{"id":9620,"date":"2026-04-28T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/dallas-pastor-sarah-jakes-roberts-recovering-almost-paralyzed-in-accident\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:44:18","slug":"dallas-pastor-sarah-jakes-roberts-recovering-almost-paralyzed-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/dallas-pastor-sarah-jakes-roberts-recovering-almost-paralyzed-in-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts recovering, \u2018almost paralyzed\u2019 in accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_1Po8xtjnooQ?ui_title_intro=Listen+now%3A&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=2.7.1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"136px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(RNS) \u2014 Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts, co-leader of the Dallas megachurch founded by her father, Bishop T.D. Jakes, is recovering after suffering a neck fracture that she said almost paralyzed her in mid-April.<\/p>\n<p>Jakes Roberts, 37, a popular conference speaker, author and co-senior pastor with her husband at The Potter\u2019s House church, posted on social media that she was injured during an accident while playing with her daughter on a trampoline and was hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night was scary. I was almost paralyzed, but God didn\u2019t see fit to let that be my story,\u201d Jakes Roberts said in identical posts on Facebook and Instagram on April 19. \u201cI was playing a game with my Ella on the trampoline and landed on my neck. Instantly, I heard several pops in my neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday (April 26), Pastor Tour\u00e9 Roberts, her husband and co-senior pastor at The Potter\u2019s House, expressed his concern for his wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Sarah with all my heart,\u201d he told T.D. Jakes as they began a previously scheduled on-stage discussion at the church about Roberts\u2019 soon-to-be-released book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/knowing-toure-roberts\/1147732442\">Knowing: The Journey to Certainty in an Uncertain World<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely impossible for me to be OK when she is not. So I\u2019m not OK, I\u2019ll be honest with you. I\u2019m not OK. But I am well, well in the sense that I\u2019m grateful to God for delivering her and saving her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4256793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4256793\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-427x240.jpg 427w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-807x454.jpg 807w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/webRNS-Sarah-Jakes-Roberts2-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text edd-enabled\"><span class=\"caption\">Pastors Sarah Jakes Roberts, left, and Tour\u00e9 Roberts. (Video screen grab)<\/span><span class=\"credit\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/04\/28\/t-d-jakes-dallas-megachurch-will-be-led-by-daughter-son-in-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T.D. Jakes\u2019 Dallas megachurch will be led by daughter, son-in-law<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Jakes summed up what he called the start of a \u201cdifficult several days\u201d for their family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn case you don\u2019t know, Pastor Sarah was playing with the kids on the trampoline, bounced up on the trampoline, came down from the trampoline, hit her neck, pretty much broke her neck, crushed \u2014 the doctor used the term \u2018crushed\u2019 \u2014 her neck,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted the family\u2019s wait for word on his daughter\u2019s prognosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere we sat for hours and hours waiting to get some determination as concerning her well-being and her mobility or whether she might ultimately pass away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In her social media posts, Jakes Roberts said she had to travel to a second hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne disc up or one disc lower, and this would\u2019ve been a different testimony,\u201d she said. \u201cInstead, I\u2019ll be wearing this brace for 4-6 weeks to keep my neck stable and avoid further damage. Rest and recovery will give my body a chance to heal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@realsarahjakesroberts\/video\/7633210359796583694\" data-video-id=\"7633210359796583694\">\n<section><a title=\"@realsarahjakesroberts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@realsarahjakesroberts?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realsarahjakesroberts<\/a>Living in the tension of gratitude and pain. Allowing myself to move slowly and be held. Grateful that though fragile, I haven\u2019t been alone. \u2764\ufe0f<a title=\"\u266c \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0437\u0432\u0443\u043a - Itsmemoldir\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA-7548418541779798840?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0437\u0432\u0443\u043a \u2013 Itsmemoldir<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a news release dated April 20, The Potter\u2019s House said Jakes Roberts \u201cis currently under strict medical guidance and is expected to make a full recovery in time.\u201d It described the incident as an accident, said she was \u201cin strong spirits\u201d and noted that some of her upcoming engagements might be shifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurrounded by family, leadership, and an incredible care team, Pastor Sarah is focused on recovery and looks forward to returning in due time,\u201d the church stated, expressing gratitude for the prayers and encouragement it has received.<\/p>\n<p>Jakes Roberts and her husband were installed as <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/04\/28\/t-d-jakes-dallas-megachurch-will-be-led-by-daughter-son-in-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-senior pastors<\/a> on July 6, months after her father suffered a massive heart attack in front of his congregation in November 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The leadership transition for Jakes also came months after lawyers filed a defamation lawsuit on his behalf on the day after he fell ill. The suit argued Pennsylvania minister Duane Youngblood had falsely accused Jakes of attempted sexual assault. In October 2025, Jakes informed the Pennsylvania federal district court where the case was filed that it had been <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/11\/12\/t-d-jakes-moves-from-pastoring-to-podcasting-as-his-next-focus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voluntarily dismissed<\/a> \u201cby consent of all parties\u201d involved in the litigation.<\/p>\n<p>Jakes\u2019 daughter and son-in-law previously were pastors of ONE LA, a California-based ministry that is part of The Potter\u2019s House.<\/p>\n<p>In an hourlong sermon the Sunday before her injury, Jakes Roberts preached about the Apostle Paul\u2019s letter to the church in Corinth and concluded with a prayer that mentioned people dealing with changes in their physical bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLastly, I want to pray for those of you who are in this room and you can\u2019t show up in your body the way you used to,\u201d she said, as she walked back and forth on the stage. \u201cYou have equated strength with your physical presence and discounted what God can do in your current condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Jakes Roberts was <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/09\/19\/sarah-jakes-roberts-pastor-and-t-d-jakes-daughter-now-time100-next-honoree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">named to the Time100 Next list<\/a> of up-and-coming leaders. She hosts a Woman Evolve conference that has drawn tens of thousands of women to hear her speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your father is T.D. Jakes and you follow his footsteps into the world of ministry, there\u2019s a lot of pressure to find your own voice,\u201d wrote producer and philanthropist Tyler Perry in the Time magazine tribute to Jakes Roberts, whom he had known for decades. \u201cHer lived experience using the grace of prayer to find a way through personal pain and tragedy resonates deeply with so many.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/09\/19\/sarah-jakes-roberts-pastor-and-t-d-jakes-daughter-now-time100-next-honoree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Jakes Roberts, pastor and T.D. 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