TV mega-preacher Creflo Dollar, one of several high-profile ministers being accused of fleecing their flocks to finance their lavish lifestyles, is being sued by a California businessman, Devone Lawson who says the pastor stole his business idea of charging followers a monthly fee for devotional text messages.
The already very-rich Creflo and son Jeremy are raking in $50 million a year through the $4.99-per-month "Word on the Go" subscriptions, which the preacher recently hiked to $5.99, James Evangelista, Lawson’s Atlanta-based attorney, claims. “The word from the preacher ain’t cheap.”
Dollar reportedly has 30,000 congregants at his World Changer Church International in the Atlanta suburb of College Park. He also has another church in New York City and an international TV ministry. He along with other notable TV ministers are currently under investigation by the Senate Finance Committee, who contends that several televangelists, including Joyce Meyer, Benny Hinn and Dollar have unscrupulously gained wealth by skirting tax laws and soaking their congregations for millions.
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ReplyDeleteI am not surprised by this. His last name sure fits what he's all about. This man is such a scam artist, making millions of dollars for this "service" while his members stay broke(Atlanta has a high emplyment rate right now). The people who paid for text are just as guilty as he is, too lazy to read a Bible to find a devotional message for themselves. Just as pitiful as the folks who paid for Jaunita Bynum's $200,000 prayer threshold. SMH.
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