Throughout the month of May, MinistryTodayMag.com will highlight Ministry Today magazine's 21 ministries and churches influencing the 21st-century church. Today it's T.D. Jakes' The Potter's House, lauded for its film-making ministry.
Media/Film
Bishop T.D. Jakes’ vision for expanding his ministry beyond his Potter’s House pulpit in Dallas, Texas, originated with the 1998 stage version of his seminal “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” teaching. Taking that teaching and stage play to the silver screen catapulted his ministry to new heights.
“That was God’s timing,” Derrick Williams says of the invitation Jakes received from influential Hollywood producer-director Reuben Cannon to transform the play into a movie. After the film’s release in 2004, a sequel followed in 2012.
Other films, like Jumping the Broom (2011), Sparkle (2012) and Black Nativity (2013), drew mainstream audiences. They also opened the door for the Dallas pastor to produce mid-April’s Heaven Is for Real, based on Todd Burpo’s best-selling book.
In addition to garnering online support for the films, TDJ Enterprises hosted screenings at venues nationwide and marketed its latest film to churches and faith-based organizations. Its further support of the Christian film market includes last year’s debut of the International Faith and Family Film Festival.
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