The Potter's House

The Potter's House is a nondenominational church, located in the southern sector of Dallas, Texas, founded in 1996. Since 1996, The Potter's House has grown from 50 families to more than 30,000 members who step out in force, inspired and spiritually armed by Bishop T. D. Jakes to help others in their communities and across the world. Christian Today and the Dallas Morning News tag The Potter's House as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation.

Church Demographics:

The Potter’s House is the vibrant home of more than 30,000 members from the multicultural Dallas/Forth Worth area. It currently houses these percentiles:

* 77% African-American
* 13% Caucasian
* 7% Hispanic
* 3% Other – comprised of 17 different nationalities.

Men comprise 45% of the total congregation, which is unusually high for a mostly minority church. The church brings together the down-and-out, the homeless and released offender to sit beside the up-and-coming, the celebrity and the community leader. They worship and serve together in one or more of the 59 different ministries within the church, including GED/literacy programs, AIDS outreach, homeless outreach, male mentorship, a debutante program and one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing prison ministries complete with a prison satellite network broadcasting to more than 260 prisons across the nation.