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Article: Christian coalition ally Meyer lives opulent lifestyle, newspaper says.(People & Events)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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TV preacher and Christian Coalition ally Joyce Meyer leads an opulent lifestyle of fancy homes and expensive cars and keeps her entire family, including her children's spouses, on the ministry payroll, a recent newspaper expose says.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a series of articles on the Fenton, Mo.-based evangelist in mid November. A piece that ran Nov. 16 detailed Meyer's luxurious lifestyle, noting that the ministry pulls in $8 million a month but spends only a tenth of that on charitable works.
"Meyer is fond of nice things and is willing to spend for them," the article by reporters Carolyn Tuft and Bill Smith noted. "From an $11,000 French ...