Nigeria’s Top 10 Richest Pastors & Their Net Worth (2021 Update)

In Nigeria, pastors have seen the latter days of Christianity flourish in prosperity and bask in the euphoria of faithfully leading the body of Christ. These days, when contemporary times have altered the sordid story, tales of how pastors are being associated with something related to being a pauper now sound outlandish.

Nigerian pastors now live in sheer affluence while exercising territorial power in politics, industry, and other ventures outside of their fields. Pastors are no longer seen as a miserable, impoverished lot.

Instead of that general idea, to the detriment of the financial deposits and investments of church members, pastors are now being blamed for being too rich and flamboyant.

These pastors are paid in full to provide spiritual solutions to the multitude of over 180 million people in Nigeria, and they make the job seem so lucrative that exuberant Christian youth now enter the path of forming churches at will.

The regular growth of churches in Nigeria is being precipitated by the ripple effect of this performance by men of God.

This article takes a dive into Nigeria’s top 10 richest pastors & their net worth, their churches that are their wealth’s primary source, and their other financial efforts that constitute some eye-popping net worth.

 

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The list of Nigeria’s top 10 richest pastors & their net worth is below.

Bishop David Oyedepo (Net Worth – $160 million)

With the alias Winners Chapel, the founder and presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide occupies the number one position as the wealthiest pastor in Nigeria.

Bishop David Oyedepo is from the state of Kwara, Nigeria, and his status as the richest pastor on this side of Africa is just a praiseworthy theological feat that he broke history to become the world’s richest pastor and stunned the rest of his home country.

Winners Chapel International is one of the largest in the country with over 500 branches in Nigeria and present in 45 African nations.

With its 50,000 capacity auditorium, the church pioneered the use of monumental worship centers in the region.

The balance brought down here in a single Sunday service presumably may rival the monthly income of some states in the nation.

According to the church, this auditorium has a big brother as soon as she plans to erect a further 100, 000 seater capacity imposing worship center.

Bishop Oyedepo owns a private jet (Gulfstream 1), while media reports say that he owns four of them, which he described as unfounded.

He is the pro-chancellor of the Universities of Covenant and Landmark.

Via his own publishing business, he has published many books and doesn’t make a dime off the books.

He lives in a luxurious mansion in the city of Canaan (the town of the church) and navigates around in expensive cars while he is not flying his bird.

 

Pastor E. A. Adeboye (Net Worth – $130 million)

Pastor E. A. Adeboye, known for his laid-back pulpit life and modesty, is the Rescued Christian of the Church’s (RCCG) general supervisor and the country’s second-richest pastor.

The former senior lecturer of mathematics at the University of Lagos is a native of Ifewara, Osun State Nigeria, and the largest church in Nigeria in terms of population (about 5 million congregants) with countless branches scattered across Nigeria’s nooks and crannies.

After becoming the general overseer of the RCCG in 1981, he inherited quite a few branches from the founder, Pa Akindayomi, in Nigeria.

The RCCG is present in over 190 countries worldwide today.

For ministry purposes, Pastor Adeboye owns a private jet and lives a life not so flamboyant, remembering that he is the father of modesty.

Among other ministry efforts, the church runs its own university (Redeemers University), a TV station, a printing press.

The headquarters of the RCCG is situated on a 44-hectare property called the Redemption Camp.

It is referred to as God’s largest town on earth.

Within its boundaries, the camp is the size of a large local government, containing banks, hospitals, real estate, primary and secondary schools, shopping malls, and other urban amenities.

It’s worth billions of naira at the camp.

 

Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Edeh (Net Worth – $90 million)

In the eminent persona of Rev. Fr., the first Catholic priest to enlist in the wealthiest pastors list arrives. Edeh. Uh.

He is one of Nigeria’s most famous and respected Catholic priests.

He is from the state of Enugu, Nigeria.

Father Edeh is known as an educator and operates an educational conglomerate consisting of Caritas Enugu University, Madonna University (Rivers and Anambra state), Madonna Secondary School (State of Elele Rivers), Osisatech Boys Secondary School (State of Enugu), and Aba Girls Secondary School (Enugu State).

Uh, Rev. Fr. Edeh is a clever businessman cum priest of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost.

He owns a few maternity clinics, a full-fledged hospital, a special testing center, a motherless baby house, a microfinance bank, and a manufacturing business, in addition to his educational institutions.

He is the founder of the Eucharistic Adoration Pilgrimage and Peace Reconciliation Center in Elele, Rivers State, known as the pilgrimage center.

 

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (Net Worth $50 million)

With its unique teachings and a distinctive voice, this is one of Nigeria’s most contemporary gospel preachers, leading the way to the region’s western religious status quo.

At the beginning of the 21st century, his Church became a new religious sensation in Nigeria, spreading across the country and attracting an army of followers.

He started his ministry at Ambrose Ali University as a campus fellowship (Believers LoveWorld Fellowship) in his home state of Edo.

Pastor Chris is the founder and president of Believers LoveWorld Inc., aka Christ Embassy. The Embassy of Christ is a household religious name in Nigeria and has over 13 million members worldwide.

A private jet is operated by Pastor Chris, which was a gift from members of the music arm of his Church, LoveWorld records.

Among other TV channels across the globe, his church owns a 24-hour satellite TV station, a printing press, a record label, a social media site, and a creative arts academy.

