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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bishop T.D. Jakes Steps Down As Head Pastor Of The Potter's House
Bishop T.D. Jakes has decided to step down as the head pastor of The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas. The difficult decision was made as a result of the heart attack he suffered in November 2024. 'You have been faithful to God, and you have been faithful to me,' he told the congregation during Sunday morning's service (April 27). 'And I'm so grateful […] I cannot afford, especially after November, to risk something happening to me and you be sheep without a shepherd.' He told NBC Today that if he had made it to the hospital five minutes later when he experienced his heart attack, he would've died. He returned to the pulpit for their New Year's Eve service, calling his return a 'message from God.' His daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts, and his son-in-law, Toure Roberts, will take his place starting in July. 'I'm grateful, I'm honored, as your daughter,' Roberts said. 'I'm so happy you're going to get some rest.' Jakes founded The Potter's House in 1996, and some of the church members believed he had been preparing to step down for years, even before the heart attack. Although he will no longer be head pastor, he will still hold the position of chairman on the church's board and operate as a spiritual overseer. 'I was sad, it's hard to replace an icon like Bishop, I mean, it's just hard to do that,' Patrick Moore, a member of The Potter's House congregation, told NBCDFW. 'It's actually impossible to do that, so very sad.' Nonetheless, he and his fellow churchgoers are optimistic about the future of the church without Bishop T.D. Jakes. 'Transition is always tough, in anything we do, it's a tough thing. So I have trepidation about it, but it's still an exciting time, too.' More from Bishop T.D. Jakes Reveals He Had "Emergency Surgery" After Mid-Sermon Health Scare This Spirit Airlines Incident Is Worse Than All Of The Internet Jokes Combined J. Cole Claims He's the Mt. Rushmore of His Era on 'The Off-Season Tour'
The Independent
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Jenna Bush Hager addresses rumors about her marriage after appearing without wedding ring
Jenna Bush Hager has cleared up rumors regarding her marriage. During Wednesday's episode of Today with Jenna & Friends, the talk show host acknowledged that she wasn't wearing her wedding ring. However, it had nothing to do with her marriage to Henry Chase Hager, she emphasized. Bush Hager explained that she had 'a bad wedding ring situation.' 'I'm not wearing one now because I broke my finger. Don't worry, I've seen some of the comments. Henry and I are still very happily married,' she said. The talk show host has been married to Hager since 2008. They share three children together: 11-year-old Margaret 'Mila' Laura, 9-year-old Poppy, and 5-year-old Hal. Not being able to wear her wedding ring caused Bush Hager to think of another ring-related incident when she ended up losing a sapphire from from husband's grandmother that was in her engagement ring. It apparently happened when she was partying hardy at NBC Today co-host host Savannah Guthrie's 50th birthday bash. 'For my best friends' birthdays, I feel like I really have to give it my all. I gave it my all,' Bush Hagar recalled, and was 'one of the last people standing.' The talk show host said her husband started to act 'kind of grumpy' so he left the celebration before her. 'He went to bed a little earlier, sort of like, 'Aren't you coming with me?' and I'm like, 'No, I'm not coming with you!' I woke up the next morning, I look down at my engagement ring, and one of the stones was gone,' Bush Hager continued. She recounted not being sure how to tell her husband about the loss. 'I was already a little bit on thin ice from my wild behavior,' she said. 'So I looked down and I'm like, 'Oh no, do I tell him this now or do I wait?' I went ahead and said, 'Honey, you know, I know I lost a little bit of dignity last night. I also lost your grandmother's sapphire.'' Her husband was 'okay' with what happened, even after the stone was never found. 'He's a tolerant person,' Bush Hager complimented her husband. 'My mom calls him a 'saint,' which is really just saying that I'm difficult to be with. But anyway, I never found it again.' Bush Hager also talked about her engagement ring Today's Hoda Kotb late last year. 'I had this panic like, 'Do I tell Henry now, right when I wake up? Or do I tell him after maybe he's had some food?' I just said, you gotta tell him right away. And he was a little grumpy,' she admitted at the time on Today with Hoda and Jenna.
