Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin
Born (1962-07-21) July 21, 1962
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Residence Permanent in Gainesville, Georgia and Irvine, California, U.S.
Occupation Pastor, Orator, Author and Musician
Notable work Right People Right Place Right Plan, Fear Fighters, The Spirit of Python, "Fasting, The Fasting Edge, Limitless, The Fearless Life
Spouse(s) Cherise Franklin
Children Courteney, Caressa, Caroline, Connar, Drake
Awards Martin Luther King, Jr. Mantle of Destiny Award
Website JentezenFranklin.org

Jentezen Franklin (born July 21, 1962) is an American evangelical pastor, author and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of Free Chapel Worship Center, a multi-site church based in Gainesville, Georgia and author of New York Times best sellers Right People, Right Place, Right Plan; Fasting; Fear Fighters and The Spirit of Python. His ministry extends internationally through the televised broadcast Kingdom Connection and featured on television networks such as TBN and The Church Channel.[1]

Personal life

Jentezen Franklin is one of five children born to Billy and Katie Franklin in Wilson, North Carolina. His father died in 1991, and his mother remains actively involved at Free Chapel. His mother is one of twenty-seven children in the Stone family of Wilson, North Carolina. He has two older brothers, Doyle and Richie, and two younger sisters, Jennifer and Jill. Early in his career Franklin traveled as an evangelistic team with his elder brother Richie who died December 1, 2012. Franklin and his wife Cherise married in September 1987 and they have five children: Courteney, Caressa, Caroline, Connar, and Drake.[2]

Franklin studied tenor saxophone under Frank Mayes at Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) in his hometown of Wilson, North Carolina. Franklin and his brother Richie played in the college jazz band. Franklin left college after his brother graduated and pursued the ministry under the guidance of his father eventually becoming an evangelist in the Church of God.

Ministry

On his way to a musical career as a saxophone player Franklin became an evangelist. After Roy Wellborn—senior pastor of Free Chapel—died in 1989, Franklin was formally installed as pastor of Free Chapel.[3] At the time Free Chapel was a small congregation of 300 people. In 2004 the church moved to its current location which has a 3,000-seat auditorium.[4]

In 2007 Franklin opened the second Free Chapel church in Irvine, California. On August 5 the church held its first service with about 163 members in attendance. It has since grown almost as rapidly as the Gainesville location.[4]

In 2014 Franklin and Free Chapel expanded and opened a Gwinnett church with a 900-seat capacity auditorium located in Suwanee, Georgia.[5]

in 2016 Jentezen Franklin expanded Free Chapel to South Carolina in Spartanburg renovating a preexisting church with a 3,000-seat auditorium.[6]

Other campuses include: Buford, Georgia, Cumming, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, and The Chapel on McEver.[7]

Forward Conference

Forward is an annual student conference hosted by Franklin's church since 2004. It is held every year in both Atlanta, Georgia and Irvine, California.

Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2006
Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2007
Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2009
Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2010
Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2011

Move Forward
  • Jentezen Franklin
  • Judah Smith
  • Reggie Dabbs
  • Christine Caine
  • Carl Lentz
  • First live recording produced by Israel Houghton
Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2012
  • Break the Static

First year to feature dual sites for conference on East Coast (EC) and West Coast (WC)

Year Theme Featured Artists Featured Speakers Special Notes
2013

Published works

  • Fasting: (Volume I) Private Discipline That Brings Public Reward (2004)
  • Fasting: (Volume II) Opening A Door To God's Promises (2005)
  • The Amazing Discernment of Women: Learning to Understand Your Spiritual Intuition And God's Plan for It (2006)
  • Right People, Right Place, Right Plan (2007)
  • Right People, Right Place, Right Plan Devotional: 30 Days of Discerning the Voice of God (2008)
  • Fasting: Opening the door to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God (2008)
  • Fasting Journal: Your Personal 21-Day Guide to a Successful Fast (2008)
  • Believe That You Can (2008)
  • Fasting Study Guide: 5-Week Interactive Study Resource (2009)
  • Fear Fighters: How to Live with Confidence in a World Driven by Fear (2009)
  • Right People Right Place Right Plan (2011)
  • The Fasting Edge: Recover your passion. Recapture your dream. Restore your joy. (2011)
  • Fasting Student Edition: Go Deeper and Further with God Than Ever Before (2012)
  • The Spirit of Python: Exposing Satan's Plan to Squeeze the Life Out of You (2013)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Free Chapel Media". Free Chapel. 2009-01-17.
  2. ↑ About Jentezen Franklin
  3. ↑ 1962-, Franklin, Jentezen, (2007). Right people, right place, right plan : discerning the voice of God. New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House. ISBN 0883682761. OCLC 85862208.
  4. 1 2 Blackwood, Harris (March 6, 2008). "Jentezen Franklin: 2 coasts, 1 message". Gainesville Times. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Georgia's Free Chapel Expands To New Gwinnett Campus With Meyer Sound MINA - ProSoundWeb". ProSoundWeb. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Free Chapel Opens Spartanburg Campus in Renovated Space with L-Acoustics Audio Upgrade". Church Production Magazine. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  7. ↑ https://www.freechapel.org/#
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