R.C. Sproul - $2 Million

R.C. Sproul was born Robert Charles Sproul on February 13, 1939. He is an ordained pastor for the Presbyterian Church in America and is known as an American theologian. He is also the founder of the Ligonier Ministries. One of his favorite stories was of his father who often quoted to him “Take no thought for tomorrow, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink…,” and yet, Sproul tells that his father did have a mind for the future because his father bought life insurance, fire insurance, health insurance and had a savings account too.

Sproul suffered a stroke on April 18, 2015, and had to be confined. He was released five days later and went home. It was recorded that he suffered no ill effects from his stroke. However, while he was in the hospital, he was diagnosed with a diabetic condition. On December 2, 2017, he was hospitalized again because of respiratory difficulties that were made worse by his flu. Doctors did their best to normalize his respiratory state knowing that he suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He died on December 14, 2017.

Joel Osteen - $100 Million

Aside from being a preacher, a televangelist, and an author; Joel Osteen can be termed as a controversial figure. He once made waves by not accepting his annual salary (amounting to $200,000) as a pastor in Lakewood Church. Instead, he depended on his book royalties to support himself and his family. Even though he had done so, he still lives quite comfortably in the luxurious dwelling, estimated to be valued at over $10 million. Furthermore, he is considered to be at least $100 million in net worth.

It is this lifestyle that has had people question his financial stand (since many religious figures like him had often indulged in a simple lifestyle). Other accusations that were thrown his way included his refusal to open up the Lakewood Church to help accommodate the hurricane victims in his area during the year 2017. His lawyers sure did have a tough time coping with the challenges that came along with his finances.

Joyce Meyer - $8 Million

It is surely impossible if you do not know this Christian and inspirational author, Joyce Meyer. With almost a hundred different inspirational books published to her name, she is said to be one of the best self-help authors of all time. A victim of abuse of herself, Joyce grow up in difficulty having to battle insecurities, negative thinking and being suspicious of everyone around her. But despite it all, she remained strong and became steadfast. She completed her education at O’Fallon Technical High School. After graduation, she married a part-time salesman but eventually got a divorce after 5 years.

In 1976, she said that she received a message from God and this eventually changed her life and started her ministry which is now the Joyce Meyer Ministries. She became an inspiration to many as she teaches, prays and provides counseling for millions of people. Her practical and different approach in the bible became ground-breaking which made her rise to popularity.

Charles Stanley - $1.5 Million

Charles Stanley was born Charles Frazier Stanley on September 25, 1932. He joined the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia as a staff in 1969 and quickly became a pastor in 1971. He credits the book “Think and Grow Rich” where he found the principles that he needed to become successful in his field. He is quoted as saying “I began to apply the principles of that book to my endeavors as a pastor, and I discovered they worked!”

Stanley’s divorce in 2000 became controversial in part because of his initial declaration that he will resign as a pastor if he ever becomes divorced. He and his wife were living separately already at the time when he made that statement, but he never believed that their separation will ever lead to a full divorce.

Sri Chinmoy - $2 Million

Sri Chinmoy was born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose on August 27, 1931. He was a popular spiritual leader from India who taught meditation. He eventually moved to New York and established his first center for meditation in Queens, New York. One of the most important parts of Chinmoy’s teaching is respect for other religions and spiritual paths. He was known to spread his teachings through the most unconventional means. In addition to spiritualism, Chinmoy is also an advocate of athleticism.

He is known to do weightlifting, running, swimming, cycling and tennis. Chinmoy started weightlifting when he was at the age of 54. His favorite sport is tennis. Unfortunately, a knee injury forced his retirement from the sport. Chinmoy died at 76 years of age. He suffered a fatal heart attack in his retirement home in Jamaica, Queens.

Al Sharpton - $500,000

Al Sharpton was born Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. on October 3, 1954. He is popularly known as a reverend, a politician, and a civil rights activist, especially of African Americans. He was first ordained as a Pentecostal minister when he was just ten years old by Bishop F.D. Washington. After Bishop Washington’s death, Al Sharpton joined the Baptist church in the mid-90s and became a minister. Al Sharpton survived an assassination attempt on January 12, 1991. Michael Riccardi attacked Sharpton and stabbed him in the chest.

