From the Pit
to the Pulpit
Born in Memphis in 1968. Lost to the streets by fifteen. Set down in a prison cell at twenty-one, and met there by God. Today, Prophetess Tanya Jacobs tells the whole story so the woman still in the pit knows there is a way out.
"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."
PSALM 40:2
This is not how my story begins.
Before she ever knew what safety meant, Tanya was learning what fear felt like. Silence became her shield. The streets of Memphis became her school. By fifteen, addiction had taken hold.
In 1989, the lifestyle caught up with her. What should have been her lowest point became her rebirth. Released at twenty-two, she chose a different path, and never stopped walking it.
The Books
Not a series of tragedies. A testimony of survival.
The Horror Stories of My Life
A childhood without protection, a descent into the streets, and the prison cell where everything stopped. The story of how rock bottom found its voice.
Beauty Rising from the Dark
The crack era in Memphis, the women who never came home, and the mercy that followed her down every dark road. Some secrets don't stay buried.
From Horror to Hope
A nugget from the chapters of her life, contrasting the horror with the holy, to help you on your own road to healing.
The Silence of a 5-Year-Old
How the secrets we carry as children become the chains we wear as adults, and how to break the shield of silence and find your voice again.
Read the FeatureCOMING UP
- OCT 19Prayers in the Midst of Chaos
- NOV 2The Myth of Location vs. the Truth of Cycles
- NOV 16Rock Bottom Has a Voice
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Short video messages straight from the Prophetess.
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You don't have to walk out alone.
Join the Out of the Pit sisterhood on Facebook, a private space for survivors and warriors to mentor one another through the separation and the elevation.
The Horror Stories of My Life
A stage production of song, drama, and deliverance, built to reach the woman currently in the pit and show her the way out.
Bring her testimony to your people.
Prophetess Tanya Jacobs has traveled across cities and states preaching the gospel for more than twenty-five years. Invite her to your church, conference, women's retreat, or recovery program.
- Breaking the Silence of Trauma
- Environment vs. Identity
- The Messy Middle of Change
- Not Broken, Just Wounded
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