Jesse Duplantis
Jesse Duplantis is an Evangelical Charismatic Christian
minister based in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, and the founder of Jesse
Duplantis Ministries. He was born on July 9, 1949 and grew up in Houma,
Louisiana.
Duplantis preached his first sermon in 1976. He has been a full-time
evangelistic minister since 1978, using his music and comic talent in
his work. In 1997, he and his wife, Cathy Duplantis, founded Covenant
Church, a local outreach of JDM on the International Headquarters
property in Destrehan, Louisiana.