Riccardi was easily apprehended by Sharpton’s aides due to intoxication and was then turned over to the police. Sometime during Riccardi’s trial, Sharpton pleaded the judge to be lenient when sentencing Riccardi. It is unknown if Sharpton first consulted with personal injury lawyers before deciding to plead for leniency on behalf of Riccardi. Although Sharpton pleaded leniency for Riccardi, he did sue New York City for the failed assassination. Numerous policemen were present on the site of the assassination and yet they failed to prevent the assassination. They were there in anticipation of the protest that was planned for that day. New York City settled with Sharpton for $200,000.

Mark Driscoll - $2.5 Million

Mark Driscoll was born on October 11, 1970, and is known as an evangelical pastor and author. He is the founder of Mars Hill Church. He is also a Senior Pastor and a Founding Pastor of The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mars Hill Church was founded in 1996 in Seattle, Washington. It had 14,000 members as of 2014. Driscoll also founded The Resurgence - a theological cooperative. He also co-founded several other parachurch organizations across the USA such as Churches Helping Churches, Acts 29 Network and The Gospel Coalition.

He received multiple public criticisms and formal complaints from Mars Hill members of staff and church members because of his abusive behavior in the summer of 2014. These church members and members of the church staff demanded his resignation and some even called for his retirement. He resigned from Mars Hill Church on October 14, 2014, and not more than three months after he resigned, Mars Church was dissolved.

N.T. Wright - $4 Million

Born Nicolas Thomas Wright on December 1, 1948, in Morpeth, Northumberland he is known as N. T. Wright or as Tom Wright. Aside from being an Anglican bishop, a New Testament scholar, and a theologian, Wright is also known for his written works. He writes about Christian life, theology and the relationship between the two.

He is also an outspoken advocate of women’s ordination although he is also a staunch opposition against same-sex marriage. In 2008, when he was still a Bishop of Durham, he wrote an essay called “On Dropping the Debt” where he talks about the advantages and the disadvantages of the debt relief and the idea of complete debt dropping and how it impacts development financing and other debt-relief programs in Europe at the time.

Jack Van Impe - $2.5 Million

Jack Van Impe was born Jack Leo Van Impe on February 9, 1931. He is an American televangelist made popular by his thirty-minute weekly series “Jack Impe Presents.” This show aims to present an eschatological view of the popular news of the week. This program is aired globally through broadcasters focused on religion as well as paid programming. Impe has been plagued by multiple health issues throughout the years.

He has undergone total knee replacement for both his left and right knees in 2006. He has suffered from cancer and a severe sepsis attack. Impe has also suffered blood loss from severe ulcers. He has also gone through a triple bypass heart surgery. At one time, it was announced on his program that Impe broke his hip. Despite his many illnesses and visits to the hospital through the years, Impe has no plans for retirement.

Louis Farrakhan - $3 Million

Louis Farrakhan or Luis Farrakhan Sr. was born Louis Eugene Walcott in The Bronx. He was also known briefly as Louis X. He started with a professional career in music and singing. During this time, he was known as The Charmer and was earning $500 per week. He earned the nickname “Calypso Gene” while touring the Midwest and the northeastern United States. While on tour in 1955, he met Rodney Smith who introduced him to the Nation of Islam.

He and his wife were soon after invited to the annual Savior’s Day address of Elijah Muhammad. Before going to the Savior’s Day celebration, he initially thought that the leader of the Nation of Islam was Malcolm X. Farrakhan is known to have health issues since 2006 and these health issues have consistently impacted his ability to serve the Nation of Islam. He stated that he will limit his duties within the Nation of Islam because of his health issues but he has not announced any retirement plans.

Clifton Davis - $3 Million

Clifton Davis or Clifton Duncan Davis started with a career in music, cinema, and Broadway musicals. He was born on October 4, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a known author and a minister for the Baptist church. Davis went to Oakwood University for a BA in Theology. He also went to Andrews University where he gained his Master of Divinity degree. For two years until 1989, he served as an Associate Pastor of Loma Linda University SDA Church.

