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Creflo Augustus Dollar, Jr. (born on January 15, 1962, College Park, Georgia) is a televangelist, Word of Faith teacher, pastor, and the founder of the non-denominational Christian World Changers Ministries based in College Park, Georgia, which is the parent organization for World Changers Church International, International Covenant Ministries, Creflo Dollar Ministries, and Arrow Records.[citation needed] Each of these enterprises is overseen by Dollar and his wife, Taffi Dollar.

Dollar received a bachelor’s degree in education, a master’s degree in counseling, and a doctorate[citation needed] in counseling from the University of West Georgia. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Oral Roberts University in 1998.

Dollar started his ministry in 1986 with eight people and, as of 2005, had a congregation of nearly 25,000[citation needed], with regular services held at the church's 8,500-seat "World Dome."

His Changing Your World television program is seen both in the United States and internationally[citation needed]. In 2004, a satellite church was started in New York. It has a membership of about 6,000.[citation needed] The church holds conventions around the world.

He is the publisher of CHANGE magazine, a quarterly international publication with nearly 100,000 subscribers[citation needed], and The Max, a bimonthly resource newsletter for ministers and ministry leaders.

A popular conference speaker and best-selling author[citation needed], Dollar is known for espousing his own method for approaching to the Bible. Dollar and his wife have five children and live in Fayetteville, Georgia .[1]

Controversy

Dr. Dollar is known for his controversial message regarding "Prosperity Christianity." Particularly, when his church members' gave him 2 Rolls-Royces, has 3 private jets, a million-dollar home in Fayetteville, and a $2.5 million apartment in Manhattan.[2] The bible states that "God has pleasure in the prosperity of his servants", to help a person, you have to be prosperous yourself. Dr. Dollar has also raised some controversy when he gave a way a house valued at $365,000 and has given away $millions to help the poor.

Dollar also sparked controversy[3] [4] [5] [6] with his December 2002 message "Jesus' Growth into Sonship" [7] in which he said "Jesus didn't come as God, he came as a man, and he did not come perfect...he grew into his perfection."

Dollar's enumeration of "Believer's Rights" also states that all true believers of God have the same miraculous abilities as Jesus himself, including the power to overcome infertility and to raise the dead.

References

  1. ^ http://www.creflodollarministries.org/about/bio_t.html
  2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/15prosperity.html?ex=1294981200&en=9d7efd8b8715771f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
  3. ^ http://blackapologist.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/exposing-the-heresy-of-creflo-cashflo-dollar-jesus-became-god/
  4. ^ http://www.letusreason.org/Poptea16.htm
  5. ^ http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/word-faith.html#cdollar
  6. ^ http://www.forgottenword.org/dollar.html
  7. ^ http://interactive.creflodollarministries.org/broadcasts/archives2002_t.asp?site=CDM
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