Creflo Dollar
Born : January 28, 1962 ,College Park, Georgia
Occupation : Pastor, televangelist
Spouse(s) : Taffi Dollar
Website : worldchangers.org
Biography
In 1984, Dollar received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from West
Georgia College in Carrollton. Dollar began developing World Changers Ministries Christian Center in 1986. He held the church’s first worship service in the cafeteria of Kathleen Mitchell Elementary School in College Park, with eight people in attendance. He later renamed the ministry as World Changers Church International (WCCI), and the congregation moved from the cafeteria to a dedicated chapel. Four services were held each Sunday, and Creflo added a weekly radio broadcast. On December 24, 1995, WCCI moved into its present location, the 8,500-seat facility known as the World Dome. The
church has said that the nearly $20 million World Dome was built without
any bank financing. As of 2007, the congregation reported having around
30,000 members, and $70 million in revenue (gross cash collections) for
2006. In October 2012, Creflo Dollar Ministries leased Loews Paradise Theater in The Bronx for a new church location in New York. Dollar also speaks at conferences and writes about his gospel of wealth and his involvement in televangelism.Dollar and his wife Taffi have five children and live in Atlanta.Finances and prosperity gospel teachings Dollar is known for his controversial teachings regarding prosperity theology.
References
1. The Best Thing About Evangelist Creflo Dollar Is His Audience , New York
Press, Andrew Lavallee, August 14, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
2. “About Taffi Dollar” . Taffidollar.org.
3. “Contact Us Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine..” World
Changers Church International. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.
4. “Creflo Dollar Ministries” . Archived from the original on June 12, 2010.
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Retrieved January 17, 2015.
8. “Dr.Creflo A. Dollar Biography.” WorldChangers Church-New York. N.p., n.d.
Web. 22 Jun 2010. Archived December 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
9. “Figures released by megachurch” . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
November 11, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007.
Retrieved November 17, 2007.
10. “Televangelist Creflo Dollar arrested in alleged choking attack on daughter”
NBC News. June 8, 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
3. Beekman, Daniel (December 2,
2012). “Iconic Paradise Theater on Grand Concourse set to begin next act
as megachurch of Creflo Dollar” . The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
14. Michael Luo (January 15, 2006). “Preaching a Gospel of Wealth in a
Glittery Market, New York” . The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
15. Lavallee, Andrew (August 14, 2001). “The Best Thing About Evangelist Creflo
Dollar Is His Audience” . New York Press. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
External links
Creflo Dollar at Creflo Dollar Ministries
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