He is the co-founder and a co-pastor of the Welcome Christian Center in California. He is also a licensed minister of Saint Luke Baptist Church in New York. He has 58 acting credits, 41 soundtrack credits, 1 producer credit and 78 video credits for documentary or TV specials. In the movie The Engagement, he plays a reverend that provided brief counseling for the soon to be a married couple in the movie.

Tony Campolo - $4 Million

Anthony “Tony” Campolo was born on February 25, 1935. He has been credited as a very influential leader of the evangelical leftist. He is also known as a major proponent of reform and progressive thought within the community of evangelicals. The Red Letter Christian movement - a group that aims to focus on the teachings of Jesus - also lists him as one of their leaders.

Possibly unknown to most, he served as a presidential advisor and provided religious and spiritual counseling to then U.S. President Bill Clinton. Campolo announced in 2014 that he planned to completely retire from EAPE (Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education) and then eventually close that ministry. He founded this ministry to help the youth in both the United States and Canada. This ministry has helped establish schools and colleges in both the United States and Canada.

Reinhard Bonnke - $4 Million

This evangelist will not consider retirement shortly. With almost a million followers in his Christ for All Nations organization, Reinhard Bonnke has a lot of things to still achieve and a mission to continue. Popular for his gospel crusades all over Africa, Reinhard wants the world to know that he has a “Vision for Africa and has a Burning Passion” for the Gospel of God. Reinhard started small. At first, he held meetings with around 800 people in a small tent which later on grew dramatically.

More people attended his meetings that reached almost a million in numbers. Today, it has been almost 45 years since he established his Christ for All Nations Ministry. It has no other offices in the US, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Singapore, Germany, and the Czech Republic – and it may still keep on growing. With a ministry as large as this, he has a lot of lawyers in his company to make sure that all his ministries are well taken care of legally.

Joseph Prince - $5 Million

Joseph Prince is an evangelist, the Senior Pastor and Church founder of the New Creation Church which is based in Singapore in 1983. In 1997, he started the Grace Revolution whereby almost 2000 members attended his preaching every meeting. Today, his members have already grown to almost 30,000 and will not simply stop there. He has now other ministries in countries like Germany, Israel, Norway, UK, Canada, Holland, Australia, US, and Asia – which means that there are no signs of any retirement at all.

Aside from being an active preacher, Joseph is also a writer, broadcaster and blogger. He has already published various books, DVDs and CDs. His programs are streamed through podcasts and the internet. According to a 2014 report, Joseph is said to be one of the top 10 richest preachers in the world and it is just normal that he and his whole family have already their life insurance to protect them.

Paula White-Cain - $5 Million

It is not surprising that Paula White-Cain is also included as one of the most popular and rich pastors today. With a long history of partnerships under her name, including the chair of Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, this preacher is all set to have a great retirement fund for life, if she ever plans to retire any time. Paula is the first female to ever deliver an invocation to a president. She became a part of the “50 Most Powerful 2017: Philanthropy and Community Voices” list ranking number three.

This year, she was appointed by President Trump as a special adviser for the Faith and Opportunity Initiative which is under the Office of Liaison. Paula’s ministries are vast and wide. Not only is she active under the president’s umbrella but she still keeps her ministries alive and working. She is pretty much active in almost all ministries including orphans, local outreach, prison inmates and emergency relief. She is also active in almost all social media platforms. It is not surprising that there are a lot of lawyers taking care of her ministries and assets well.

Eddie Long - $5 Million

Another influential and successful pastor is the late Eddie Long. Eddie Long is known to be one of the most inspirational and prominent faith leaders worldwide. He became the senior pastor of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in 1987. It has members of almost 25,000. However, during his time as the pastor, Eddie became the topic of senate investigation because of his involvement with money matters. He was accused of profiting from the money the church has been earning which was dismissed eventually.

