Forbes
releases its list of the richest pastors in Africa, I don't think there
are any surprises. Below are the 5 richest pastors in Africa and they
are all Nigerians.
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Bishop David Oyedepo |
BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO
Affiliation: Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, aka Winners Chapel
Estimated net worth: $150 million
David
Oyedepo is Nigeria’s wealthiest preacher. Ever back he founded the
Living Faith Apple Outreach Ministry in 1981, it has developed to become
one of Africa’s biggest congregations.
The
Faith Tabernacle, area he hosts three services every Sunday, is
Africa’s biggest adoration center, with a basement accommodation of
50,000. Oyedepo owns four clandestine jets and homes in London and the
United States. He aswell owns Dominion Publishing House, a advancing
publishing aggregation that publishes all his books (which are generally
centered on prosperity).
He
founded and owns Covenant University, one of Nigeria’s arch tertiary
institutions, and Faith Academy, an aristocratic top school.
CHRIS OYAKHILOME
Affliation: Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy
Estimated net worth: $30 million – $50 million
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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
Last
year, the absorbing preacher was at the centermost of a $35 actor money
bed-making case in which he was accused of siphoning funds from his
abbey to adopted banks. Pastor Chris pleaded no atrocity and the case
was eventually dismissed. His church, Christ Embassy, boasts added than
40,000 members, several of whom are acknowledged business admiral and
politicians.
Oyakhilome’s
adapted interests cover newspapers, magazines, a bounded television
station, a almanac label, digital TV, hotels and all-encompassing
absolute estate. His Loveworld TV Arrangement is the aboriginal
Christian arrangement to advertisement from Africa to the blow of the
apple on a 24 hour basis.
TEMITOPE JOSHUA
Affliation: Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN)
Estimated net worth: $10 million – $15 million
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Prophet TB Joshua |
Nigeria’s
a lot of arguable abbey is aswell one of its richest and a lot of
philanthropic. T.B Joshua active the Synagogue Abbey of all Nations
(SCOAN), a aggregation he founded in 1987, which accommodates over
15,000 worshippers on Sundays.
The
Pastor has remained arguable for several years for his baffling admiral
to alleviate all sorts of cureless diseases, including HIV/AIDS, blight
and paralysis. For miracle-craving worshippers, it’s the absolute
seduction. The abbey currently has branches in Ghana, the United
Kingdom, South Africa, and Greece. In the accomplished three years, he
has accustomed over $20 actor to causes in education, healthcare and
rehabilitation programs for above Niger Delta militants.
He owns Emmanuel TV, a Christian television network, and is abutting accompany with Ghanaian above President Atta Mills.
MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO
Affliation: Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC)
Estimated net worth: $6 million – $10 million
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Pastor Matthew Asimolowo |
In
1992, Foursquare Gospel Church, a Nigerian church, beatific Ashimolowo
to accessible a digital annex in London. But Pastor Matthew had added
account and absitively to set up his own abbey instead. Today, his
Kingsway International Christian Centermost is reportedly the better
Pentecostal abbey in the United Kingdom.
In
2009, the abbey acquaint profits of abutting to $10 actor and assets
account $40 million. Ashimolowo earns an anniversary bacon of $200,000,
but his absolute abundance comes from assorted business interests
including his media company, Matthew Ashimolowo media, which churns out
Christian abstract and documentaries.
Ashimolowo’s assembly did not acknowledge to a appeal acknowledging his net account and buying of all these assets.
CHRIS OKOTIE
Affliation: Household of God Church
Net worth: $3 million -$10 million
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Pastor Chris Okotie |
Pastor
Okotie fabricated his aboriginal success as a accepted pop artist in
the 80s. He begin the light, accepted the bible and set up the Household
of God Church, one of Nigeria’s a lot of baroque congregations. His
5,000 affiliate abbey consists predominantly of Nollywood celebrities,
musicians, and association people. He contested and absent in the
Nigerian presidential elections for the third beneath the Fresh Party, a
political affair he founded and funds. An auto lover, he owns a
Mercedes S600, Hummer and Porsche and just recently acquired some fleet of cars.