๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ: ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ง-๐ข๐ง-๐๐๐ฐ
The lead pastor of the Potter’s House, Thomas Dexter James, announced on Sunday the official handover of the leadership of the massive Dallas, Texas-based ministry to his daughter and son-in-law.
Apparently, Jakes’ daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts, and her husband, Tourรฉ Roberts, will oversee the affairs of the church in the coming days.
The handover came after Jakes filed a defamation lawsuit against someone who alleged he was involved in sexual assault, coupled with the heart attack he suffered sometime around November.
The handover was carried out on Sunday, April 28th, during a special 27th anniversary service. Jakes, who is now 66 years old, expressed in a subtle speech that the handover is not the end of an era but rather an expansion in the body of Christ.
His words:
“I have seen so many build something and stay so long that they kill what they had built. I cannot afford especially after. November to risk something happening to me and you be sheep without shepherd.”
“There’s some things I want to do in the community before I get too old to do it, and the clock is ticking. I cannot afford to let the works of all the saints living and dead to hold this so tight so long so long that I wither away. So I’m suggesting to you, I’m recommending to you, that you receive Pastor Tourรฉ and Pastor Sarah.”
“Not because they are kin but because they’ve immersed themselves into the DNA of this church for years. Sat quiet, preached … What you didn’t know from December forward, they’ve been running the church anyway.”
“This elevation is not a departure but a rebirth. I will never stop preaching but will continue to minister. This moment isn’t an ending, it is an expansion. We are not only passing a mantle, were multiplying impact. Leadership is not static, it is dynamic, it demands the courage to evolve.”
Needless to say that Jakes action has been received with a burst of mixed feelings form netizens who criticize him for turning ministry into business.
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