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Salaries of the executives of
large U.S. religious organizations
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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.
He affixes the following copyright © notice to the chart:
"Copyright 2008: FreeGoodNews.com . No restrictions on use; please copy freely and often.
FreeGoodNews.com is only responsible for the source documents posted at
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Sorted by Ministry Name |
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Organization |
Total Revenue |
Highest Exec. Name |
Exec. Rank |
Exec. Compensation |
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Andrew Wommack Ministries - CO |
$11,599,749 |
Andrew Wommack |
President, CEO |
$155,207 |
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Back to the Bible - NE |
$12,262,815 |
Woodrow Kroll |
President |
$110,477 |
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Bible Broadcasting Network - NC |
$13,955,329 |
Lowell Davey |
President |
$78,375 |
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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association - NC |
$125,741,822 |
William Franklin Graham |
President, CEO |
$120,905 |
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Christ for all Nations - FL |
$13,367,736 |
Reinhard Bonnke |
President |
$162,165 |
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Christian Broadcasting Network - VA |
$236,340,781 |
Michael D. Little |
President |
$275,868 |
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Christian Research Institute - NC |
$7,750,716 |
Hank
Hanegraaff |
President |
$211,632 |
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Coral Ridge Ministries - FL |
$38,851,138 |
Thomas E. Rogeberg |
Executive Vice President |
$103,000 |
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Dayspring International - VA |
$10,640,120 |
John
E. Gilman |
President |
$99,491 |
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Educational Media Foundation - CA |
$56,137,718 |
Richard Jenkins |
President |
$257,630 |
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Eternal Word Television Network - AL |
$34,458,559 |
Michael P. Warsaw |
President |
$86,897 |
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Family Radio - CA |
$78,306,906 |
Harold Camping |
President |
$0 |
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Far East Broadcasting Company - CA |
$10,049,291 |
Gregg J. Harris |
President |
$103,020 |
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Focus on the Family - CO |
$142,279,843 |
James D. Daly |
President |
$0 |
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Grace to You - CA |
$12,485,467 |
John
F. MacArthur |
President |
$160,000 |
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In Touch Ministries - GA |
$73,348,033 |
Charles F. Stanley |
President, Founder |
$126,931 |
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Insight for Living - TX |
$18,838,964 |
Cynthia Swindoll |
President |
$149,133 |
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International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - IL |
$73,644,288 |
Yechiel Eckstein |
President, CEO |
$416,004 |
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Jack Van Impe Ministries International - MI |
$11,766,465 |
Jack
Van Impe |
President |
$153,143 |
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Jewish Voice Ministries International - AZ |
$8,879,024 |
Jonathan Bernis |
President |
$172,111 |
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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef - GA |
$10,569,069 |
Michael Youssef |
President |
$0 |
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Ligonier Ministries - FL |
$11,501,975 |
Timothy Dick |
President, CEO |
$245,197 |
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Love Worth Finding - TN |
$9,979,543 |
William Skelton |
President |
$119,472 |
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Luis Palau Association - OR |
$22,155,039 |
Luis
Palau |
President |
$210,399 |
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New Life Ministries - CA |
$8,207,713 |
Stephen Arterburn |
Chief Executive Officer |
$183,895 |
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Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association - OK |
$12,784,007 |
Richard Roberts |
President, CEO |
$105,617 |
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Peter Popoff Ministries - CA |
$23,556,469 |
Peter Popoff |
President |
$628,732 |
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Relevant Radio - WI |
$15,828,441 |
Mark
Follett |
Chief Executive Officer, Founder |
$0 |
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Thru the Bible Radio Network - CA |
$19,395,879 |
Leo
Karlyn |
President |
$0 |
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Trinity Broadcasting Network - CA |
$194,092,817 |
Paul
F. Crouch Sr. |
President, Director |
$419,500 |
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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
Our recommendations: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.
References:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above
essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
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FreeGoodNews has a home page at:
http://www.freegoodnews.com/
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Bernie Dehler, "2008 Salary Review for the Top 20 Christian Ministers,"
FreeGoodNews.com, at:
http://www.freegoodnews.com/
Copyright © 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2007-NOV-
First posting: 2007-NOV-
Latest update: 2007-NOV-
Author: B.A. Robinson
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