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Megachurch Pastor to Pay Ex-Wife $1.3M, $12,000/month in Alimony
Protestia ^ | 08/12/2024 | Staff Writer

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.


TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: durham; megachurch; thompson; worldovercomers
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1 posted on 08/12/2024 11:56:19 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG
Notably, he has written two books on marriage: Real Love Dating and Real Love Marriage.

Hey, nowhere in those books did he say you can't do both at the same time.

2 posted on 08/12/2024 11:59:20 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: DFG
He gets to retain their 14,000sqf mansion, (below) which sits on 58 acres and is valued at $2.8M

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.

3 posted on 08/12/2024 12:07:09 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: DFG

Don’t forget to tithe!


4 posted on 08/12/2024 12:07:24 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: DFG
Gilbert Andre Thompson

Dequilla LaShawn Thompson

MmmmmmHmmmm.

5 posted on 08/12/2024 12:09:41 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DFG

Divorce should mean retirement from the ministry


6 posted on 08/12/2024 12:11:54 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: Fai Mao

Exactly.


7 posted on 08/12/2024 12:17:03 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DFG

His followers will have one more option to donate, a special fund to pay the monthly allowance of the pastor’s ex


8 posted on 08/12/2024 12:17:03 PM PDT by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: californian by choice
I guess the ignorant barbarian leftist extremists aren't the only stupid people in the USA.

I can't understand why anyone would give a dime to these mega church charlatans.

9 posted on 08/12/2024 12:21:58 PM PDT by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“Ar ar ar ar” - Mork


10 posted on 08/12/2024 12:31:24 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Mogger

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.


11 posted on 08/12/2024 12:41:36 PM PDT by apoliticalone (We need real justice not fictitious SOCIAL JUSTICE & DEI that is politics & propaganda, not justice.)
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To: Mogger

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.


12 posted on 08/12/2024 12:43:30 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Mogger

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.


13 posted on 08/12/2024 12:45:43 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Now he can write a book on REAL DIVORCE....


14 posted on 08/12/2024 1:24:42 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: NorthMountain

“MmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmm.”
Are we thinking Pastor Thompson and his ex-wife are AMISH?


15 posted on 08/12/2024 1:57:38 PM PDT by BatGuano (Dem's guilty of Election Fraud in 2020, stand by for 2024.)
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To: BatGuano

One has certain suspicions.

One has learned to stop bothering Yogi with questions.


16 posted on 08/12/2024 2:47:24 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DFG

Jesus is good business


17 posted on 08/13/2024 10:14:25 AM PDT by iluvschnitzle
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To: DFG

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.


18 posted on 08/13/2024 10:16:49 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (7,525,799 Truth | 87,979,589 Twitter)
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To: Mogger

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?


19 posted on 08/13/2024 10:31:54 AM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: Cold_Red_Steel
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".

20 posted on 08/13/2024 3:38:20 PM PDT by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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