Top 21 Richest Pastors In The World

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Many churches hire pastors to lead their congregations.

The word “pastor” comes from the Latin word for “shepherd.”

Pastors can have several streams of income, including:

• a fixed salary from the church with other benefits;
• speeches at religious events and conferences;
• wedding officiating;
• royalties from their books;
• funeral officiating;
• online webinars;
• television programs;
• CDs and DVDs.

So, here is the list of the top 21 richest pastors in the world:

#21 Robert Jeffress Net Worth – $4 million

Robert Jeffress is the senior pastor of the 15,000-member First Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch located in Dallas.

He is the author of 25 books, including ”A Place Called Heaven: 10 Surprising Truths About Your Eternal Home,” ”Not All Roads Lead to Heaven,” ”Perfect Ending: Why Your Eternal Future Matters Today,” ”Countdown to the Apocalypse,” and ”When Forgiveness Doesn’t Make Sense.”

Robert also hosts a daily radio program named ”PATHWAY TO VICTORY.”

He received the Daniel Award from Vision America in 2006.

Robert Jeffress has a net worth of $4 million.

#20 Rod Parsley Net Worth – $4 Million

Rod Parsley is the senior pastor of World Harvest Church, an international pentecostal megachurch. More than 11,000 people attend services at World Harvest every week. The church’s first facility was built in 1979.

He has a doctorate from Liberty University in Lynchburg.

He is the author of more than 50 study guides and books, including Culturally Incorrect: How Clashing Worldviews Affect Your Future, Living on Our Heads: Righting an Upside-Down Culture, Silent No More, and No More Crumbs.

Rod also hosts the television shows Rod Parsley Now and Breakthrough.

Rod Parsley has a net worth of $4 million.

#19 John Hagee Net Worth – $4.5 Million

John Hagee is an American pastor and the founder of Christians United for Israel.

Hagee is also the CEO of John Hagee Ministries, a Christian multimedia empire.

John Hagee has a net worth of $4.5 million.

#18 Joseph Prince Net Worth – $5 Million

Joseph Prince is the senior pastor and co-founder of the New Creation Church, a Christian megachurch in Singapore. The New Creation Church holds weekly services in English at The Star Performing Arts Centre.

Prince broadcasts a television program, called Destined to Reign, in more than 150 countries. Some of his books are – Grace Revolution, Eat Your Way to Life and Health, The Power of Right Believing, and Healing Promises.

He married Wendy Prince at the age of 31.

Joseph Prince has a net worth of $5 million. At some point, his salary from the church was around $50,000 per month.

In October 2014, New Creation Church said Prince had not been on its payroll since 2009, and called his real net worth “substantially lower”.

#17 Noel Jones Net Worth – $6 Million

Bishop Noel Jones is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Theology degree from Aenon Bible College.

In 2002, Noel was featured in the English documentary ”Hoover Street Revival.”

Noel Jones has a net worth of $6 million.

#16 Franklin Graham Net Worth – $9 Million

Franklin Graham is a Christian evangelist and the president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Franklin is the son of Billy Graham, an American evangelist and a spiritual adviser to US presidents.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association was founded in 1950 by Billy Graham.

He graduated from Appalachian State University with a B.A. in 1978.

Samaritan’s Purse works in over 100 countries. In the 2010 fiscal year, Samaritan’s Purse grossed more than $414 million.

In a 2016 tour, Graham visited all 50 state capitals. Franklin Graham has a net worth of $9 million.

Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association both file a Form 990 (the yearly return a U.S. nonprofit sends to the IRS, salaries of top officers included).

In 2015 the Charlotte Observer added it up: $622,000 from Samaritan’s Purse and $258,000 from BGEA (or, to be exact, $258,667), more than $880,000 for one year.

In October 2009, Graham wrote to BGEA staff that he wanted to work there with no compensation:

“I feel that God has called me to this ministry and that calling was never based on compensation”.

Since 2011, at the request of the BGEA board, the salary is back.

