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T.D. Jakes’ Daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts to Lead Conference Ministry

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Bishop T.D. Jakes’ daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts will take the reins of his successful women’s-empowerment conference ministry, including the renowned Woman, Thou Art Loosed! conference.

The 65-year-old Jakes called his daughter onstage at the Woman, Thou Art Loosed! conference in late September 2022 in Atlanta, saying his daughter was “walking into her destiny.” Jakes added that he was not anointing her because of DNA, favoritism, or nepotism. “If I did not know that the hand of the Lord was upon you,” he said, “I would never do this.”

Jakes prayed that God would bless his daughter with strength and power as he anointed her head with oil. Sarah Jakes Roberts fell prostrate onto the stage as her father told those in the congregation that he declared “a new season in [Jakes Roberts’s] life.”

T.D. Jakes’ Daughter Poised to Build on Father’s Legacy

Sarah Jakes Roberts is well known for her efforts to encourage women to “break up” with their fears and reorient and change their lives. She is the founder of Woman Evolve ministry and has written a book of the same title. Additionally, Jakes Roberts co-pastors the Denver and Los Angeles branches of The Potter’s House megachurch with her husband Touré Roberts.

Jakes Roberts is no stranger to challenges, herself. In her book Lost and Found, she details becoming pregnant at age 13 and marrying at age 19. (She later divorced.) She also writes about overcoming low self-esteem and other emotional struggles. Jakes Roberts has said that by dealing with her own guilt and shame, she was able to use weaknesses, insecurities, and fears to transform into to a “powerhouse” who helps other women “evolve into the best version of themselves.”

The elder Jakes praised and congratulated his daughter on social media, writing: “I have watched you grow from my baby girl into a leader, changemaker, and influencer with a reach far beyond generations of women. You’ve touched the lives of so many, and as your earthly father, I’ve never been prouder! It is my distinct honor to pass the torch to you. You’ve earned it and will excel wherever God takes you for women’s empowerment!…For as I decrease, I will watch God increase you!”

 

Bishop T.D. Jakes on Passing the Torch of Ministry 

The elder Jakes, who has preached for 45 years and led conferences for more than 30, told his daughter onstage, “The time has come that I must decrease, and you must increase.” He also framed the significant transition in leadership as a beginning, not an ending. Jakes added that he refutes the notion that it is “weak” for a man to empower a woman.