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Salaries of the executives of
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Bernie Dehler, an Evangelical, of FreeGoodNews.com ₁ has assembled data about the salary received by the highest executive officers in the 30 largest religious groups in the U.S. These are groups whose revenue exceeds 7 million dollars a year. Of these thirty, 29 are Christian, one is Jewish and none are Muslim. Dehler conducted the survey between 2006-DEC-27 and 2008-JAN-05.

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*Sorted by Ministry Name*
Organization	Total Revenue	Highest Exec. Name	Exec. Rank	Exec. Compensation
Andrew Wommack Ministries - CO	$11,599,749	Andrew Wommack	President, CEO	$155,207
Back to the Bible - NE	$12,262,815	Woodrow Kroll	President	$110,477
Bible Broadcasting Network - NC	$13,955,329	Lowell Davey	President	$78,375
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association - NC	$125,741,822	William Franklin Graham	President, CEO	$120,905
Christ for all Nations - FL	$13,367,736	Reinhard Bonnke	President	$162,165
Christian Broadcasting Network - VA	$236,340,781	Michael D. Little	President	$275,868
Christian Research Institute - NC	$7,750,716	Hank Hanegraaff	President	$211,632
Coral Ridge Ministries - FL	$38,851,138	Thomas E. Rogeberg	Executive Vice President	$103,000
Dayspring International - VA	$10,640,120	John E. Gilman	President	$99,491
Educational Media Foundation - CA	$56,137,718	Richard Jenkins	President	$257,630
Eternal Word Television Network - AL	$34,458,559	Michael P. Warsaw	President	$86,897
Family Radio - CA	$78,306,906	Harold Camping	President	$0
Far East Broadcasting Company - CA	$10,049,291	Gregg J. Harris	President	$103,020
Focus on the Family - CO	$142,279,843	James D. Daly	President	$0
Grace to You - CA	$12,485,467	John F. MacArthur	President	$160,000
In Touch Ministries - GA	$73,348,033	Charles F. Stanley	President, Founder	$126,931
Insight for Living - TX	$18,838,964	Cynthia Swindoll	President	$149,133
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - IL	$73,644,288	Yechiel Eckstein	President, CEO	$416,004
Jack Van Impe Ministries International - MI	$11,766,465	Jack Van Impe	President	$153,143
Jewish Voice Ministries International - AZ	$8,879,024	Jonathan Bernis	President	$172,111
Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef - GA	$10,569,069	Michael Youssef	President	$0
Ligonier Ministries - FL	$11,501,975	Timothy Dick	President, CEO	$245,197
Love Worth Finding - TN	$9,979,543	William Skelton	President	$119,472
Luis Palau Association - OR	$22,155,039	Luis Palau	President	$210,399
New Life Ministries - CA	$8,207,713	Stephen Arterburn	Chief Executive Officer	$183,895
Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association - OK	$12,784,007	Richard Roberts	President, CEO	$105,617
Peter Popoff Ministries - CA	$23,556,469	Peter Popoff	President	$628,732
Relevant Radio - WI	$15,828,441	Mark Follett	Chief Executive Officer, Founder	$0
Thru the Bible Radio Network - CA	$19,395,879	Leo Karlyn	President	$0
Trinity Broadcasting Network - CA	$194,092,817	Paul F. Crouch Sr.	President, Director	$419,500
Turning Point - CA	$21,419,407	David P. Jeremiah	President, CEO	$115,411

It is important to realize that some of the above receive additional paychecks from other groups. Franklin Graham, for example, heads up both Samaritan's Purse and the BGEA ministries. ₂

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If you wish to donate money to a non-profit religious organization, and if you believe in "liberty and justice for all," we recommend that you select a group that exhibits religious tolerance, and minimal sexism, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia in their broadcasts and publications.

If "liberty and justice for all" is not a prime concern, we recommend that you select an agency whose highest executive officer is a volunteer, as evidenced by a $0 figure in the right column. That way, a minimal amount of your donation will be diverted to pay for their salary.

If you feel that the largeer executive salaries are a disgrace to the religious community then we recommend that you go to http://www.prettygoodnews.com/ and consider supporting that group financially. They post their financial statement at that location.

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References:

The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.

FreeGoodNews has a home page at: http://www.freegoodnews.com/
Bernie Dehler, "2008 Salary Review for the Top 20 Christian Ministers," FreeGoodNews.com, at: http://www.freegoodnews.com/

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Latest update: 2007-NOV-
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