“I saw my parents sacrifice their lives for this church,” Sarah said. “I saw them give their bodies and their strength, and I know you guys are so tired. You had a heart attack onstage and still asked for the microphone so that they would be okay over you—I know what this costs.”
Holding back tears, Sarah told her parents, “I believe that the same God that has ordered your steps to find what it took to stand up in any given moment is going to order our steps to find what it takes to stand up to whatever’s on the other side of this ‘yes.’”
“Our commitment to you is that we will seek God every step of the way,” Sarah told the congregation, “that we will pay the price to lead this community and that we will make decisions not just with you in mind but with the people who haven’t even come into this room in mind.”
“I believe that collectively we could turn this city upside down and right side up and that what happens in Dallas will overflow and saturate the state of Texas,” Sarah said.
On the church’s website, Jakes, Touré, and Sarah released a letter of transition that reads:
Today we shared with the world our long-held plans of purposeful evolution for The Potter’s House and our global church family. Preparing for this announcement over the past several years has allowed us as a family and a global church family to carefully balance the needs of our community worldwide and the pace at which we performed each step of our plan. When members of our family moved from LA to Dallas, it was to be more active in the evolution of this growing ministry. In 2022, a handshake between generations took place as we said farewell to Woman, Thou Art Loosed and hello to Woman Evolve. And when we installed our two new assistant pastors in 2023, we continued to forge ahead in the vision we set long ago. Today marks the continuation of our willingness to evolve as a church and step into broader roles to make certain we continue to meet the needs of this sensitive moment in our collective history. As we look across our great nation and survey the unyielding economic, societal and spiritual needs visiting our communities, it’s clear that we can’t afford to squander the potential of our youth or the elders who have paved the way. The hardships of first-time home ownership, the dire need to invest in the growing entrepreneurial landscape and a younger generation needing a home for their faith walk in the midst of increasing skepticism; these issues we face are not a tale of despair; they are a clarion call for change. And together we will tackle these challenges and the need for this change in each of our unique ways. As Pastors Touré & Sarah take another step up to further accept the mantle of daily ministry duties at The Potter’s House of Dallas ushering in a new movement and calling, the work of the T.D. Jakes Group to bolster job creation and 21st century workforce readiness, investing in the infrastructure of communities nationwide, lifting communities up from the margins to the center and working alongside like-minded partners to create thriving neighborhoods will be able to accelerate rapidly. Together, we shall unite for the betterment of this generation and the ones that follow.
 announced on Sunday, April 27, that he is stepping down as lead pastor of The Potter’s House Church in Dallas and handing over the lead shepherding role over to his daughter and son-in-law.){kind=link}