Show me some of the world’s richest men, and I will point at pastors. They now live in affluence, am supposed to be talking about pastors in the world but this time, my radar would be focused on Nigerian pastors.
Nigerian pastors are now authorities in the society and the country as a whole. Though am not here to judge but talk about the
net worth of top 10 richest pastors In Nigeria. Most of them have become so materialistic that they forget their main duty, which is to preach salvation to the world. Nigerian pastors are amongst the richest pastors in the world. This is a country where the average man earns less than a dollar a day according to statistics. Talk about private jets, Nigerian richest pastors own this expensive flying machine, talk about state of the art facilities, properties within and outside the shores of Nigeria, they still have stakes there. Recently in the panama paper leak, one of
Nigeria’s richest pastors was named amongst those involved in the fraudulent act even though he denied it. These men live in luxury, that is not to say their wealth are all ill gotten. So much about how they make their money.
How the pastors of these churches make their money is in the absence of taxes. Churches are exempted from paying taxes in Nigeria, despite huge profits made from tithes, donations from congregations, gifts, offerings, crusades and so on. The money made from these means have got nothing to do with the government, it is usually presided by elders in the church with the final decision coming from the General Overseer (G.O) and of course the church account is majorly been handled by the General Overseer (G.O)
Lately, an article was written in a global magazine about the richest pastors in the world and five Nigerian Pastors made the list, this is a country where more than half of the congregations can barely afford two comfortable square meals daily, what an irony!
So much about their insensitivities and dogmatic teaching and brainwashing of the poor, now lets take a paradigm shift and talk about the top ten richest pastors in Nigeria and their net worth.
But just so you know, here are the
top ten richest pastors in Nigeria — and what they are worth, the list will go from the least rich to
the richest pastor in Nigeria Pastor Lazarus Mouka
Founder/General Overseer of one of the fastest growing churches in Nigeria, The Lord’s Chose Charismatic Ministry, this church grew to prominence in the early 2000s due to the miracles he performs. He also owns several investments like schools, book publication companies, and real estates. Though without a private jet, he is worth million dollars
Pastor Gbenga Oso
The name pastor Gbenga Oso might not sound so familiar with the average Nigerian, he is the General Overseer and founder of Laughter Foundation Church. This church is regarded as the baby-factory, reason is, dozens of Nigerian couples experiencing delays in child bearing were said to have been blessed through his ministry. With a net worth of about $5million, he is without argument, one of the richest pastors in Nigeria.
Bishop Mike Okonkwo
Bishop Mike Okonkwo, the outspoken man of God used to work in the financial institution, the bank precisely but what I cannot confirm is the exact bank in which he worked, he quit the banking industry to set up The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), today the church remains one of the biggest churches in Nigeria. He is also on the list of pastors with private jets and of course, the cost of an average private jet is not less than 30million dollars, not forgetting his real estate investments. You see what I mean when I say these men live in absolute luxury.
Pastor Chris Okotie
Pastor Chris Okotie, who was a popular pop musician in the 80’s, eventually embraced the gospel and went ahead to establish the Household of God Church, which is worth over $15million, a feat that will be surpassed in the nearest future.
Bishop Ayodele Oritsejafor
Bishop Ayodele Oritsejafor is one of the most controversial and wealthiest pastors in Nigeria. He is the current president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He is the presiding pastor and founder of the Word of Life Bible Church. He has been accused many times to having a romantic relationship with the government, a relationship which people perceive as not good for someone who is supposed to be one of the major critics of the government due to the dirty games in Nigerian politics and high level of corruption amongst our leaders. He is also one of the few Nigerian pastors with a private jet to their name.
Pastor Oritsejafor is worth over 120 million dollars with investments in banking, real estate, transportation and media.
Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo
Pastor Matthew Ashimilowo is also one of those pastors with huge investments outside the ministry. His major investments are in real estate and the media, and he is said to earn more than $200,000 every year and is worth about $40million. He is the founder and general overseer of one of the Largest Pentecostal church in the United Kingdom, Kingsway International Christian Centre. He is in a league of his own.
Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua
TB Joshua as he is fondly called by the general public, He is also one of the few pastors with a private TV stations. Emmanuel TV is the name of his TV station on DSTV. The long bearded pastor is the general overseer and founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Fifty-one year old Prophet T.B. Joshua has been propagating the gospel for several decades now. Pastor and Owner of Emmanuel TV, an evangelism TV station is said to be worth over $15 million. He is one of the richest pastors in Nigeria till date.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye
Talk about humility and I will point at pastor Enoch Adeboye, he is one of the pastors I admire so much even though I am a catholic. Daddy Adeboye as he is fondly called is the presiding pastor and General Overseer, the anointed man of God (though that not my duty to say he is anointed but of God) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Yes he is really anointed!! To the extent that other powerful men of God from other parts of Nigeria, politicians and also, anointed men of God from other parts of the world come to receive anointing.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
The stylish pastor is popularly known for his TV program Atmosphere for miracles, which aired both on local and paid for TV (DSTV) he is so rich that he has his own TV station on DSTV, can you beat that??? You might not understand what I mean until you start having an idea of the cost of airing an advert for just 30 seconds on your TV screen maybe you would then begin you understand the money involved.Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is from Edo state, worth between $30million and $50 million and his pending divorce case from his wife of many years, Rev. Anita Oyakhilome, doesn’t seem to be slowing him down. He is the pastor and founder of Christ Embassy, and he has a number of other investments from real estate to television stations and hotels.
Bishop David Oyedepo
And the richest pastor in Nigeria is no one but Bishop David Oyedepo. He remains the unchallenged richest pastor in Nigeria and one of the richest pastors in the world with two solid private jets and dozens of expensive cars to his name. He is the founder and General overseer of Living Faith World Outreach Ministry popularly known as Winners Chapel. He established some educational institutions from which he makes regular income such as Convenient University, Ota, Ogun state, which he established in 2002 and Landmark University, Omu-Aran, established in 2011.
Blessed with a wife and four children, the disciplinarian is said to have a net worth of over $150 million makes more than 30 million naira weekly
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