More than 20 years later, he pastors what Christianity Today calls “one of America’s fastest growing mega-churches.” The Potter’s House, a multiracial nondenominational church with 59 active outreach ministries, has dominated church growth records since 1996. In only eight years since relocating the church from West Virginia to Dallas, The Potter’s House has grown from 50 families to more than 28,000 members to date. Rivaling many corporations, The Potter’s House employs more than 300 staff members including full-time finance, human relations, information technology, materials distribution, public relations and television production departments. The Potter’s House is fiscally sound, having recently paid off its newest $45 million, 191,000 sq. ft. structure that was completed less than four years ago.
Bishop Jakes was born on June 9, 1957 in South Charleston, W.Va. His parents, businessman and entrepreneur Ernest Sr. and educator Odith, were charitable benefactors in their community and to whom their son credits for his own integrity, discipline and selfreliance. Bishop Jakes is the CEO of The Potter’s House, a nonprofit organization that produces three major national conferences – “The Pastor’s and Leadership Conference,” “ManPower” and “Woman, Thou Art Loosed.” WTAL, a powerful and popular symposium, addresses specific needs of all women and has helped many go from welfare to work. The conference has set national indoor attendance records with an average of 84,500 attendees per day at the Georgia Dome in 1999. “ManPower,” equips and encourages men to build strong marriages, increase their confidence and take on more responsibility in their community. “Mega Fest” is a family affair combining “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” “ManPower” and the “Youth 3-D Experience,” a new youth conference. This summer, Mega Fest attracted more than 140,000 people from 55 countries and set a cumulative record attendance of 560,000 over the four-day period. Through broadcasting efforts, Mega Fest impacted more than 314 million homes in 235 countries and territories outside of the U.S. Mega Fest 2005 is scheduled August 3 – 6 in Atlanta, Georgia.
In addition to the major conferences, Bishop Jakes hosts the God’s Leading Ladies conference, which is designed to help women in leadership positions to develop financial, relationship and balancing skills.
In an effort to remedy social and economic voids in Urban America, Bishop Jakes founded the Metroplex Economic Development Corporation in 1998. The nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation has sponsored home ownership conferences and youth mentorship programs.Currently, MEDC is developing a job placement center, a skills training center, a small business counseling hotline and a housing development that will include affordable homes for senior citizens and single-parent families.
Additional endeavors to improve society include building two Habitat for Humanity homes in conjunction with the 2003 ManPower conference and making a $107,000 donation to relocate Dallas citizens from an economically and environmentally disadvantaged area. The Potter’s House was also responsible for building a hospital in Belize, Central America, named Belmopan to whom they later sent $400,000 for medical supplies. Bishop Jakes and The Potter’s House invested over $500,000 in outreach to prison inmates. Their “Adopt A Prison” program has impacted inmates giving them a way to reduce the rate of recidivism through spiritual support and a network of churches who have awareness to the plight of
inmates reentering the system.
He is also the founder of T.D. Jakes Enterprises, through which he employs his other aptitudes as author, songwriter and playwright. A renowned religious author with 30 books to his credit; Bishop Jakes’ works have been featured on Christian, secular and business bestseller lists. His top five nonfiction bestsellers are: Maximize the Moment; Woman, Thou Art Loosed; The Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord; The Great Investment: Faith, Family and Finance and God’s Leading Lady, which has peaked at #4 on the New York Times Hardcover Advice List. He released his first novel, Cover Girls, in the summer of 2003, and later that year; he released Follow the Star, a compilation of Bishop Jakes’ personal Christmas stories. His latest book He-Motions, which is currently #10 on the New York Times Bestseller List, is a tool for both men and women written with intimate personal stories and painful lessons he learned through life. His best-selling book, Woman Thou Art Loosed, has finally come to the big screen debuting in 400 theaters across the nation and winning the 2004 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Bishop Jakes has developed business partnerships with Sony, EMI, Time Warner, Warner, Rueben Cannon Productions, Clear Channel, Thomas Nelson Publishing and a host of other highly respected companies. His theatre production company, Touchdown Concepts, created and produced the Christian plays “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” and “Behind Closed Doors.” Both became number one gospel plays in the United States. Recently his advocacy for women’s rights enabled him to develop the cinema production “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” with Rueben Cannon Productions. The movie is based on his book “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” and speaks out against domestic violence while encouraging women to rise above injustices. Bishop Jakes also operates Dexterity Sounds, a music label in collaboration with EMI Gospel Music that develops music with a divine message. The label has produced eight albums, five of which have received Grammy nominations. The album, “A Wing and a Prayer” featuring Bishop Jakes and The Potter’s House Mass Choir, received a 2004 Grammy award in the “Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album” category. His album “T.D. Jakes presents Follow the Star” also received a nomination in the category of “Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.”
He is also the founder of T.D. Jakes Enterprises, through which he employs his other aptitudes as author, songwriter and playwright. A renowned religious author with 30 books to his credit; Bishop Jakes’ works have been featured on Christian, secular and business bestseller lists. His top five nonfiction bestsellers are: Maximize the Moment; Woman, Thou Art Loosed; The Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord; The Great Investment: Faith, Family and Finance and God’s Leading Lady, which has peaked at #4 on the New York Times Hardcover Advice List. He released his first novel, Cover Girls, in the summer of 2003, and later that year; he released Follow the Star, a compilation of Bishop Jakes’ personal Christmas stories. His latest book He-Motions, which is currently #10 on the New York Times Bestseller List, is a tool for both men and women written with intimate personal stories and painful lessons he learned through life. His best-selling book, Woman Thou Art Loosed, has finally come to the big screen debuting in 400 theaters across the nation and winning the 2004 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Bishop Jakes has developed business partnerships with Sony, EMI, Time Warner, Warner, Rueben Cannon Productions, Clear Channel, Thomas Nelson Publishing and a host of other highly respected companies. His theatre production company, Touchdown Concepts, created and produced the Christian plays “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” and “Behind Closed Doors.” Both became number one gospel plays in the United States. Recently his advocacy for women’s rights enabled him to develop the cinema production “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” with Rueben Cannon Productions. The movie is based on his book “Woman, Thou Art Loosed,” and speaks out against domestic violence while encouraging women to rise above injustices. Bishop Jakes also operates Dexterity Sounds, a music label in collaboration with EMI Gospel Music that develops music with a divine message. The label has produced eight albums, five of which have received Grammy nominations. The album, “A Wing and a Prayer” featuring Bishop Jakes and The Potter’s House Mass Choir, received a 2004 Grammy award in the “Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album” category.
