#7 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World:
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.”