How White Evangelicals Lost Their Way

Bishop T. D. Jakes is one of the most famous pastors in America. His multi-thousand-member Dallas megachurch, the Potter's House, is just one part of his platform; he's recorded gospel albums, starred in television broadcasts, led several popular conference series, and published numerous books, including his latest, Don't Drop the Mic. But all of that fame couldn't prepare Jakes for the past year and a half, when his ministry has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic and racial tensions in the United States. Suddenly, he found himself inundated with calls and texts from desperate, grieving families. Meanwhile, he found himself making calls and sending texts to prominent white pastors all over the country who were stumbling through long-overdue conversations with their churches about race.