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Summer 2014
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daughter Sarah Jakes. Both
Jakes women are noted authors
and evangelists in their own
right and have earned their own
respective audiences.
For more information, detour to
or
www.
www.wtal.org
TDJakes.org or call 1-800BISHOP 2. Following is a capsule of speakers:
Bishop T. D. Jakes is the
founder of “Woman Thou Art
Loosed.” He serves as Senior
Pastor of The Potter’s House of
Dallas, a 30,000-member church
in the southwestern sector of
Dallas. Named “America’s Best
Preacher” by Time Magazine,
Bishop Jakes’ voice reverberates
from the world’s most prominent stages. Through charitable
works, he extends help to the
needy, compassion to the hurting
and empowerment to the
oppressed. T. D. Jakes ranks
among the 25 Most Influential
African Americans, Britain’s
100 Most Influential Black
People and Ebony’s Power 150.
His worldwide impact is felt
through a media empire spanning film, television, radio, bestselling books, and a plethora of
conference series. His latest
book is Instinct, a New York
Times bestseller.
Mrs. Serita Jakes has served
alongside her husband, Bishop
T. D. Jakes and in the role of
executive director of The
Potter’s
House
Women’s
Ministries. In addition to her
many other roles, she works d in
the Potter’s House Rahab
International Ministries, God’s
Leading Ladies Life Enrichment
Program (GLL), and the
Debutante Program for teenage
girls. She is also the author of
several books and novels.
Sarah Jakes is a businesswoman, author and media personality. She oversees the
women’s ministry at The
Potter’s House of Dallas. Jakes
released her latest book, Lost &
Found, on April 1. Jakes also
works with TDJ Enterprises
where she currently serves as the
Senior Editor of eMotions, an
online inspirational magazine.
Pastor Van Moody is the bestselling author of The People
Factor, helping millions understand the power and potential in
developing the “right” relationships and showing individuals,
couples and groups how to build
their “Relational IQ” to achieve
success at home, in their social
circles, and in business. Moody
completed his post-graduate
studies at Harvard University in
Business,
Economic
and
Community Development, and
at Oxford University in Oxford,
England. A mentor to business
leaders, he serves as a trainer for
John Maxwell’s global leadership training initiative, EQUIP,
in Tokyo, Japan and sits on the
Board of Directors for Joel
Osteen’s Champions Network.
He also trained at the Vatican
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state goes. The problem is that
the welfare state will never go if
it is saved from all stresses and
strains. While immigrants don't
use the welfare system as much
as people think, free immigration might help bring the end of
government transfers. Private
aid would take their place.
Even today, Americans are
humanitarian enough to finance
care for these children if people
did not assume the government
would do it. In other words, the
welfare state is morally corrupting.
Sheldon Richman is vice president and editor at The Future of
Freedom Foundation in Fairfax,
Va. (www.fff.org).
under Pope John Paul, II. He is
the founder, leader and pastor of
The Worship Center Christian
Church, a multi-campus ministry, having grown the nondenominational ministry from
20 members to more than 9,000
in under seven years. He, his
wife, Dr. Ty, and two children
reside in Birmingham, AL. For
more
information,
visit
www.vanmoody.com.
Christine Caine is a member of
the leadership team at Hillsong
Church in Sydney, Australia,
and also directs Equip &
Empower Ministries. In 2008,
she and her husband, Nick,
founded The A21 Campaign, an
dedicated
to
organization
addressing the injustice of
human trafficking. The A21
Campaign’s
comprehensive
approach includes raising
awareness, preventing future
trafficking, taking legal action
and offering support services to
survivors. She is also the author
of Undaunted, a Life Unleashed,
the Core Issue; Run to Win, and
Can I Have (and do) It All,
Please?
Dr. Jasmin W. Sculark, known
as “Dr. Jazz”, is a native of the
Island of Trinidad and Tobago.
She is the Senior Pastor of
Jericho City Praise in Landover,
MD and the founder and president of Dr. Jazz Ministries. She
is noted for being the first
female to be called to pastor at a
Baptist church in York, PA. A
sought after preacher locally and
abroad, her preaching invitations include: The Potter’s
House of Dallas, WTAL at
2013,
Shaw
MegaFest
University, Howard University’s
School of Divinity, Dillard
University
and
Hampton
Ministers’ Conference. On
March 31, 2014, Dr. Jazz
launched her new broadcast,
This Is Your Best Day Yet on The
Word Network. She recently
published her first book,
Dancing with Broken Bones.
Dr.