He became more controversial when he started the fight about same-sex marriage and denouncing homosexuality. Hence that is why there are a lot of controversies involving him and a lot of lawsuit battles that make him employ a lot of attorneys to defend him. Aside from legal issues, Eddie Long has also battled marriage issues. In 2011, his wife Vanessa filed for divorce but they eventually reconciled. Eddie Long died after battling cancer for a very long time. He was survived by Vanessa, their 4 children, and 3 grandchildren.

Noel Jones - $5 Million

Noel Jones is a Jamaican born, Pentecostal bishop and American minister. He is the pastor of the City of Refuge in Gardena California. It has around 17,000 members and was previously called the Greater Bethany Community Church. The City of Refuge Church has its famous choir, City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir, which produced their album in 2007. It made its way on the Billboard 200 chart and became number 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.

Because of this feat, Noel’s church became more popular and started drawing more followers which are far from Noel going on retirement. In October 2019, reports say that Bishop Noel Jones is currently dating actress Lisa Raye and is considering getting married to her. According to reports, they have been seriously together for quite some time and are making plans to make it official. Bishop Jones was previously a cast in the reality TV show Preachers of L.A.

John Hagee - $5 Million

Founder and senior pastor of the Cornerstone Church, John Hagee is another well-known and financially rich pastor of this decade. John Hagee is a graduate of Bachelor of Science from the Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Texas. He also had a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration at the University of North Texas. He authored 40 books and the 7 of them became New York Times Bestseller’s List.

Aside from founding the Cornerstone Church, he also established the Hagee Ministries that telecasts his ministries all over the world. With a huge amount of almost 100 million dollars donated in humanitarian works in Israel, it is enough to say that John Hagee has been successful in his ministries and deserves to have a quiet retirement home for himself and his family. He has 5 children and 13 grandchildren.

Walter Mercado - $5 Million

Walter Mercado was born a Puerto Rican and an internationally known astrologer, writer, actor, and dancer. He goes by his stage name Shanti Ananda and was very popular in television with his horoscope readings. He was considered an icon in Spanish television as he brings forth daily horoscopes to millions of viewers with a lot of love for many decades.

His career as an astrologer started in 1969 when incidentally a guest wasn’t able to appear during a show and the rest becomes history. Walter Mercado also faced some lawsuits during his career including one about using his name. Unfortunately, even though he had a lot of lawyers handling the case, he eventually lost to the company. In 2003, Walter said that he is dating and has a “spiritual relationship” with Mariette Detotto, a Brazilian dancer and actress. He died in November 2019 at the age of 87.

Juanita Bynum - $10 Million

While many of the religious preachers and pastors can surely talk, preach, write or even act, no one can be a good singer as Juanita Bynum. She is not only an author and preacher but a very good gospel singer as well. According to the New York Times, she is depicted as “the most prominent black female evangelist” in the US today. She is also the author of the book “The Threshing Floor”, which encourages readers to pray not just for one’s self but for others as well.

Juanita aims to teach people how to live their lives with integrity, happiness, and success and there are no plans of retirement for her anytime soon. In July 2019, Juanita was involved in the news where she suddenly skips a conference where she was supposed to be a speaker. According to reports, her privacy was invaded by another pastor when he allegedly came inside her room without any permission. Good thing that she has a lawyer that can help her deal with this situation.

Ernest Angley - $15 Million

Ernest Angley is another internationally popular evangelist, station owner, and author. His television station is situated at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He is considered one of the richest pastors in this decade and time. His church is now known as the Grace Cathedral – Akron which is being used for youth services, weddings, bible studies, and funerals. He began giving bible studies online in 2011. This helps to provide courses to people who want to become laymen, teachers, pastors, and missionaries. He also owns his airplane, the Boeing 747SP which he uses to carry missionaries and aids to other countries that need help.

Wow! With this kind of wealth, he may have already life insurance and a retirement home planned. However, just like other popular celebrities, pastors such as Ernest is not free from lawsuits and controversies. It is to be expected that he has attorneys that will take care of such issues within his ministry. Today, Ernest Angley’s iconic program, “The Ernest Angley Hour” can still be seen and heard all over the US and worldwide through the internet, satellite and cable channels.

