He was previously married to Real Housewives Of Potomac star Gizelle Bryant and has been the subject of controversy.
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Who is Pastor Jamal Bryant’s fiancée, Karri Turner?
On May 28, 2024, Pastor Jamal Bryant announced his engagement to Karri Turner.
He made the announcement at his church and also shared a video of the news on Instagram.
He said, “I am so grateful to God that she has consented to be my wife,” before introducing Karri on stage at church.
Karri is a Christian motivational speaker.
According to her website, she is “a national and international award-winning speaker with a specific focus on women in ministry and marketplace.”
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Morris Brown College.
Karri later earned a Master of Divinity degree from The Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
In 2023, she obtained her Doctorate in Ministry with a concentration in leadership and Christian renewal.
Who is Jamal Bryant?
Jamal Bryant is a senior pastor of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.
He was born in Boston in 1971 to a father who was a bishop and a mother who was a reverend.
His grandfather, Harrison Bryant, was also an African Methodist Episcopal bishop.
Jamal graduated from Morehouse College and Duke University.
He also received his Doctorate of Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation, with a Doctorate of Theology from the University of Oxford, UK.
Jamal led the funeral for Freddie Gray who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in 2015 as he was arrested and severely beaten by police.
He has also advocated for social justice issues like the Black Lives Matter movement and finding justice for Breonna Taylor.
“The movement is growing! Not only do we want criminal justice reform but economic equality as well,” he wrote on Instagram in August 2020.
The pastor has a rumored net worth of $500,000.
As well as being a pastor, he is a businessman and has investments in the communication industry.
He runs a program on national television called Got Power? as well as an international radio broadcast called Power for Life.
His Sunday live services attract at least 150,000 internet users and thousands of registered members for his daily motivating voice and text messages.
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Who is Jamal Bryant’s ex-wife, Gizelle?
From 2002 until 2009, Jamal was married to The Real Housewives Of Potomac star Gizelle Bryant.
The couple welcomed three children, including a daughter named Grace and twin girls named Adore and Angel.
At the time of their separation, their daughters were three and two years old.
The couple split after rumors emerged that Jamal was unfaithful and fathered children outside of their marriage.
Gizelle addressed the rumors on Bravotv.com: “I addressed it on his social media.
“I said it’s a lie, and clearly, we’re very important if people are gonna make up these lies.”
Jamal does have another child with another woman. His oldest daughter is named Topaz and she was born in 1998.
Although they are no longer married, the former couple keep in touch as they co-parent and even reunited on the Bravo show.
They rekindled their romance in 2019 before splitting up for good.
Gizelle commented on Jamal’s engagement post. She wrote, “Congratulations! Very happy for you.”