Claudette
Reverend
Anderson Copeland has served
in a variety of ministry settings
for over 40 years. She is the
founder of Claudette Copeland
Ministries (Destiny Ministries of
San Antonio, Texas), a national
empowerment
group
for
women. She was groomed in the
Church of God in Christ, in
Buffalo, New York and was educated from Connecticut to
Oxford – from a BA to post doctorate. She is married to the
Bishop
David
Michael
Copeland. She serves with him
as Executive Pastor of the New
Creation Christian Fellowship
Church outside San Antonio,
Texas.
Monica Pearson, a native of
Louisville, KY, is a renowned
Atlanta television personality.
Pearson began her professional
career at The Louisville Times,
followed by a position in the
public relations department of
Brown-Forman Distillers before
joining
WHAS-TV
in
Louisville. She has received
numerous accolades and honors
for her distinguished bodies of
work, including 33 local and
regional Emmys, the Legacy
Award from the National
Association of Black Journalists
in 2012; The Atlanta Hawks
Basketball Team Trailblazer
Award in 2013 and the James H.
Costen Award for Excellence in
Civic and Community Affairs.
Pearson is a member of numerous organizations including the
NAACP, The National and The
Atlanta Associations of Black
Journalists, The Atlanta Press
Club, the Screen Actors Guild
and Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. She was the first
African American and the second woman to serve as chairman
of the Metropolitan United Way
in 1988.
Lori George Billingsley has 28
years of public relations experience in developing and implementing breakthrough programs
that meet organizational goals,
target audience needs and produce results. Currently, she is
the
Vice
President
of
Community Connections for
Coca-Cola North America
(CCNA). In this role, she oversees community giving and
engagement for The Coca-Cola
Company’s (TCCC) North
America operating unit. She has
been in the Public Affairs and
Communications (PAC) department of TCCC for the past 12
years in a variety of positions,
including
Director
of
Community and Multicultural
Communications and Executive
Assistant to the Senior Vice
President of CCNA PAC,
Director
of
Regional
Communications, Director of
Issues Communications and
Director of Shareowner Affairs.
Prior to joining TCCC, she had
her own public relations consultancy, LG Communications.
Teri Gault is CEO and founder
of The Grocery Game, Inc. She
has become an industry leader
helping people learn how to save
money shopping. A wife and
mother of two, Gault began The
Grocery Game in her bedroom
in February 2000. Having no
experience on the web, she built
her own first website, and
expanded it on a shoestring.
With no VCs, Gault franchised
the company in 2003, and went
from two states to 26 states in
the first year. The Grocery Game
now serves all 50 states, seven
foreign countries, and continues
to expand globally. Gault has
appeared on Good Morning
America, Today Show, Fox
Business, Inside Edition, CNN
and local outlets across the
country. She resides outside Los
Angeles with her husband Greg
and one of their two sons. Her
books are available on AmazonKindle and other retail outlets.
Lee Jenkins is founder and senior pastor of Eagles Nest Church
in Roswell, Georgia and president of the Lee Jenkins Group, a
ministry outreach, financial education, and consulting firm. He
also serves as the Atlanta
Executive Director of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
(FCA). Before becoming a pastor, Jenkins spent 25 years as an
investment adviser. His advice
has been featured numerous
times via CNN, TBN, USA
Today,
Black
Enterprise
Magazine
and
Essence
Magazine. An author of several
books on personal finances,
Jenkins’ latest book, Lee Jenkins
on Money, made the Black
Christian Bestseller’s List along
with notable authors such as
Bishop T.D. Jakes, General
Colin Powell, Tony Dungy, and
George Foreman. He has been
married to wife Martica for 26
years. They have three grown
children: Kristin, Martin and
Ryan.
Lady Joy Hill was born to missionary parents on the island of
St. Kitts. Lady Joy was one of
the premier worship leaders at
The Potter’s House in Dallas,
Texas, where Bishop T.D. Jakes
is the founder and pastor. She
has led worship at several of the
Woman Thou Art Loosed and
MegaFest conferences, and she
has also ministered internationally in countries such as the
Bahamas, the Ukraine, South
Africa, New Zealand, and
Australia. Her unique voice has
enabled her to tour and record
with some of the most popular
names in Gospel music such as
Israel Houghton and Kirk
Franklin. In addition, Lady Joy
has been a featured soloist on
several of Bishop Jakes’ recordings, including Woman Thou Art
Loosed: Live at Lakewood..
