From CNN.com:
The Rev. Creflo Dollar’s World Changers Church International took in $69 million in 2006, according to a financial statement released to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dollar said his salary comes personal investments, including businesses and real estate ventures. But he said the church gave him a Rolls Royce, which he uses largely for special occasions.
“Without a doubt, my life is not average,” he said. “But I’d like to say, just because it is excessive doesn’t necessarily mean it’s wrong.” (emphasis mine, klb)
Reverend Dollar, congratulations. You have been awarded my Ann Coulter Heresy Award for the week of November 11, 2007.
Wow, the epitome of self-justification. My hat’s off…it takes a special person to make millions on the gospel that teaches us not to store up for ourselves treasures on earth. Is there any way we can petition for this guy to be dereverended?
Agreed. Yet, I’m sure he was never a reverend in the first place.
True, Cole. Had he claimed the title “back in the day,” his bishop would have kindly given him a vacation. A nice, lengthy “retreat.” For about 10 years to a cave in the desert. Under a very strict Abbot.
“Spiritual work is essential; it is for this we have come to the desert. It is very hard to teach with the mouth that which one does not practice in the body.” (Wisdom of the Desert Fathers)