The world holds diverse vantage
point on the whereabouts, the tastes and lifestyles how pastors need to live,
establish themselves and to preach the gospel.
To some people; assembling under the tree is still very relevant, pastors need to show meekness to the less privilege or the congregations by wearing slippers while preaching and so much more. All those brouhaha can never stop these pastors from getting richer and richer
by the day.
To some people; assembling under the tree is still very relevant, pastors need to show meekness to the less privilege or the congregations by wearing slippers while preaching and so much more. All those brouhaha can never stop these pastors from getting richer and richer
by the day.
In this year lists, there are only
four out of five Nigerian pastors that made the list of the richest pastors in
Africa at the time last year. Click here to view »»Five Nigerians Emerge As Richest Pastors In Africa -
Forbes««
Below
is a list of the richest pastors worldwide and how much they are worth:
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.
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:
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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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