Dr. Michelle is a widely soughtafter motivational speaker. She
is an expert on many topics
including family and romantic
relationships; mental health;
stress and coping; women’s
health; emotional intelligence
and executive career development. As a consultant to Fortune
500 companies, Dr. Michelle
provides executive coaching,
training and strategic organizational development consulting.
She is also on the board of Black
Girls Rock! Dr. Michelle
received her Ph.D. and M.A. in
psychology from the University
of Michigan and her B.A. in
Sociology from Boston College.
She was a National Institute of
Mental Health Post-Doctoral
Research Fellow at Yale
University. She has appeared on
programs such as Good Morning
America, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray,
The Talk, Oprah, the Today
Show, America’s Next Top
Model, 106th & Park, and The
Mo’Nique Show. She is also the
author of Ms. Typed: Stop
Sabotaging Your Relationships
and Find Dating Success.
Dr. Gary Chapman speaks
extensively throughout the U.S.
and internationally on marriage,
family and relationships. The
Singapore government invited
him to present his marriage seminar there, and the Chaplain’s
Office of NATO issued a special
invitation for Dr. Chapman to
speak to the NATO forces in
Germany. Other engagements
have taken him to England,
Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey,
Mexico and Hong Kong. Sales
exceeding 8 million copies
earned him the Platinum Book
Award from the Evangelical
Publishers Association for The
Five Love Languages, which
has been translated into over
forty languages. Thirty-four
other books and five video series
are also among his publications.
Dr. Chapman is Senior
Associate Pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church in WinstonSalem, North Carolina. He and
wife, Karolyn, have two adult
children and two grandchildren.
Corey began his company as a
blog three years ago under the
name, “Fitness as a Lifestyle.”
He developed innovative workouts that required little equipment and lasted only 30 minutes,
yet continually challenged his
clients. Corey now believes
teaching others to be fit is his
calling, instead of a job. Word
of Corey’s expertise and work
has spread, causing his list of
clientele to not only expand but
to include training groups of
people at a time. With the help
of social media and his own,
work ethic, Corey’s Fitness &
Training practice continues to
grow.
Lisa Williams founded Living
Water for Girls and Living
Water Learning Resource Center
as programs of Circle of Friends,
a non-profit organization with
the mission to rescue, rehabilitate and restore girls and young
women survivors of violence
and human sex trafficking. With
a team of 108 volunteers and six
staff members, she has raised
over $1.5 million in grassroots
efforts to solicit supporters to
sustain what the FBI called,
“One of the most comprehensive
rehabilitative programs for child
victims of sex trafficking in the
country.” In 2013, Williams
spoke at the United Nations 57th
Commission on the Status of
Women on the Elimination of
Violence against Women and
Girls. At the White House, she
spoke on the topic of
Eradicating
Modern
Day
Slavery. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation has sought her
expertise. Williams also has
become one of the most recognized voices for children and
young women of abuse and sex
trafficking in America.
Rosilyn Houston, a California
native,
relocated
to
Birmingham, AL to assume
for
BBVA
responsibility
Compass East Retail Region,
which encompasses 133 branches and 1,100 retail employees in
the Alabama and Florida markets. She is a veteran banker
with over 20 years in the retail
banking industry.
Houston
earned a BA in Organizational
Management at the University
of Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ and a
Master of Arts in Management
at the University of Redlands in
Redlands, CA. Houston also
earned Executive Leadership
Certification from Babson and
Wharton colleges in Madrid,
Spain. Her additional community
volunteerism
includes:
Executive Boards Seats at Girls,
Inc. of Central Alabama, The
American Heart Association,
The Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, Camp Smile-A-Mile,
and Jack and Jill of America,
Inc. She and her husband, Ron,
are parents to three children ages
25, 19, and 11.
Natasha is an internationally
acclaimed and sought-after
motivational speaker, trainer and
teacher. She has spoken in the
Caribbean, Canada and all over
the United States. She has made
special guest appearances on
The Potter’s Touch and various
radio/television programs such
as Las Vegas’ Conversations
with Cool G and The Mo &
Mickey Show. She served as the
“Relationship Expert” for NBC
Non-Stop while being featured
in popular magazines such as
Heart & Soul and eMotions.
Natasha is a graduate of Oral
Roberts University in Tulsa,
OK. She received her Bachelor’s
degree in Theology in 1993 and
a Master’s degree in Christian
Counseling in 1996. In 2000,
she obtained her Oklahoma
Professional
Counselor’s
License followed by her Texas
Counselor’s
Professional
License in 2007. Natasha currently serves as the Director of
The Center for Counseling and
Behavioral Health at The
Potter’s House of Dallas.
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