Summary
Creflo Dollar Ministries (CDM) is a global ministry created by and as a speaking platform for Creflo A. Dollar. In accordance with their vision, CDM has been overseas for many years through the teaching ministry of Creflo A. Dollar. The ministry currently has offices in the United States, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom. In the near future, CDM will be opening more offices. CDM's broadcast can be seen and heard in more than 150 countries around the world and is stated on their website to reach "nearly 1 billion homes around the world" as of December 2007. CDM has chosen not to be open and transparent with MinistryWatch.com. As such it is difficult to understand all aspects of its ministry. Including where one ministry begins and another ends, as well as where does the for-profit ventures intersect the ministries, especially as they seem to operate out of the same address and have in common Creflo Dollar as the CEO and Taffi Dollar as the CFO.
Contact Information: [ Back to top ]
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 490124
College Park, GA
30349-0349 |
| Website: | www.creflodollarministries.org |
| Phone: | (770) 210-5850, (866) 477-7683 |
| Email: | You need to enable javascript to see the email |
Organization Details [ Back to top ]
EIN: Unknown
| CEO/President: |
Mr. Creflo Dollar |
Tax Deductible: |
Yes |
| Chairman: |
Mr. Creflo Dollar |
Fiscal Year End: |
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| Board Size: |
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Financial info from: |
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| Founder: |
Mr. Creflo Dollar |
Member of ECFA: |
No |
| Year Founded: |
1986 |
Member of ECFA since: |
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Creflo Dollar Ministries (CDM) is a global ministry created by and as a speaking platform for Creflo A. Dollar.
In accordance with their vision, CDM has been overseas for many years through the teaching ministry of Creflo A. Dollar. The ministry currently has offices in the United States, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom. In the near future, CDM will be opening more offices.
CDM's broadcast can be seen and heard in more than 150 countries around the world and is stated on their website to reach "nearly 1 billion homes around the world" as of December of 2007.
CDM has chosen not to be open and transparent with MinistryWatch.com. As such it is difficult to understand all aspects of its ministry. Including where one ministry begins and another ends, as well as where does the for-profit ventures intersect the ministries, especially as they seem to operate out of the same address and have in common Creflo Dollar as the CEO and Taffi Dollar as the CFO. This partial list is as follows:
- World Changers Church International, Inc. (Nonprofit)
- World Changers Ministry Christian Center, Inc. (Nonprofit)
- Project Change International, Inc. (Nonprofit)
- World Heir, Inc. (Domestic Profit Business)
- Arrow Records (Georgia Limited Liability Company)
- International Covenant Ministries (Nonprofit)
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Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]
Foundational beliefs:
The Bible is the written and inspired Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The saints of God will be raptured. There is eternal life in either heaven or hell-you chose. There is an indwelling and a baptism in the Holy Spirit. Divine healing is ours today through Jesus Christ. Tithing is our covenant connector. Giving determines the amount of our increase. We should be baptized in the name of the Father,Son, and Holy Spirit.
Creflo A. Dollar was born and raised in College Park, Georgia. After graduating from Lakeshore High School, he obtained a Bachelor of Education degree with a concentration in History from West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia. He began his professional career as a high school teacher in the Fulton County School System. From there, he became an Educational Therapist for the Brawner Psychiatric Institute of Atlanta.
In 1986, Creflo A. Dollar began World Changers Christian Center, a non-denominational church in College Park. Pastor Dollar began the ministry at a local elementary school with only eight (8) people. At that time, the ministry was small, and aimed at developing a solid foundation for the fulfillment of a larger vision.
He now pastors a congregation of over 20,000 people and is an internationally known author, teacher and conference speaker with a ministry that not only reaches the local community, but also spans the globe. He can be seen and heard throughout the world on the "Changing Your World" broadcasts, via television and radio. Pastor Dollar also conducts conventions across the U.S. and around the world.
This organization has not offered MinistryWatch.com with specific needs to be posted on the profile. At such a time that MinistryWatch.com receives a response from the ministry, it will be posted immediately.