#15 T. B. Joshua Net Worth – $10.5 Million

T. B. Joshua was a Nigerian pastor and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch located in Lagos. SCOAN claims regular occurrences of divine miracles. About 16,000 members attend its weekly Sunday service.

At the time of his death, T. B. Joshua had an estimated net worth of $10.5 million. He passed away on June 12, 1963.

#14 Steven Furtick Net Worth – $11 Million

Steven Furtick is the lead pastor of Elevation Church, a Southern Baptist multi-site church that has been described as “a pop culture-friendly church with an orthodox Christian message.”

He is the author of Seven-Mile Miracle, Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God’s Voice Above All Others, Crash the Chatterbox, and Greater: Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God’s Vision for Your Life. Furtick was listed as the 5th most powerful person in Charlotte.

In 2016, he was added to the “SuperSoul 100” list by Oprah.

Furtick and his wife built a house valued at $1.8 million.

Furtick talked about it from stage in October 2013: “It’s a big house, and it’s a beautiful house, and we thank God for it …. We understand everything we have comes from God”.

No apology for the house.

He did apologize for the “uncomfortable conversations” his members had to have that week.

Steven holds a master of divinity degree from Southern Theological Seminary. Steven Furtick has a net worth of $ 11 million.

#13 T.D. Jakes Net Worth – $20 Million

T.D. Jakes is the bishop of The Potter’s House, a megachurch in Dallas. The church hosted the Joyous Celebration choir in December 2016.

The Potter’s Touch (a television program) airs on The Word Network, the Daystar Television Network, Black Entertainment Television, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and Lightsource.com.

In 1976, he preached his first sermon.

CNN and Time magazine named Jakes as America’s Best Preacher in 2001.

In 2016, he was selected for Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list of influential leaders.

In 2003, Jakes released an album, A Wing and a Prayer, that won the “Best Gospel or Chorus Album.”

T.D. Jakes has a net worth of $20 million.

Update: Jakes no longer runs the Dallas pulpit week to week. On April 27, 2025, he told the congregation that his daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband, Touré Roberts, would replace him, and the couple were installed as co-senior pastors that July.

He stays chairman of the board. Jakes said he had planned the handover for at least six years, and his business side lives on in T.D. Jakes Real Estate Ventures, a company that develops affordable homes and senior residences.

#12 Jesse Duplantis Net Worth – $25 Million

Jesse Duplantis is the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and a preacher from the Christian Evangelical Charismatic tradition.

In 1978, Jesse became a full-time evangelistic minister and founded Covenant Church in 1997.

In 1999, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Oral Roberts University.

Jesse has published several books, including – Why Isn’t My Giving Working?, What in Hell Do You Want, Breaking the Power of Natural Law, and Heaven: close encounters of the God kind.

Jesse Duplantis has a net worth of $25 million.

In May 2018 he asked supporters to help his ministry buy a Dassault Falcon 7X, a plane priced at about $54 million, which would have been the fourth aircraft the ministry paid for.

His argument: “I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn’t be riding a donkey”.

#11 Rick Warren Net Worth – $27 Million

Rick Warren is an American evangelical Christian pastor who founded Saddleback Church, a Baptist evangelical Christian megachurch that has a few campuses in California. In addition, it has international campuses in Germany, Argentina, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

On June 21, 1975, Warren married Kay Warren.

In 2017, the attendance of Saddleback Church was 22,000 people.

Warren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from California Baptist College. Rick later received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary.

He is the author of The Purpose-Driven Life. The book was translated into over 20 languages.

Time Magazine named Warren one of the leaders who mattered most in 2004.

Rick Warren has a net worth of $27 million.

With the proceeds of The Purpose Driven Life he repaid Saddleback for all the salary it had paid him. He explained the rest to Big Think in December 2007: “When the book ‘Purpose Driven Life’ came out, we were able to begin reverse tithing where we give away 90% of our income and keep 10%”.

