TOP 10 RICHEST PASTORS IN THE WORLD

1. BISHOP T.D. JAKES

Bishop Jakes lives in a $1,700,000 mansion and has been featured on the cover of TIME magazine. He is a writer, preacher and movie producer. Pastor 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. Other aspects of Jakes' ministry include an annual revival called "MegaFest" that draws more than 100,000 people, an annual women's conference called "Woman Thou Art Loosed"

2. BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO

Bishop David Oyedepo is a Nigerian Preacher, Founder and Presiding Bishop of Winners Chapel known as Living Faith Church World Wide. So far has been named 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. He is also the owner and founder of Convenant University.

3. PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

Pastor Adeboye 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, others named in this category are President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church of GOD (RCCG), something he has done for the last 28years. He is also the proud owner of private jets.

4. PASTOR 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”. 

5. PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

He is the pastor behind the sect Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, and owns the Christ Embassy church which has its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. His church has an estimated net worth of almost $50 million, His ministry runs several arms including the Healing School, Rhapsody of Realities (a daily devotional with global reach), and an NGO called the Innercity Missions for Children as well as three Christian television channels: 
LoveWorld TV, LoveWorld SAT and LoveWorld Plus. Oyakhilome's television programs feature his faith healings, miracles and large meetings which his ministry organises around the world, with gatherings of over 2.5 million people in a single night's event

6. PASTOR CREFLO DOLLAR

American Bible teacher, pastor, and the founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo Dollar, has an estimated net worth of $27 million. Dollar is known for his controversial teachings regarding prosperity theology, or the gospel of wealth. He has long been criticized for living a lavish lifestyle; he owns two Rolls-Royces, a private jet, and real estate such as a million-dollar home in Atlanta, a $2.5 million home in Demarest, New Jersey, and a $2.5 million home in Manhattan, which he sold for $3.75 million in 2012. Dollar has refused to disclose his salary.

7. KENETH COPELAND

He runs Kenneth Copeland Ministries, is one of the leaders of the Charismatic Movement and is an American author, musician, public speaker, and televangelist. Copeland has been strongly identified with preaching a prosperity and abundance message, commonly referred to as the prosperity gospel over the last 45 years. His Tarrant County, Texas-based Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM) advocates daily application of the "Word of God", meaning the Bible. 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.

8. PASTOR BILLY GRAHAM

American evangelical Christian American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class. The moderately conservative Protestants has a net worth of $25 million. Graham has conducted many evangelistic crusades since 1948. He is now a world renowned evangelist.

9. PASTOR MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO

Ashimolowo, the owner of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) gets an annual income of $200,000. Ashimolowo converted to Christianity from Islam at the age of 22 after the death of his father before enrolling with a Bible school. Forbes estimated Ashimolowo's net worth is at between $6-10 million. KICC annual accounts confirmed that he earns an annual salary of £100,000 but the majority of his wealth comes from the sale of Christian literature and documentaries from his media company, Matthew Ashimolowo media.

9. PASTOR T.B 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. Joshua is known for his popularity across Africa and his online presence, with over 1,500,000 fans on Facebook and hundreds of YouTube videos which have proved controversial and amassed millions of views. In 2011, according to Forbes, Joshua was Nigeria’s third-richest pastor.