Creflo Augustus Dollar, Jr. (born on January 15, 1962, College Park, Georgia) January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia, in the United States. ...

Dollar received a bachelor’s degree in education, a master’s degree in counseling, and a doctorate^{[citation needed]} in counseling from the University of West Georgia. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Oral Roberts University in 1998. The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive, residential institution located in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, Georgia. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... Oral Roberts University or ORU, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest charismatic Christian university in the world. ...

Dollar started his ministry in 1986 with eight people and as of 2005 had a congregation of nearly 25,000, with regular services held at the church's 8,500-seat "World Dome."

His Changing Your World television program is seen both in the United States and internationally. In 2004, a satellite church was started in New York. It has a membership of about 6,000. The church holds conventions around the world. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NY redirects here. ... Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ...

He is the publisher of CHANGE magazine, a quarterly international publication with nearly 100,000 subscribers, and The Max, a bimonthly resource newsletter for ministers and ministry leaders. His award-winning Changing Your World television broadcast reaches nearly one billion homes in practically every country in the world.

A popular conference speaker and best-selling author, Dollar is known for espousing his own method for approaching to the Bible. Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have five children and live in Fayetteville, GA .^[1] Fayetteville is a city located in Fayette County, Georgia. ...

Controversy

Dollar is known for his controversial message regarding "Prosperity Christianity." Particularly, his church tithes have allowed him, according to the New York Times, to amass Rolls-Royces, private jets, a million-dollar Fayetteville, GA home, and a $2.5 million Manhattan apartment.^[2] The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003), which was owned by Vickers between 1980 and 1998, and after that by Volkswagen. ... Fayetteville is a city located in Fayette County, Georgia. ...

Dollar also sparked great controversy^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} with his December 2002 message "Jesus' Growth into Sonship" ^[7] in which he said "Jesus didn't come as God, he came as a man, and he did not come perfect...he grew into his perfection." This teaching is considered by some to be similar to the heretical teachings of Arius which were anathematized at the First Council of Nicea. Arius (AD/CE 256 - 336, poss. ... The First Council of Nicaea, which took place during the reign of the emperor Constantine in 325, was the first ecumenical (from Greek oikumene, worldwide) conference of bishops of the Christian Church. ...

Dollar's enumeration of "Believer's Rights" also states that all true believers of God have the same miraculous abilities as Jesus himself, including the power to overcome infertility and to raise the dead. Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a man or a woman to contribute to conception. ... Look up Resurrection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

While his message has appealed to thousands, it has also spawned critiques of him and other "Prosperity Christianity" evangelists, who have amassed large fortunes and appeal to people's material desires.

Many have deemed Dollar as a false prophet. In the late 90's, Dollar falsely claimed that Jesus would be returning to earth between 2003 and 2005.

References

1. ^ http://www.creflodollarministries.org/about/bio_t.html
2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/15prosperity.html?ex=1294981200&en=9d7efd8b8715771f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
3. ^ http://blackapologist.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/exposing-the-heresy-of-creflo-cashflo-dollar-jesus-became-god/
4. ^ http://www.letusreason.org/Poptea16.htm
5. ^ http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/word-faith.html#cdollar
6. ^ http://www.forgottenword.org/dollar.html
7. ^ http://interactive.creflodollarministries.org/broadcasts/archives2002_t.asp?site=CDM

External links

• Official Biography
• Creflo Dollar Ministries homepage
• World Changers Church International homepage
• Creflo Dollar Sermons Delivered at Kenneth Copeland Believers Conventions