Research Analysis
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| Transparency Grade of : F |
| Criteria category | Grade | Other Comments |
| Timeliness: | 0 | |
| Financial Information: | 0 | |
| Foundational Clarity: | 0 | |
| Level of Cooperation: | 0 | |
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MinistryWatch.com’s Take
December 2002
By Dan Wray and Rodney Pitzer
Creflo Dollar Ministries is the umbrella name used for a tightly controlled conglomerate of corporations. The driving messages are about rights, including the right to become wealthy and own corporations. Creflo Dollar is the prime example of what he preaches. Creflo Dollar Ministries demonstrates no financial transparency about the organization, which prevents any assessment of financial efficiency.
Vision
With a vision to “proclaim Jesus, the Christ, as head of the church and the manifested Word of God,” and a goal to “teach the Word of God with simplicity and understanding” for application in everyday living, World Changers Christian Center was established in College Park, Georgia. Founded in 1986 by Georgia native Creflo A. Dollar as a center for Christian outreach, World Changers Church International (dba Creflo Dollar Ministries, “WCCI / CDM” ) serves as a platform for taking the life-changing message of the Gospel to local communities first and ultimately to the world. Dollar, a trained Educational Therapist, took on the role of Pastor to a small group of eight and grew the tiny work to its present size of more than 20,000, with ministry and broadcast presence spanning the globe and involving conference and convention itinerary, as well as print and electronic media distribution.
Word / Faith
Creflo Dollar Ministries (CDM) is openly associated with Word/Faith ministries and offers a broad range of preaching and teaching help in such areas as Prosperity and Abundant Living, as well as doctrinal treatises on salvation, prophecy, marriage and family living, and sickness and healing. Heavy emphasis is placed on “anointing” as the requisite, supernaturally enabling resource for service, with frequent references to Christ as “The Anointed One.” A Statement of Beliefs can be found on the ministry web site, as well as listings of devotional and motivational materials in audio, video, and printed form, and promise of Christian music recordings.
Ministry in Action
Under the banner, “Restoring communities to life,” Project Change International (PCI) is CDM’s effort to provide community service to the city of Atlanta, Georgia, organizing the combined involvement of churches, businesses and other volunteer groups. With an emphasis upon excellence, the Atlanta effort includes a food buying co-operative and nutritional services, and offers a model for potential duplication in other needy areas in the U. S. and throughout the world.
With a multifaceted ministry centered in one of the most rapidly developing regions of the U. S., WCCI / CDM has intelligently positioned itself to indelibly impact its surroundings for change.
Donor Partnership:
Donor partnership is important to CDM, a fact well established in the ministry’s promotional efforts with numerous offers to partner in support. Partnership is defined as relationship wherein responsibility in common activity is shared. Opportunities include invitations to “Vision Partnership” and “Bookstore Partnership,” each encouraging commitment to regular monetary donations in exchange for membership certification, promised prayer support and exclusive “thank you gifts,” as well as personal monthly greetings from Dr. Creflo Dollar and his wife, Taffi. “Bookstore Partnerships” also offer additional marketing incentives for donor partners with their own publishing interests. Storehouse tithing, as referenced in Malachi 3:8-11, is used as the basis for all giving, with sharp emphasis upon the Old Testament Biblical metaphor of an implanted seed producing hundred fold return. On this basis, giving is encouraged with confident agreement of prosperity in the lives and circumstances of givers who “act out in faith.”
5 Star Financial Efficiency Ratings
- Creflo Dollar Ministries demonstrates no financial transparency regarding itself, which prevents any assessment of financial efficiency.
Financial Quick Take
- MinistryWatch.com is not able to provide a Financial Quick Take based on Creflo Dollar Ministries’ refusal to be open about its finances.
Transparency
- Creflo Dollar Ministries has demonstrated no financial transparency regarding the quality and quantity of information provided.
- It is organized as a church and it has no legal obligation to submit financial information to anyone.
- The organization has been contacted by letter, fax and telephone. They have acknowledged the requests, but they have decided not to send anything.