Jakes Rises From Rural Preaching to Command Multifaceted Empire
Charleston Gazette › October 04, 2004
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Tommy Jakes dug ditches by day and preached wherever they'd have him on nights and weekends just to keep the lights on in his West Virginia home.
In the 25 years since, life has changed considerably for the small-town preacher with a big dream. He's known to the world now as Bishop T.D. Jakes. He's no longer bi-vocational by necessity - he's multi-vocational by choice.See the full content of this document
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Jakes Rises From Rural Preaching to Command Multifaceted Empire
The pastor of the 30,000-member Potter's House, a nondenominational Pentecostal church in southwest Dallas, is a multimillionaire who heads an evangelical media empire.
The 47-year-old self-described "hillbilly" is a Grammy-winning gospel artist with his own label, an author with more than 8 million books sold, a speaker in demand in the religious and secular worlds. Time ma...See the full content of this document
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