuing the global Woman Evolve movement,” led by Jakes’ daughter.
Jakes additionally put in his daughter and her husband as assistant pastors of The Potter’s Home in 2023, giving them precious management duties earlier than in the end handing them the keys.
Transferring ahead, Jakes is launching a brand new podcast “My Next Chapter” … the place he’ll talk about “the shifts happening in our world and our lives and how we, together, can rebuild what’s been broken, especially during this time of national uncertainty.”