Bishop T.D Jakes is an American bishop, author, and filmmaker. He is known for being the founder of The Potter’s House – a non-denominational, multicultural American megachurch. As a filmmaker, Jakes is known for movies like “Heaven Is For Real” “Woman Thou Art Loosed” “The Storm Is Over” and others.
Bishop T. D. Jakes’ full name is Thomas Dexter Jakes Sr. He was born on June 9, 1957, in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States. He is 65 years old as of September 2022.
Bishop T. D. Jakes was born to his parents: Ernest Jakes Sr (father) and Odith Patton Jakes (mother) as the youngest of three children. His father was a businessman and entrepreneur while his mother was an educator. When Jakes was ten years old, his father developed kidney failure. Jakes and his mother both cared for his father until he passed away in 1973.
