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The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take it to the place out there.

T. D. Jakes

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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Evangelist
Priest
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
Sr.
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A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
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I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.
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