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T.D. Jakes suffers health incident during sermon

Associated Press | 11/27/2024, 6 p.m.
The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter’s House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, suffered what the church called a “slight health incident” …
Bishop T.D. Jakes shares a message prior to his daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts taking the stage at the kickoff of the three-day Woman Evolve conference in September 2023. Photo by Gareth Patterson/AP Images for Woman Evolve, File

The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter’s House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, suffered what the church called a “slight health incident” while delivering his sermon at the church.

Jakes, 67, was speaking to churchgoers Sunday when he sat down and began trembling as several people gathered around him, with one person asking for prayers.

“Bishop T.D. Jakes experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour long message,” the church said in a statement.

Jakes’ daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband Touré Roberts, said in a social media video late Sunday that Jakes was improving.

“Bishop is doing well, he’s recovering well, he’s under medical care, he’s strong, Touré Roberts said.

The couple did not say where Jakes was taken and a message left with the church Monday morning was not immediately returned.

Jakes founded the non-denominational The Potter’s House, which now has more than 30,000 members, in 1996 with campuses in Fort Worth and Frisco, Texas, and Denver, according to his website.