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  • Bishop T.D. Jakes Expands Ministry to Mile-High City with Church Campus in Denver

    DALLAS—"The point of leadership is to build something that outlives and outlasts the leader, to have served and supported people and created something that is bigger than me.”- T.D. Jakes… (more)

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    DALLAS—“If it wasn’t for this program I would not have known that change was possible.” - Benita Nelson, Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative, 2010 Graduate… (more)

In 1996, Bishop T.D. Jakes moved his church of 50 families from Charleston, W.Va. to Dallas and founded The Potter's House church. Today more than 30,000 members comprise this multiracial, nondenominational church with 48 active ministries. The ministries include programs for teenage mothers and abused women, a homeless outreach, a GED literacy program, an outreach for drug and alcohol abusers, and an AIDS ministry. Another highlight of The Potter's House is the Prison Outreach Ministry. More than 325 prisons in 35 states have been impacted through this ministry. The ministry's primary focus is to equip individuals by providing practical avenues for re-entering society.
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