‘They Will Steal Anything’: White Preacher Accused of Stealing Sermon from Bishop T.D. Jakes Slams ‘Defamation’ Claims Amid Viral Video of Her Jakes ‘Impersonation’

Many would agree that Bishop T.D. Jakes’ most inspirational sermons came from his “Woman, Thou Art Loosed (WTAL)” conferences, held from 1996 to 2022. The weekend-long church convention, which inspires women to break free from “strongholds” like addiction, domestic abuse, and low self-esteem, was also turned into a movie starring actors Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine and Clifton Powell. A white female preacher is speaking out after a viral video of her using excerpts from a sermon that Bishop T.D. Jakes preached 25 years ago at the 2000 “Woman Thou Art Loose” Conference. (Photos by @kk.trinaa/Instagram; Marcus Ingram/Getty Images) But people still make references to Jakes’ joint sermon with Bishop Noel Jones titled “Seize the Moment” at the 2000 WTAL conference. That same sermon sparked headlines in 2025 after a young white female preacher was caught plagiarizing Jakes’ portion of the sermon word for word. The electrifying sermon where both bishops had the crowd of women in a frenzy, claiming their deliverance, was posted in Mar. 2024 on Church Classics’ IG page, possibly where the woman saw this vintage offering. The controversy began when a fan-made video comparing their sermon to the sermon preached by a woman who has now been...