Posted on 05/02/2005 6:18:32 PM PDT by pissant
TV evangelist Joyce Meyer and her family have received millions in salary and benefits from her worldwide ministry in recent years, according to newly released records.
The documents, obtained by the Post-Dispatch under Missouri's Open Records laws, provide the first public look at how the worldwide broadcasting and publishing empire has compensated Meyer and her family.
They paint a picture of a minister and her family who have reaped large financial rewards from the ministry they created and control. Over 20 years, Joyce Meyer Ministries of Fenton has grown to a $90 million-a-year empire with TV and radio programs that reach millions of people in about 70 countries.
Among the details included in the financial statements, board minutes and other documents Meyer provided to the assessor of Jefferson County in a dispute over the tax-exempt status of its headquarters property:
The ministry's board of trustees, which is headed by Joyce Meyer, agreed to pay her a $900,000 annual salary in 2002 and 2003.
The board agreed to give her husband, Dave Meyer, the board's vice president, an annual salary of $450,000 in each of those same two years.
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I'm sure Joyce gives ...how much to the poor?
I find televangelists distasteful in the extreme.
Jesus wept.
Don't do it.....she's gonna have much to answer for....particularly for all those she has led down the faith-in-faith & health-and-wealth path.
There is no surprise here. Jesse Jackass gets paid Al Sharpton gets paid, Jimmy Swaggart gets paid, they are all in it for the money, Why the surprise?
They seem to have some sort of charisma that ensares people. (Makes me think of Bill Clinton?)
An air-conditioned dog house can't be too far down the road...
I don't think Joyce is in the Sweigart/Tilton category. At least I hope not!
Quite possible.
The logical outcome of a theology that believes that you can do anything you want, once you are "saved".
Allright. You talked me out of it! ;o)
I'm with you. Whenever I see Myers, my thoughts run towards Tammy Faye Baker, Jan Crouch, and the like. Myers wears a little less make-up that Tammy & Jan, but her outfits and jewelry are a bit flashy. My church is not into televangelists...or women preachers, for that matter.
You'll find that Joyce has a small following here on Free Republic. To each his own walk with the Lord, I guess.
She used to be a LCMS Lutheran before she decided to get in on the action as a TV evangelist during the heyday of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker. These people have no shame as they flaunt their partnership with Mammon.
I'm only suprised by the amount. Rev Al & Jesse don't get $$ from preachin. They use extortion.
Yes, I think Slick Willie could have another career on the horizon!
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Thank you for that timely reminder!
You are Healed!
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