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.
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)
^Franklin, Jentezen (2007). Right people, right place, right plan : discerning the voice of God. New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House. ISBN978-0883682760. OCLC85862208.
^Franklin, Jentezen (2007). Fasting: Opening the door to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God. Charisma House. pp. Forward. ISBN9781599792583.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
