Iconic Summit Ends Powerfully with Sarah Jakes
Roberts Anointed as Voice for Next Generation of Women
Bishop T.D. Jakes Closes Out More than 25
Years of Popular Woman's Conference
ATLANTA, Sept. 25,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the culmination of this
week's Woman, Thou Art Loosed! The Grand Finale conference
at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, T.D. Jakes, globally renowned
businessman, faith leader and philanthropist surprised his daughter
Sarah Jakes Roberts by calling her
up to the stage and anointing her as the voice of a new generation
of ministry.
"We've just been loosed to evolve into the
next dimension," remarked Sarah Jakes
Roberts.
Jakes Roberts took center stage as Jakes' popular women's
conference was officially transitioned to Woman Evolve.
Jakes told her, "Sarah Jakes
Roberts, when you walk onto this stage, you are walking into
your destiny. After 30 years of Woman, Thou Art Loosed! and
45 years of preaching the Gospel, the time has come that I must
decrease, and you must increase. This is not an inheritance; this
is a calling. You are not standing on this stage for family legacy.
This is not a favor, but a divine assignment that Woman, Thou Art
Loosed! must evolve."
Jakes remarked that this was not an ending, but a beginning as
he directed his audience to join Jakes Roberts in picking up her
mantle of ministry. Jakes professed it was not weak for a man to
empower a woman. He instructed his daughter to not drop the mic as
she picks up his.
Video of Jakes' entire comments is available to view and
download, in addition to photos.
As Jakes continues to lead as senior pastor of The Potter's House church, chairman of the T.D.
Jakes Foundation and T.D Jakes Real Estate Ventures along with
other faith-based and business ventures, during the final Woman,
Thou Art Loosed! conference—a conference that has run for more
than 25 years to become a global movement— he symbolically passed
the torch to his daughter to carry on his legacy of ministry and
conference for women. Jakes Roberts will assume the role as leader
of the next generation of women's leadership events in addition to
her own ministry and conference, Woman Evolve.
Anointing his daughter with oil, Jakes said, "With every drop
of oil that falls upon your head, may the strength and power of the
Almighty God rest upon your life." He then commissioned each
one of the 22,000 women present to go forth and evolve into their
destiny.
Jakes Roberts then remarked, "We've just been loosed to
evolve into the next dimension."
Since 1996, Jakes has brought women together to find hope amid
hopelessness, peace in the midst of turmoil and freedom in the
midst of bondage. In addition to Jakes taking the stage, other
distinguished headline speakers during the conference included:
- Serita A. Jakes, executive
director of The Potter's House
women's ministry
- Sarah Jakes Roberts, co-senior
pastor of The Potter's House
OneLA
- Priscilla Shirer, founder of
Going Beyond Ministries
- Carolyn D. Showell, Christian
therapist and executive pastor of First Apostolic Faith Church in
Baltimore, Maryland
- Fantasia Barrino Taylor, Grammy award-winning artist
- Connie Orlando, executive vice
president and head of programming at Black Entertainment
Television
In honor of this year's final gathering and to pay homage to the
conference's original location, Coca-Cola partnered with the
conference in support of T.D. Jakes Ministries and the T.D. Jakes
Foundation to celebrate the deep-seated community roots in
Atlanta.
For more information on Woman, Thou Art Loosed! The Grand
Finale visit WTAL.org
Woman Evolve was founded by Sarah Jakes
Roberts in 2017 with a mission to awaken, identify, and
release the unique offering of the woman. The definition of
womanhood continues to advance and so does a woman's need to assess
where she fits in the world around her. Woman Evolve encourages
women to know they no longer must choose between a family and a
career, but that they can have it all! More information about
Woman Evolve and Sarah Jakes Roberts
can be found at womanevolve.com.
About Woman, Thou Art Loosed!
Woman, Thou
Art Loosed! began as a Sunday school curriculum in 1992 by
Bishop Jakes and has since birthed a best-selling book, a
widely-acclaimed stage play, a GRAMMY®-nominated album and a
national conference that has drawn more than a half million women
from around the world. In October
2004, Woman, Thou Art Loosed! was developed into a
movie in collaboration with Reuben Cannon Productions and became a
box office top-10 hit, winning a 2005 NAACP Image Award. More
information can be found at WTAL.org
About The Potter's
House
Located in Dallas,
The Potter's House is a
30,000-member nondenominational, multicultural church and
humanitarian organization led by Bishop T.
D. Jakes, who was twice featured on the cover of Time
magazine as "America's Best Preacher" and as one of the nation's
"25 most influential evangelicals." The Potter's House has four locations, The
Potter's House of Dallas, The Potter's House of Fort Worth, The Potter's House of North Dallas, and The Potter's House OneLA, and a Spanish language
church, Casa de Fe. More information can be found at
ThePottersHouse.org.
Media Contacts:
Jordan Hora, 214.608.2006
Christine Cape, 404.545.0085
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