Creflo A. Dollar

Worst name ever, does anyone follow this guy, is he a scam artist or a legitimate preacher?
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He is a pimp no diffrent than a pimp with women on the corner!!! Another way of Blacks exploited other Blacks. It is the primary reason I hate religion and the church and I left 20 yrs ago and have never looked back!!!

Folks follow these preachers like sheep slaughter and it makes me sick!!!! Everything is about money and nothing is for free.

rachel3 said:

and his wifes name is "Taffy"

Creflo, not Crefo. lol

The guy's a crook, just know that. Duping African Americans--sad.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

Rhondab said:

I'm no fan o' the man, BTW.

Lammastide said:

Rhondab said:

and his wifes name is "Taffy"

You are KIDDING!

Taffy friggin' Dollar?!?!

lilgish said:

Worst name ever, does anyone follow this guy, is he a scam artist or a legitimate preacher?

lilgish said:

Worst name ever, does anyone follow this guy, is he a scam artist or a legitimate preacher?

I feel so ashame, my head is in the wrong books.

that dude is so money.

i think he has a jet....

they build big churches but never big soup kitchens...I wonder why

Oh...that would be too much like what Jesus said to do...my bad

lilgish said:

Worst name ever, does anyone follow this guy, is he a scam artist or a legitimate preacher?

Does anyone have anything concrete? I hear a lot of jokes, but no cited facts...

HiinEnkelte said:

Any one who follows a pimp.....DESERVES 2 be pimped.

ThreadBare said:

The thread reminded me of this article.
Go get 'em, Grassley! These snake-oil hucksters have gotten enough of a free ride on the backs of the poor and ill-educated.

Televangelist refuses to turn over more financial documents
By Carol Costello

CNN Washington Bureau
(CNN) -- Georgia televangelist Creflo Dollar is refusing to turn over any more financial documents to the Senate Finance Committee, even though they are overdue.

Last month, the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley, asked Dollar and five other TV and megachurch preachers to provide him detailed reports on how they're spending billions of dollars in church donations. He wants to make sure their ministries aren't violating their tax-exempt status by spending church donations on personal luxuries.

Five of the six ministries have either turned over documents or asked Grassley for more time, which the senator readily agreed to give them.

But Dollar and his World Changers Church have refused, and he's hired a lawyer. He said if Grassley wants more information he'll have to subpoena him to testify before the committee.

The Iowa senator is surprised by Dollar's ultimatum. "If he sticks to his guns," Grassley said, "this will be the first nonprofit that I know of that hasn't cooperated with us over the last five or six years." Watch why Dollar doesn't want to turn over the documents »

In November, Dollar told CNN that his church was not in violation of any tax laws. "We've always said at the very beginning we have no problems if it's a valid request," Dollar said. "And, you know, we comply with the IRS."

Dollar is making no apologies for living in a $2.5 million mansion in Georgia, driving a church-bought Rolls Royce and having access to a luxury Manhattan apartment. He said the church owns some of his luxury items and he bought the rest with his own money.

Dollar also told CNN he did turn over some documents to Grassley's office and was confident they would be sufficient. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of those documents spelled out how much money the church raked in last year: $69 million.

Again, Dollar makes no apologies. His prosperity ministry preaches a form of Word of Faith theology, which teaches God wants the faithful to have the best in life, including material things.

He said Grassley is sticking his nose where it doesn't belong -- in church doctrine.

Grassley strongly objects to that sentiment. "For the focus of this inquiry, ministries are the same as any other nonprofit organization," he said. "It's a question of abiding by tax laws."

Rusty Leonard, who runs an online citizen's watchdog group, Ministrywatch.com, is on Grassley's side. He said Dollar's church should be transparent so donors know how their money is being spent. He said Dollar should be happy to comply with Grassley's request, unless he has something to hide.

"I guess, looking at it from their perspective, they could potentially go into Grassley's confessional and end up walking out in handcuffs," Leonard said. "So they have to be very careful about what they release."

Grassley, so far, isn't threatening Dollar with a subpoena, but he didn't rule it out either. He said he's used it in the past to great effect.

Here's how the other minstries have responded to requests for accounting, according to Grassley's office:


Kenneth and Gloria Copeland (Kenneth Copeland Ministries): Attorneys delivered material to Grassley's staff on Thursday.

Benny Hinn (World Healing Center Church, Inc.): Grassley's staff is scheduled to meet with the ministry's attorneys on Friday.

Eddie Long (New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Ministry): Representatives said publicly that the ministry will cooperate. Grassley has not received any material or had contact from the ministry.

Joyce Meyer (Joyce Meyer Ministries): Grassley's staff received material from the organization on Tuesday and is reviewing it.

Randy and Paula White (Without Walls International Church Today): Received initial contact from attorneys who said they will contact Grassley's staff shortly but has had no further response.

I aint got no problem with Crefo Dollar. Or Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, or any other prosperity preacher. They are only preaching about us being successful in all aspects of our lives.Now, we all know that success is defined differently for each of us. But the way I view many of these prosperity teachers is that, God (throw in who ever you believe here) wants us to be prosperous in our relationships, our health, and our finances. God's desire is that we excel.

JellyBean said:

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ThreadBare said:

Rhondab said:

JellyBean said:

Rhondab said:

You may not have an issue but I do.

Trust me, I am sure that you are not the only one. But as long as I see, people like Jakes, Dollar, Meyers, and Osteen, just to name a few, helping out out the poorest of the poor, I can't really worry about what folks might think of them. They (Jakes & Dollar) all have to answer to a higher calling. Right now, I see the positive things that they are doing for their sheep

Before this investigation, I never heard of the guy; and my knowledge on tv ministries is limited at best. I prefer sitting in an actual church than watching it on tv. I'm sorry, but the name alone screams pimp, and I wouldn't be able to take him seriously. If these leaders are doing what they are supposed to, then more power to them. People need to read the Bible for themselves, and learn discernment. I don't have any real problem with tv ministries, just never been drawn to them.


Mark 12:13-17 (New International Version)

New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

Paying Taxes to Caesar

13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay or shouldn't we?"
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." 16They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
"Caesar's," they replied.

17Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
And they were amazed at him.

Rhondab said:

i think he has a jet....

they build big churches but never big soup kitchens...I wonder why

Oh...that would be too much like what Jesus said to do...my bad