His album “T.D. Jakes presents Follow the Star” also received a nomination in the category of “Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. http://www.godsleadingladies.com/_downloads/bio_td_jakes.pdf
It Doesn't Matter
Bishop T.D. Jakes Lyrics
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У тебя лежит в рюкзаке 2 бутылки вина
Каждые встречи с тобой как минуты проходят
Побудь ещё со мной не уходи домой
Мама позвонила трубку не взяли
Припев
Мы каждый день проводили время вмести
Все нравилась
На заброшки гоняли
Ты Серёга и твоя ЛП или кто она похуй
Мне забыть тебя как делать нехуй для тебя я никто
Сейчас я тебе нужен а когда нет просто выкинешь из жизни как и сделала
Не придет сын домой
Вылечит стресс алкоголем с ним его друг
The lyrics of Bishop T.D. Jakes's song "It Doesn't Matter" explore the uncertainties of life and relationships. The song expresses the singer's fears and doubts about the future and the unknown. The opening lines describe the feeling of insomnia, and the desperation to find ways to sleep - a metaphor for how life can be full of sleepless nights searching for answers. The lyrics also describe the singer's desire for something permanent and stable, like a summer night with no goodbyes and streets with no ends.
The chorus of the song is a plea for someone to be there for the singer until they find out how life ends. The singer is still young and unsure of how their life will turn out, and they want someone to take their hand and stay with them through life's ups and downs. The verses describe the joys and sorrows that the singer has experienced, from tears falling like angels to the joy of watching the sun rise.
Overall, the lyrics present a bittersweet meditation on life and the importance of having someone to share it with. It acknowledges that life is full of uncertainties, but that the presence of someone you love can bring meaning and light to the darkest moments.
Line by Line Meaning
Spending Nights wide awake, wondering what pills to take and where to find sleep
I spend my nights staying up, questioning what drugs to use to help me sleep.
Dreaming of Summernights, moments with no goodbyes and streets with no ends
I fantasize about summer, moments without having to say goodbye, and endless streets.
Inbetween breathing no place for believing, Im scared of dieing alone
I don't have time to believe because I'm too busy trying to survive, and I'm afraid of dying by myself.
`Cause I am still young and I dont know how this ends
I'm still young and inexperienced, and I don't know what the future holds.
And Im just a boy, who wanted to say something
I'm just a young man who wanted to express myself.
Would you stay with me till we find out how this ends?
Will you stick around until we discover how all this will end?
Just take my hand
Reach out and hold my hand.
And all that I know, is I want you right here, with me
All I'm sure about is that I want you to remain by my side.
Wherever I Go, Im thinking of you
I continuously think of you regardless of where I go.
Tears from an Angel, falling from Heaven and I locked our doors
It feels like even Heaven is crying with us, and I've shut ourselves inside.
A smile with a meaning can stop all the pleading and light up the dark
A heartfelt smile can bring an end to desperate pleas and brighten up the darkness.
A golden, red sunrise, the joy in your Eyes. I forgot how it felt
A beautiful sunrise, and the happiness in your eyes, and I realize I had forgotten how it felt.
It doesnt mean anything
This has no significance.
It means nothing at all
There is absolutely no meaning to this.
It doesnt mean anything
This has no significance.
It means nothing, nothing at all
This holds no value, not even a little bit.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Vladislav Belyaev, Dmitry Petrov
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@glenngwenya1084
The first time I listened to this song was played by a taxi driver on my way back to work after I buried my beloved aunt back in 2010 . I sobbed all the way and the taxi driver noticed but he didn't know what to say😔😔😔
@michaelscurlock5371
All lives matter to JESUS... but I wish our oppressors felt the same!!!
@mauricedaniel4465
I've fallen in love with this song.
@nobuhlegamede9818
Thank you ❤️🙏🏽❤️
@cynthiajohnson7310
Love love this song, sums up everything in life, our mistakes, thank you Jesus, one of my favorite songs 💕
@getstartedcoaching
2am I woke up from a dream where my deceased little brother played this song to me. Then told me to listen. The crazy part is I never heard this song before my dream . I just remember in the dream the song kept saying it doesn’t matter- - something Jesus. Amazing. Jesus is amazing.
@deborahhcleveland3689
This song has gotten me through many difficult days. Hallelujah!❤😢
@joshuakingman7564
I absolutely love this song this song is so uplifting and spiritual. I heard this song when I was young and still love it today. Is shows us all just how god can continuously bless us even in our hardest time in out life no matter what the situation is. So whoever hears this song and adds a like I hope and pray that god will continue to bless whoever their may be and whoever is around whoever their may be. Just remember nothing is impossible for God
@babalwanyosi2421
Amen to that 🙌🏽
@bernlatlat9433
Thank you Lord! After 8 months God put this song back in the atmosphere for me to here again. Needed it to encourage my Spirit and and share with others who needed it to encourage their Spirit. God is Good! ❤