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I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to the chagrin of the people that we seek to serve.

T. D. Jakes

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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Evangelist
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
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