T.D Jakes - $18 Million

T.D Jakes is a well-known pastor, filmmaker, and author. He is a pastor on the Potter’s House, an American non-denominational megachurch. His ministry and services were aired on different networks weekly. Aside from his TV ministries, he does annual festival celebrations which are attended by almost 300,000 people every year. He has been a pastor for almost 40 years and has helped a lot of people in realizing their purpose in life through his dynamic and unique ministry.

He is honored by Time Magazine as “America’s Best Preacher” and is not slowing down for a minute in his retirement home. He continues to do counseling, inspire and empower people by partnering through various ministries such as MegaCARE, Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative, and Global Partner System. These undertakings help underserved communities by doing outreach programs, AIDS outreach, and literacy programs.

Kirk Cameron - $20 Million

From being a well-known actor to being an active Evangelical Christian, this is who Kirk Cameron is. Early on in his life, Kirk was a popular actor having been known for his role as Mike Seaver in Growing Pains. Growing Pains not only made him popular but made him a teen heartthrob as well. He also appeared on other TV shows such as Full House and movies, Like Father, Like Son with Dudley Moore, Listen to Me and Fireproof. Kirk said that he was an atheist during his teenage years. But when he turned 20 years old, he changed his religious views and became an activist of religion and turned to be a born-again Christian.

What a major turn around this is in his life! Kirk and his fellow evangelist Ray Comfort started their religious organization named the Way of the Master. It is a TV show which Kirk hosts and won the Best Program Award in the National Religious Broadcasters. While Kirk received a lot of criticisms in his work as an evangelist, he remains steadfast and keeps the faith. Just like other evangelists and pastors today, Kirk shows no sign of retirement at any time.

Billy Graham - $25 Million

Now, who says that being a pastor and evangelist will not give you riches? Talk about this evangelist who was reported to have a net worth of almost $25 Million, this is Billy Graham. He was a popular evangelist known for his huge scale preaching ministries, also known as the crusades, including his connections with different US Presidents that made him well-known worldwide.

He was an evangelist for almost 40 years. Because of his one of a kind charisma, unique preaching and simple message which is “anyone who repents of sins and accepts Jesus Christ will be saved”, Billy Graham left an astounding legacy that is followed by many today. During his final years, Billy expressed great concern over the spiritual health of his country. He expressed that the country needs spiritual awakening during the video “My Hope America.” Billy died at the age of 99 in 2018. He is now enjoying retirement with His Lord.

Rick Warren - $26 Million

Rick Warren is an American evangelical pastor who founded the Saddleback Church in 1980, with over 25,000 members to date. One of his published works titled "The Purpose Driven Church" is an inspiration to many young leaders; it has helped them answer the call to ministry. He also hosts his podcast called "Daily Hope" where he shares to his listeners God's purpose for them. In his latest book "The Purpose Driven Life," he talks about finding one's purpose by following Jesus Christ. Being active as a Pastor and sharing his knowledge on the word of the Lord, not only does he inspire and help many people, but he is also making a living. Earning by fulfilling your purpose is truly an achievement and that is what Warren has been doing, and is still doing in his career.

Benny Hinn - $60 Million

Breaking the stereotype when it comes to evangelists who revel in isolation, Benny Hinn uses technology to his advantage in spreading his teachings. Aside from being a preacher, he is also an author who has published numerous books. Benny has a TV program, a website, and an app, which he uses to spread the word about his faith, which he developed after encountering a fearful vision of people being eternally condemned to damnation.

Benny turned to Gospel preaching as his life’s mission. He made this life-changing and radical decision in the year 1972 when he took retirement from his career to start as life as a preacher. Another distinguishing characteristic of Hinn’s evangelism is his “miracle crusades,” which are revival meetings or faith healing summits. His financial wealth is believed to be around $60 million.

