34. Enoch Adeboye Earnings Go Up To $55 Million

Nigerian native Enoch Adeboye had his B.Sc. in Mathematics at University of Nigeria Nsukka and his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Lagos. He joined the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1973 and began working to translate into English the sermons of its then Pastor and founder, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi. In 1981 Adeboye was appointed General Overseer of the church giving up his university position to preach full-time. With his goal to “put a church within five minutes of every person on Earth,” Adeboye has become extremely powerful and wealthy and has been recognized internationally for his leadership.

35. Robert Tilton Earnings Go Up To $100 Million

Texas native Gibson Robert Tilton is the author of several self-help books about financial success and televangelist of the prosperity gospel. His infomercial-styled religious television program Success-N-Life has aired in 235 American TV markets. In 1991 Primetime Live investigated Tilton’s fundraising methods and accused him of exploiting vulnerable people by throwing away prayer requests and only keeping donations. Acting on this information Trinity Foundation members and ABC started digging through dumpsters outside Tilton’s many banks as well as dumpsters outside the office of Tilton’s lawyer, J.C. Joyce and in December 1991 called a press conference to present what was described as Tilton’s “Wheel of Fortune”. Tens of thousands of discarded prayer requests, bank statements, computer printouts containing the coding for how Tilton’s “personalized” letters were generated, and-and other damaging information was exposed. Interviews with one of Tilton’s former prayer hotline operators claimed the ministry didn’t care for desperate followers saying Tilton had a computer to make sure the phone operators talked to callers for no longer than seven minutes and they were told to always ask for a $100 “vow” at a minimum.