Bishop T.D. Jakes, a pastor and motivational speaker, experienced a medical emergency while conducting a sermon at his megachurch in Texas.
Jakes, 67, appeared to pause and shake slightly onstage during the sermon livestream.
Congregation members rushed onstage to assist Jakes.
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Breaking: Bishop T.D. Jake’s suffers medical emergency during live broadcast of sermon.
Thoughts and prayers. pic.twitter.com/O9eJvMKQUi
— Mílagro (@MobzWorld) November 24, 2024
“The place of worship has a capacity of about 8,000, and the crowd was seen reacting to Jakes’ episode in real-time,” Daily Mail noted.
“Founded in 1996, The Potter’s House is non-denominational, multicultural church led by Senior Pastor, T.D. Jakes. With more than 30,000 members on its rolls, The Potter’s House is consistently ranked among the largest and most influential churches in the U.S.,” The Potter’s House writes on its website.
The Potter’s House’s principal campus is in southern Dallas, with additional sites in North Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denver.
Bishop T.D. Jakes suffers medical emergency during sermon, Church says he’s ‘stable & under the care of medical professionals’ pic.twitter.com/JNn8kYpoL6
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 24, 2024
Daily Mail reports:
Commands to ‘back up’ and ‘give him some space’ are heard in clips now gaining traction online, as staffers were seen crowding the clergyman, who only moments before had unintentionally dropped his mic.
As the scary scene unfolded, a livestream of the sermon suddenly stopped – replaced by an off-camera voice telling those in attendance and those looking on from home to ‘begin to pray.’
Shortly after, Jakes’ team offered a brief explanation on the pastor’s X page, while offering some insight on the senior’s condition.
‘During today’s service, Bishop TD Jakes experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour long message,’ the statement read.
‘Bishop Jakes is stable and under the care of medical professionals,’ it went on to insist.
A Statement From The Potter’s House of Dallas
November 24, 2024
During today’s service, Bishop T.D. Jakes experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour long message. Bishop Jakes is stable and under the care of medical… pic.twitter.com/QupVK29mQd— T.D. Jakes (@BishopJakes) November 24, 2024
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Prayers for TD Jake’s pic.twitter.com/ZUXWakl1aT
— Stephanie (@soaraboveall) November 24, 2024
“At Methodist, we recognize vaccine hesitancy is real–and so does Bishop T.D. Jakes. That’s why he and his wife came to Methodist to get their COVID-19 vaccines–in a very public way!” Methodist Dallas Medical Center wrote in April 2021.
“Bishop Jakes even shared his experience on national television and hosted a forum on his YouTube channel featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci and his personal physician Jill Waggoner, MD, who is on the medical staff at Methodist Charlton,” it added.
Prayers up I really wish people listened and not taken that BS , and I wish people didn’t allow themselves to be paid to sway Black people into taking it #TDJakes pic.twitter.com/XngMzBoV3h
— Grindz TV (@Grindz_TV) November 24, 2024
‘We’re all in this together’: Fauci speaks on panel with T.D. Jakes about COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/h543W9Tk67 pic.twitter.com/agVKwfLGng
— TheMilSoldier (@SoldierMil) November 14, 2021
TD Jakes Suggests Using Churches, Faith-Based Groups to Encourage African Americans to Take COVID Vaccine https://t.co/zwZsvOpJcv #update #sportsnews #trump #beritaterkini #lockdown #nflnews #indonesia #newsupdate #usa #politics #love #dailynews #bhfyp pic.twitter.com/VZVI3HvqLL
— Oral Hazell (@globallifechurc) February 22, 2021
“When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine and its effectiveness, I want you to be as informed as possible. I want you to watch ‘Conversations With America,’ where I sit down with the nation’s leading experts,” Jakes wrote on Instagram in 2021, referencing Anthony Fauci.
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From People:
While speaking onstage, Jakes could be seen sitting on a chair and wiping his head with a cloth, before telling his audience that preaching is “getting back more than you gave.”
Moments later, after sharing a few more words, Jakes lowered his microphone and looked downward before seemingly convulsing. Several people onstage then crowded around the motivational speaker to assist him, before the livestream apparently cut out.
Jakes founded the non-denominational, multicultural church back in 1996, per its website. It has 30,000 members — operating as a non-profit organization with a principal campus in southern Dallas.
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