Chris Pastors oozes premium class and style, lives in a white house, drives in luxurious cars, and owns local and foreign real estate.

 

Prophet T.B Joshua (Net Worth – $25 million)

Undoubtedly, Prophet T.B. Joshua is West Africa’s most famous prophet.

He is the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), with its headquarters in Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria, and its only branch.

With the number shared by Nigerians and foreigners from across Africa and the world, he pastors a 15, 000 member congregation.

The Ondo State-born prophet is known for his miracles and philanthropy that attract to his Lagos, Ikotun foundation thousands of foreign religious tourists every day.

As his church boosts Nigeria’s tourism industry, attracting an average of over 2 million visitors daily, the prophet is super-wealthy.

A Nigerian newspaper once claimed that more visitors are received by the Synagogue Church of all countries than the combined Buckingham Palace and London Tower.

He owns the biggest Christian TV network in Africa, known as Emmanuel TV, which broadcasts around the clock for 24 hours.

He invested over $20 million in charity, officially, an amount that is around 90% of his average net worth.

 

Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo (Net Worth – $17 million)

Matthew Ashimolowo is the senior pastor of Kingsway International Christian Center (KICC), with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

It all started when he switched beliefs from being a Muslim to a Christian at age 22.

He’s a Yoruba Nigerian, and his church is the largest Pentecostal church in London.

In Nigeria and other countries in the world, the KICC is also present in bounty sums.

In what seemed like a detour from Nigeria’s foursquare gospel church, he formed KICC London in 1992 and led the church to become the largest outside Nigeria congregation where the color of white skin is prevalent.

Pastor Matthew owns a private jet, a Publishing, and Publication Company that publishes much of his literature focused on prosperity (Matthew Ashimolowo media) and other investment sections.

He receives around $200,000 as his annual salary, supposedly.

 

Chris Okotie, Pastor (Net Worth-$10 million)

Chris Okotie is a contemporary Nigerian pastor with high-end dictions and vocabulary with a distinctive style of preaching.

Chris Okotie is from Delta State, Nigeria, and is the founder and senior pastor of Lagos Nigeria Household of God Church International.

First, for his great works, he was a Nigerian secular pop artist well-famous in the ’80s, then he got the call to ministry. Subsequently, he dumped his very successful music career and started the Household of God Church in 1987.

His church is one of the biggest in the city of Lagos and is well renowned as a worship center for most Nigerian celebrities of the Nollywood industry.

Supercooled, Pastor Chris leads a luxurious lifestyle.

He has a flair for luxury vehicles, especially the expensive Rolls Royce, one of his fleet’s highly coveted exotic rides.

Under the Justice and Fresh Democratic Party, Thrice was interested in politics vying for the presidency, but he failed on all three attempts. Bishop Ayodele Oritsejafor (Net Worth – $6 million)

Papa Ayo, as he is fondly called, is the Founder and General Overseer of the Bible Church of Word of Life, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, known for his giant role in leading the body of Christ in Nigeria.

From 2005 to 2010, he was the National President of Nigeria’s Pentecostal Fellowship.

He was then re-elected as the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Nigeria’s highest Christian body, after handing over.

For two years, he kept that position.

As one of the most wealthy preachers in Nigeria with a private jet to travel around the country, Papa Ayo is synonymous with riches.

He also owns investments in highly valued real estate, luxury cars, and assets worth millions in and out of the world.

In more than three decades, he has earned several ministry blessings for serving God.

He exercises massive power in the body of Christ through his leadership qualities from his Warri foundation, where he is a resident.

 

Bishop Mike Okonkwo (Net Worth – $5 million)

Bishop Mike Okonkwo is the founder and president of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, with various branches distributed across Nigeria’s length and breadth.

He is from Ogbunike in Nigeria’s Anambra State.

As far as the body of Christ in Nigeria is concerned, Bishop Mike is a father.

After a failed attempt to fight for the Nigerian army on the war front, after the ceasefire, he met God in 1970 and started The Redeemed Evangelical Church (TREM) in 1981.

For over 40 years, he’s been in ministry and still counting.

A multitude of young pastors are mentored by him, and he has a massive religious fan base.

In the Nigerian Christian community, he held various leadership positions, including the National Deputy President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) from 1995 to 1998.

He became president of the PFN in 1998 and was elected national vice president of the Nigerian Christian Association in 2003, a position he held until 2008.

 

Pastor Lazarus Muoka (Net Worth – $4 million)

From Imo State, Nigeria, Pastor Lazarus is a Nigerian pastor and healing prophet.

He is the founder of Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, Nigeria, of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Ministries.

Right from its start in 2000, his church rose to popularity, drawing thousands of people from around the world to his base in Lagos to look for miracles.

This population boom forced the church to acquire and extend its base with more properties.

The Lord’s Chosen is one of Nigeria’s most prominent churches, with a large presence in almost all of Nigeria’s major cities, towns, and villages.

In rallies and crusades, members of the Chosen are known for their spontaneous and feral ways of expressing their love for God.

Wherever they go, they bear a very noticeable presence as they chant in songs and shout out their mantras.

One of the pastors synonymous with a luxurious lifestyle is not Pastor Lazarus.

If it comes to showing assets and resources, he is very conservative.

 

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