Victoria Osteen

Victoria Osteen always had a close tie with evangelism and ministry, having grown up with parents who were actively involved in it. She had a Sunday school teacher mom and a deacon dad. Due to this, she often assisted her father in the church service. After marrying Joel Osteen, she started to accompany him and his father John to worldwide ministry trips to spread the gospel. Currently, the co-pastor of Lakewood church along with her husband Joel has also stepped foot in the publishing business with authoring books for children and grownups alike.

However, she also has her fair share of being involved in controversies. One of them occurred in 2005 when a flight attendant accused Victoria of physically attacking her. Her attorney had to intervene and settle the issue with Victoria paying a fine of $3,000. The attendant filed a case against her to seek additional compensation. But the case was dropped when a jury sided with Victoria and declared the suit to be senseless.

Kanye West - $150 Million

Perhaps no one ever thought that the riches religious leaders would include Kanye West. Sound so shocking, isn’t it? Since the start of 2019, Kanye West has been using Sunday Service as his trademark to most of his pop up church services. Sunday Service is music-focused and centers on gospel covers of various songs by West and other religious contributors. He underwent gospel counseling from a religious leader friend who explained the gospel to him. He announced that he will not make secular music anymore rather than focus on gospel music. This might mean turning all his finances towards a new genre of music and we hope his retirement plans from the pop genre is a well-thought one.

The 42-year old highest paid hip hop rapper (according to Forbes) started his walk to Christianity shortly after his single Jesus Walks in his Yeezus Concert. Controversial, Kanye West has started his Sunday service and has the followers that see him as a spiritual leader. His weekly services followers include Brad Pitt, Idris Elba, Teyana Taylor, Justin Bieber, and Travis Scott.

Kenneth Copeland - $760 Million

The ministry of Keneth Copeland Ministries preaches abundance and prosperity which is more referred to as prosperity gospel by its leader Keneth Copeland. His ministry is mostly done through television, DVDs, book, and CDs. He was a recording artist before he was converted to Christianity. He is also a public speaker and author aside from being a televangelist. His net worth of $760 million sometimes raises an eyebrow to some since he has fallen into too many controversies like Mike Huckabee’s issue.

This also leads to questioning from the United States Treasury why the church has tax-exempt status, especially that Keneth’s wealth revolves into a lot of controversies. According to some reports, his lavish lifestyle, a $20 million Gulfstream private jet, and extravagant trips to resort for various personal vacations are used church donations. Not to mention his $6.3 million lakefront mansions. His attorneys have been actively involved in fighting his cause. But, wherever he may have gotten all his possession, he sure is one of the richest religious leaders of all time.

George Foreman

George Foreman renowned as the “Big George” calls his conversion to Christianity is his religious epiphany, which made him an ordained Christian Minister. This happened in 1977 after he fought and lost a fight to a young skilled boxer Jimmy Young. After the fight, he felt he was in a near-death condition. Though he wasn’t a believer, he pleaded to God to help him and promised to serve God. Being healed, Gorge became a born-again Christian and he dedicated the next 10 years of his life preaching and speaking about God in street corners before he became the reverend at the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and formally retired from boxing.

George’s wealth came from his hard work as a boxer before his preaching career. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic Medalist. Aside from being a boxer and an athlete, George is an author and an entrepreneur. He owns the George Fireman Grill that has been regarded as the best dieting grill. This business is reported to gross $4.5 million every month. He can afford a lavish lifestyle but refuses to do, instead, he believes in financing a few charity organizations with his earnings.

Supreme Master Ching Hai

Born Hue Dang Trinh on May 12, 1950, Ching Hai holds several titles under her belts such as a teacher, author, and an entrepreneur. The international vegan chain, Loving Hut, as well the fashion company Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association are her brainchild. Her followers call her the “Supreme Master.” Despite these remarkable achievements, she has been under fire for being suspected as a cult leader. These accusations came forth due to her creation of the Quan Yin Method. This particular method has been described as a “pseudo-religious philosophy.” Borrowing cult expert Margaret Singer’s words, this method has been referred to as a highly-organized and rapidly growing cult, both in the USA and all over the world.

Her net worth is unknown as her attorneys have ensured that the news of her wealth isn't public, but it can assume that she would be a multimillionaire from the income which flows in from her numerous ventures.