American novelist, speaker, and social activist Serita Jakes are a visionary.
She oversees women’s and children’s issues at The Potter’s House as executive director. There, she runs numerous well-known programs for women’s empowerment and growth, including “Starting Over,” “God’s Leading Ladies Life Enrichment Program,” and “Distinctively Debs Youth Program.”
Serita Jakes: Early Life, Age, Wiki, Parents, Ethnicity
Dallas, Texas, was the place of Serita Jakes’ birth on August 19, 1955. She has a degree in public communication and theater. Leo is her sun sign.
Married To TD Jakes- Wedding
T.D. Jakes, a preacher, and religious leader is married to Serita Jakes. Jakes.
T.D. Jakes was frequently on the road for his pastoral obligations, so the pair dated for a few years while also maintaining a long-distance relationship. Despite that, they decided to get married on May 29, 1982.
Over 600 guests attended their wedding in Smithers, West Virginia, which is 70 miles from Beckley, where Serita was living at the time.
Following their nuptials, the couple founded The Potter’s House, a renowned church with 30,000 members in Dallas, in 1996, and Clay Academy, a Christian boarding school, in 1998. Along with that, Serita and her husband have founded numerous more nonprofits through which they assist the underprivileged and needy.
Past Relationship
She would prefer to forget about her first marriage because her ex-husband was violent toward her.
A.D. Serita and Serita Jakes and T.D. originally met at her church during a revival somewhere in the late ’70s; she had already gone through a divorce and was looking for the ideal man to settle down with. Jakes was also the right age to start a family.
Children
Couple Serita Jakes and T.D. With two daughters, Sarah Jakes and Cora Jakes, and three sons, Jermaine Jakes, Jamar Jakes, and Thomas Jr. Jakes, the Jakes are blessed with five grown children.
Their second daughter, Sarah, is wed to a Toure Roberts, while their oldest daughter, Cora, wedded in 2011.
The Netline claims that Serita and T.D. Jakes has already had three grandchildren.
Serita Jakes Books
The books that author Serita Jakes has published so far include—
- The Princess Within (1999)
- Beside Every Good Man: Loving Myself While Standing By Him (2003)
- The Crossing (2011)
- The Princess Within for Teens (2014)
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