Sarah Jakes Roberts

Sarah Jakes Roberts
Roberts in 2025
Born	(1988-07-17) July 17, 1988
Education	Texas Christian University
Occupations	Pastor, author, nonprofit executive
Organization(s)	The Potter's House, Women Evolve
Father	T.D. Jakes

Sarah Jakes Roberts (born 1988) is an American pastor, author, and nonprofit executive who has served as the co-pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas since 2025. She also writes books and has run a nonprofit called Women Evolve. In 2026, she fractured her neck in a trampoline accident. She was named to the Time 100 Next in 2023.

Biography

Roberts was born to Pastor T. D. Jakes and his wife on July 17, 1988. She was born in West Virginia but grew up in Dallas. She became a teen mom at age 14. Her father would later use this as an example of how "struggle can make you strong". She finished high school early and then attended Texas Christian University, where she met her first husband, the linebacker. They were married for four years, but divorced due to infidelity. She also began creating blogs in 2010. She worked as a waitress in a strip club.

During this time, unexpectedly to her, though, her blogs began to gain popularity and she was frequently invited as a motivational speaker. Additionally, she created her own podcast.

In 2014, she met Touré Roberts, who would go on to become her second and current husband. He invited her to give a sermon at his church on Mother's Day 2014, not realizing that that would be her first ever sermon, but it was rated positively. She went on to go on preaching tours. During her preaching tours, she included a trauma therapist. In one instance, she removed her wig during a sermon. She also visited churches in other locations, including Nigeria.

She served as co-pastor of two of the branches of The Potter's House together with her husband, those in Denver and Los Angeles. These churches went online in March 2020 and remained so permanently. They became assistant pastors at the main church in Dallas in 2023.

In 2022, her father anointed her to succeed him in his women's empowerment focused mission. She had previously founded her own nonprofit in the space, Women Evolve, in 2017, which she remained with for her own women's empowerment mission. She expanded it to include books, a podcast, and an annual conference, of which notable attendees have included Kelly Rowland and Tina Knowles. It also includes a fashion line, which she has stated as showing "you can slay and pray all at the same time". Conferences frequently draw tens of thousands of attendees, and emphasize evolution and purpose, as well as shattering the glass ceiling and women supporting women. She utilizes Eve as a metaphor for moving forward.

In April 2025, her father announced that she would, along with her husband, be stepping in as co-pastors to succeed him at The Potter's House.

In April 2026, she revealed that she had fractured her neck while playing on a trampoline with her daughter. She stated that she narrowly avoided death and paralysis, and went on to undergo surgery for her herniated disks caused by this accident. She went on to announce a seven-city October tour for Women Evolve.

She is also a New York Times Best-Selling Author: two of her books, 2021's Women Evolve and 2024's Power Moves, are New York Times Best-Sellers. She has published at least five. Her first book was a memoir, while her second book discussed her pregnancy through the lens of Mary, mother of Jesus. For a time, she was also senior editor to a women's magazine. She has discussed self-care in her books, and has stated she wants them to be inclusive of those merely curious about faith.

Roberts and her husband stated in a joint interview that "serving the poor and the marginalized is a fundamental part of what it means to be Christian" and that "although we have modeled for (our children) the beauty and the value of... 'traditional marriage', we will also challenge them to love and respect all people regardless of their personal decision of what a healthy family should look like."

During a separate sermon, she apologized for harmful messages that previously had been spread by churches, stating "I apologize as a faith leader for the moments you were told to just pray it away, for the moments where you were told you'd never be a good girl, a good guy." She continued "that was not a reflection of God's heart towards you" and that "if you have to bypass the church to get to God, I get it. I get it." This was shared by Charlamagne tha God.

She was named to the Time 100 Next in 2023. Her profile was written by Tyler Perry. A show about her and her husband was set to be produced by Kerry Washington, and she was set to be played by Kelly Jenrette, but ultimately it was not greenlit by ABC. She is signed to WME Group. As of 2022, she had more than 2 million Instagram followers. Her net worth was estimated to be between 5 and 15 million in 2025.