World Changers Church International
| Creflo Dollar | |
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Creflo Dollar (left) with spouse Taffi Dollar
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| Born |
January 28, 1962 United States |
| Residence | College Park, Georgia |
| Occupation | Pastor, televangelist |
| Spouse(s) | Taffi Dollar |
| Website | worldchangers |
Creflo Augustus Dollar, Jr. (born January 28, 1962) is an American televangelist, pastor, and the founder of the non-denominational World Changers Church International based in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Dollar also heads the Creflo Dollar Ministerial Association (formerly called International Covenant Ministries), Creflo Dollar Ministries, and Arrow Records.
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 an 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 June 2012, Dollar was arrested in an alleged attack on his daughter, according to the Fayette County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office. The charges were dropped in January 2013 after he attended anger management classes. Fayette County Police Department released details of a 911 call.
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 is an author, writing about his gospel of wealth and involved in televangelism.
Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have five children and live in Atlanta.
Dollar is known for his controversial teachings regarding prosperity theology, or the gospel of wealth. He has long been criticized for living a lavish lifestyle; he owns two Rolls-Royces, a private jet, and real estate such as a million-dollar home in Atlanta, a $2.5 million home in Demarest, New Jersey, and a $2.5 million home in Manhattan, which he sold for $3.75 million in 2012. Dollar has refused to disclose his salary. Creflo Dollar Ministries received a grade of "F" (failing) for financial transparency by the organization Ministry Watch.
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