T.D. Jakes’ Woman Thou Art Loosed conference gave Black women representation in the church—but it also left some longing for more.
In front of nearly 20,000 Christian women, Serita Jakes, faces her husband, Bishop T.D. Jakes, onstage at the final Woman Thou Art Loosed conference in Atlanta.
Onstage, Mrs. Jakes thanks Bishop Jakes for nearly 30 years of service to women, and as she prays over him, I, the daughter of Pentecostal Black preachers, instinctively do what I know to do: bow my head and stretch forth my hand.Heal us from the ways it’s kept us boundI think, recalling the oppressive gender roles sometimes preached from the WTAL stage and my Mothers’ dining room tables.I can’t help but wonder if “blessings” inherently cost something.
Though my family had never attended WTAL, its brand reached us. I was 13 when my parents rushed us to the theaters to see the first WTAL movie featuring the story of a young woman convicted of murdering the man who sexually abused her as a child. We sobbed during the film, tried to close our eyes, but Daddy said it was important that we see.A women’s conference with a man at its helm. Dissonance. Coca-Cola sponsoring a faith conference. Money. Escalators, conveyor belts of trauma.
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