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Update: T. D. Jakes changes his doctrinal statement

Oneness advocate and popular TV evangelist T. D. Jakes (of the Potter's House church in Dallas, TX) has changed (reworded) his doctrinal statement regarding God. His old statement in his definition of God read:

THREE DIMENSIONS OF ONE GOD. . . . Triune in His manifestation, being both Father, Son and Holy Ghost AND that He is Sovereign and Absolute in His authority. We believe in the Father who is God Himself, Creator of the universe. (Gen. 1:1; John 1:1).

But as of recently, he changed it to read: "There is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in three manifestations: Father, Son and Holy Spirit." The Belief Statement on the Potter's House website (http://www.thepottershouse.org/Local/About-Us/Belief-Statement.aspx) still provides a unitarian and decidedly Oneness concept of God. Using the term “manifestations” (avoiding the use of “Persons”) to describe God is consistent with Oneness doctrine, not Trinitarianism. For those who still defend Jakes insisting that he holds to the biblical doctrine of the Trinity and not Oneness theology, please refer to the Potter's House website and read his Belief Statement. Denying the Trinity denies the biblical revelation of the nature of God. See A Concise Look at Oneness Beliefs.