This is probably way out of Africa lead but do you think African Pastors should do the same ? Do miracle craving worshipers really care in Africa ?
Listing pastor Silas Malafaiain (picture above) in Forbes Magazing amoung the richest pastors in Brazil has sparked criticism of evangelical leaders in the country.
All evangelical leaders are saying such reckless behaviour from the press is encouraging the misinterpresentation of religion as a profitable business, and therefore infringing on the private finances of individuals. Silas has already promised to file a lawsuit against Forbes.
Pastor Silas Malafaia incuded in the listing has denied the information reported by Forbes is in anyway accurate, explaning all the money from his church, as well as other ministries and companies connected to him, offerings and donations received, are no where half of the amount ($150 million) listed by Forbes as his personal wealth. Here is what he had to say.....
“All my personal wealth and income are stated in the Brazilian IRS. I have nothing to fear or to owe. To say that my income information was given by the Public Ministry of Brazil and Federal Police is a serious affront to these institutions because they do not have legal authority to provide this kind of information”, he said, according to his church’s website.
Dr. Uziel Santana, who is the president of the Brazilian Association of Evangelical Jurists (ANAJURE), expressed his deep concerns about a possible infringement of confidentiality by saying: “whatever the merits of the issue, it is serious the fact that there was possible infringement of the data protected by bank and tax secrecy. This is so violent as to turn faith into a market, deceiving those who have less discernment of the reality”.
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