He retired in 2022. Warren preached his last sermon at Saddleback in late August, and Andy Wood became pastor on September 12, 2022.

#10 Creflo Dollar Net Worth – $30 Million

Creflo Dollar is an American televangelist and the founder of the World Changers Church International. World Changers Church International moved to an 8,500-seat facility on December 24, 1995.

Creflo is married and has five children.

World Changers Church International had a $70 million revenue in 2006.

In 1998, Creflo received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Oral Roberts University. He is the publisher of Changing Your World Magazine. Dollar also manages Arrow Records.

Creflo Dollar has a net worth of $30 million. Dollar owns a $2.5 million home in Demarest, a private jet, and two Rolls-Royces.

In 2015 he asked supporters to help him buy a $65 million Gulfstream G650. Seven years later, in a June 26, 2022 sermon titled “The Great Misunderstanding”, he told congregation: “I won’t apologize because if it wasn’t for me going down that route, I wouldn’t have ended up where I am now”, and in the next breath: “But I will say that I have no shame at all at saying to you, throw away every book, every tape and every video I ever did on the subject of tithing unless it lines up with this” (The Christian Post, 2022).

As for houses, the Roys Report found that Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have two homes near the church, valued together at $5.7 million.

#9 Bill Hybels Net Worth – $40 Million

Bill Hybels is the founder of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Willow Creek Community Church is one of the most heavily attended churches in the US, with over 27,000 people attending on average.

Hybels had planned to retire in October 2018, but changed course on April 10, 2018, when he told a members’ assembly:

“I have decided to accelerate my planned retirement date from October of this year to tonight”.

Some of Hybels’ released books are Who You Are When No One’s Looking, Transformation: Letting God Change You from the Inside Out, The Real Deal: Discover the Rewards of Authentic Relationships, Engraved on Your Heart, and Rediscovering Church: The Story and Vision of Willow Creek Community Church.

Bill Hybels has a net worth of $40 million.

#8 Chris Oyakhilome Net Worth – $52 Million

Chris Oyakhilome is the founder of Christ Embassy, a megachurch and a Christian denomination that has more than 145 branches on five continents. It has ministries in the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, and Canada as well as more than 13,000,000 followers worldwide.

Chris is the son of Elder T.E Oyakhilome and Angelina. He received a doctorate degree in divinity from Benson Idahosa University and an honorary doctorate from Ambrose Alli University.

He is the author of several books, including The Power of Your Mind, Your Rights In Christ, and How To Make Your Faith Work.

Chris Oyakhilome has a net worth of $52 million.

#7 David Jeremiah Net Worth – $55 Million

David Jeremiah is an American senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church. He serves on US President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board. David is also the founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries.

Dr. David Jeremiah has written over 40 books, including What Are You Afraid Of?, God Loves You: He Always Has—He Always Will, The Coming Economic Armageddon, What in the World Is Going On?, Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World, Captured by Grace, Agents of the Apocalypse, and Agents of Babylon.

David Jeremiah has an estimated net worth of $55 million.

#6 Benny Hinn Net Worth – $65 Million

Benny Hinn is an Israeli-born televangelist who started Miracle Crusades. He also hosts the TV show This is Your Day – seen daily in more than 200 countries. The television program appears on The God Channel, INSP Networks, Vision TV, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Grace TV, Revelation TV, and Daystar Television Network.

A 2001 documentary, called A Question of Miracles, focuses on Benny.

Hinn was mentored by Dr. Winston I. Nunes of Broadview Faith Temple in Toronto.

In 2005, Benny Hinn Ministries donated $100,000 to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Benny Hinn has an estimated net worth of $65 million.

#5 Joel Osteen Net Worth – $95 Million

Joel Osteen is an American pastor and the host of the television program Lakewood Church. He studied at Oral Roberts University. Lakewood Church acquired the Compaq Center (the earlier arena for the Houston Rockets) in 2005.

His house has an estimated worth of $10.5 million. He married Victoria Osteen in 1987.

