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TEN RICHEST PASTORS IN THE WORLD
1.Bishop T. D Jakes
Bishop Jakes lives in
a $1,700,000 mansion, he has been called America's best preacher and has been
featured on the cover of TIME magazine. He is a writer, preacher and movie
producer. Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes, Sr. is the bishop/chief pastor
of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American mega church, with 30,000
members, located in Dallas, Texas. T.D Jakes wears custom made suits and sports
a diamond ring the size of a coin. This man of God has been endowed with a $150
million net worth.
2.Bishop David Oyedepo
Bishop David Oyedepo
is a Nigerian Preacher, Christian Author, Founder and Presiding Bishop of
Winners Chapel known as Living Faith Church World Wide. Has been hailed as the
wealthiest preacher in Nigeria with a total net worth of $150 million and
properties like 4 private jets and homes in the United States and England.
After the foundation of the Living Faith Outreach Ministry in 1981, it has
evolved to be one of the largest congregations in Africa and has a flourishing
mission in Nairobi.
3.E A Adeboye
This messenger of God was listed in an African magazine, NEWSWEEK, as the most powerful man in Africa and one of the top 50 global power elites in 2008/2009, among others such as President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), something he has done for the last 28years.Amongst his posessions are private jets.
This messenger of God was listed in an African magazine, NEWSWEEK, as the most powerful man in Africa and one of the top 50 global power elites in 2008/2009, among others such as President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), something he has done for the last 28years.Amongst his posessions are private jets.
4.Benny Hinn
Israeli
televangelist,Toufik Benedictus “Benny” Hinn has an estimated net worth of $42
million. He is best known for his regular “Miracle Crusades” – revival
meeting/faith healing summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major
cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, “This Is
Your Day”. Hinn was born on December 3, 1952
5.Chris Oyakhilome
This is the man behind
Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy.His church has an
estimated net worth of $30 million – $50 million last year, the charismatic
preacher was at the center of a $35 million money laundering case in which he
was accused of siphoning funds from his church to foreign banks.
6.Creflo Dollar
American Bible
teacher, pastor, and the founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo
Dollar, has an estimated net worth of $27 million. As his name suggests, this
preacher’s “manna” comes in form of the green buck.
7.Kenneth Copeland
He runs Kenneth
Copeland Ministries, was one of several televangelists whose finances were
investigated from 2007 to 2011 by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa.
According to an article
by the Associated Press that ran in 2008, "His ministry's 1,500-acre
campus, behind an iron gate a half-hour drive from Fort Worth includes a
church, a private airstrip, a hangar for the ministry's $17.5 million jet and
other aircraft, and a $6 million church owned lakefront mansion.
The article later
added that while Copeland has not released up-to-date salary statements,
"the church disclosed in a property-tax exemption application that his
wages were $364,577 in 1995; Copeland's wife, Gloria, earned $292,593. It's not
clear whether those figures include other earnings, such as special offerings
for guest preaching or book royalties.”
8.Billy Graham
American evangelical
Christian evangelist, William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr., has a net worth of $25
million. The Southern Baptist evangelist rose to celebrity status as his
sermons started getting broadcast on radio and television. Graham was born on a
dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1918, he has conducted many
evangelistic crusades since 1948 . He is now a world renowned televangelist
raking in millions of dollars.
9.Matthew Ashimolowo
Ashimolowo, the owner
of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) gets an annual income of
$200,000. Having his humble beginnings as a priest in Foursquare Gospel Church,
a Nigerian church that sent Ashimolowo to open a satellite branch in London.
Pastor Matthew had other ideas and decided to set up his own church instead.
Today, his Kingsway International Christian Center is reportedly the largest Pentecostal
church in the whole of the United Kingdom
10.Temitope Joshua
Synagogue Church Of
All Nations (SCOAN) has an estimated net worth: $10 million – $15 million
Nigeria’s most controversial clergyman is also one of its richest and most
philanthropic. T.B Joshua heads the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), a
congregation he founded in 1987, which accommodates over 15,000 worshippers on
Sundays.
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