Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin is an American evangelical pastor, author, and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of Free Chapel, a multi-site church based in Gainesville, Georgia, and author of Right People, Right Place, Right Plan; Fasting; Fear Fighters and The Spirit of Python.

Jentezen Franklin
Franklin in 2019
Born	(1962-07-21) July 21, 1962 (age 63) Wilson, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)	pastor author
Spouse	Cherise Franklin ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	5
Website	JentezenFranklin.org

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 installed as pastor of Free Chapel.^[1] At the time, Free Chapel was a small congregation of 300 people. In 2004 the church moved to a new location which had a 3,000-seat auditorium.^[2] As of 2023, Free Chapel is a megachurch with multiple campuses across the Southern United States.^[3]

Jentezen has written over a dozen books. His close friend, Pastor Tommy Tenney, wrote the foreword Jentezen's 2007 best seller Fasting: Opening the door to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God.^[4]

Personal life

Franklin and his wife Cherise married in September 1987. They have five children.^[5]

Published works

• Fasting: (Volume I) Private Discipline That Brings Public Reward (2004)
• Fasting: (Volume II) Opening A Door To God's Promises (2005)
• Take Hold Of Your Dreams
• 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)
• Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt (2018)
• Acres of Diamonds: Discovering God’s Best Right Where You Are (2020)

See also

• Fasting