Posted on 08/12/2024 11:56:19 AM PDT by DFG
A megachurch pastor in North Carolina has agreed to pay his ex-wife $12k/month in alimony over the next nine years after filing for divorce after 33 years of marriage.
The couple have four adult children.
Gilbert Andre Thompson, Jr. is the pastor of World Overcomers Christian Church in Durham. According to his bio, “God has used him to both plant and lead the explosive 15,000-member strong World Overcomers Christian Church, which is one of the fastest-growing churches in America…God is also using him to impact over 1 million people each week through his innovative, in-your-face, Faith-Filled television program called “The Truth” for over ten years.”
Notably, he has written two books on marriage: Real Love Dating and Real Love Marriage.
According to the Roys report, he finalized his divorce from his wife, Dequilla LaShawn Thompson, last month and has agreed to pay her $1.3M in alimony over the next nine years, which is broken up into monthly payments of $12k.
She is also getting a small rental property valued at around $154,000 and retaining all the property and assets of her business.
For his part, he gets to retain their 14,000sqf mansion, (below) which sits on 58 acres and is valued at $2.8M, When he sells, she will only receive $50,000 from the purchase.
Hey, nowhere in those books did he say you can't do both at the same time.
Seems more like a property settlement than alimony, plus no discount for the present value of the payments.
I think his lawyer ran roughshod over the ex-wife.
Don’t forget to tithe!
Dequilla LaShawn Thompson
MmmmmmHmmmm.
Divorce should mean retirement from the ministry
Exactly.
His followers will have one more option to donate, a special fund to pay the monthly allowance of the pastor’s ex
I can't understand why anyone would give a dime to these mega church charlatans.
“Ar ar ar ar” - Mork
Bingo! They are more Hollywood than pastors with their mega church, mega houses and private airliners. It is a big turn off to religion while they tell their membership to give.
It’s a statistic that shows how gullible and stupid people are.
These ‘pastors’ would have to find honest work without the throngs of morons supporting them.
I can’t understand why anyone would give a dime to these mega church charlatans.
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I’ve said that about the original megachurch on the Tiber for decades.
Now he can write a book on REAL DIVORCE....
“MmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmm.”
Are we thinking Pastor Thompson and his ex-wife are AMISH?
One has certain suspicions.
One has learned to stop bothering Yogi with questions.
Jesus is good business
Hopefully the suckers that go to this “megachurch” pony up a little extra when the collection trays are passed around to cover the added expense of this pastor’s ex, while allowing him to continue in the luxurius lifestyle to which he has become accustomed.
I guess the ignorant barbarian leftist extremists aren’t the only stupid people in the USA.
Do you believe there aren’t ignorant barbarian leftist extremists in the church?
Now that you mention it, you are right.
I've met a LOT of them in our local "churches".
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