Osteen published many books, including – The Power of Favor, I Declare, Your Best Life Now for Moms, and Every day a Friday. His book, Become A Better You, sold more than 4 million copies in 2005.

He was on Barbara Walters’s list of 10 Most Fascinating People in 2006.

Joel Osteen has a net worth of $95 million. His church has an annual budget of $70 million.

#4 Pat Robertson Net Worth – $105 Million

Pat Robertson was a former Southern Baptist minister and media mogul who founded International Family Entertainment Inc. and the Christian Broadcasting Network. In addition, Robertson is the founder of the American Center for Law and Justice.

Robertson served on the Victims of Crime Task Force for President Reagan in 1982.

In 2007, Pat stepped down as CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network. CBN is now broadcast in 71 languages and seen in 180 countries.

Some of Robertson’s released books include – Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times, The End of the Age, and The Secret Kingdom.

At the time of his death, Pat Robertson had a net worth of $105 million. He passed away on June 8, 2023. Pat Robertson was 93.

#3 David Oyedepo Net Worth – $155 Million

David Oyedepo, affectionately called “Papa” by the members of his church, is the founder and bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide. The organization’s network of churches is located in more than 300 cities. He is also the president of David Oyedepo Ministries International.

Oyedepo said that he received a mandate from God to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil.

Some of Oyedepo’s released books include – All You Need To Have All Your Needs Met, Understanding Divine Direction, and Exploring The Secrets Of Success.

David Oyedepo has a net worth of $155 million.

Forbes’ 2011 estimate of $150 million is the figure that trails him. When Reuters raised it in 2014, he answered: “For me, to have fortune means someone who has what he needs at any point in time. I don’t see myself as having $150 million stacked up somewhere”.

#2 Kenneth Copeland Net Worth – $310 Million

Kenneth Copeland is a televangelist who founded Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Tarrant County. About 500 people are employed by KCM. He is one of the original members of President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory committee.

Some of Copeland’s published books are From Faith to Faith Devotional, The Laws of Prosperity, Pursuit of His Presence, The Blessing of the Lord, Prayer: Your Foundation for Success, How to Discipline Your Flesh, The Force of Faith, Limitless Love: A 365-Day Devotional, and How You Call It Is How It Will Be.

Kenneth Copeland has a net worth of $310 million. He once said, ”I’m a very wealthy man.”

#1 Edir Macedo Net Worth – $1.9 Billion

Edir Macedo is a Brazilian evangelical bishop and the founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG). He is married to Ester Bezerra. Edir Macedo has a net worth of $1.9 billion.

List Of Top 21 Richest Pastors In The World:

So, the richest pastours in the world are Edir Macedo, followed by Kenneth Copeland, David Oyedepo, Pat Robertson, Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, David Jeremiah, Chris Oyakhilome, Bill Hybels, and Creflo Dollar.

1. Edir Macedo Net Worth $1.9 Billion
2. Kenneth Copeland Net Worth $310 Million
3. David Oyedepo Net Worth $155 Million
4. Pat Robertson Net Worth $105 Million
5. Joel Osteen Net Worth $65 Million
6. Benny Hinn Net Worth $65 Million
7. David Jeremiah Net Worth $40 Million
8. Chris Oyakhilome Net Worth $52 Million
9. Bill Hybels Net Worth $40 Million
10. Creflo Dollar Net Worth $30 Million
11. Rick Warren Net Worth $27 Million
12. Jesse Duplantis Net Worth $25 Million
13. T.D. Jakes Net Worth $20 Million
14. Steven Furtick Net Worth $11 Million
15. T. B. Joshua Net Worth $10.5 Million
16. Franklin Graham Net Worth $9 Million
17. Noel Jones Net Worth $6 Million
18. Joseph Prince Net Worth $5 Million
19. John Hagee Net Worth $4.5 Million
20. Rod Parsley Net Worth $4 Million
21. Robert Jeffress Net Worth $4 million

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