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The Potter's House (Dallas)
For the Christian Pentecostal church organization, see Potter's House Christian Fellowship.
Church in Texas, United States
The Potter's House is a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, United States, founded by T. D.
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Jakes. Outreach magazine ranked it the 10th largest in the US as of 2008 based on a weekly attendance of 17,000 and a capacity of about 8,000.[1]
History
The church building was established by televangelistW.
V. Grant as the Eagles Nest Family Church. It is located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas right next to Dallas Baptist University. After Grant was convicted of tax evasion in 1996 he sold the facility to T. D. Jakes, a fellow televangelist, who renamed it and relaunched it as The Potter's House.[2][3] Jakes had moved from West Virginia with 50 families, who formed the nucleus of the new congregation.[4]
To handle expansion, the church built a 191,000-square-foot (17,700 m2) sanctuar