How much is Joyce Meyer worth?
| Net Worth: | $15 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Author |
| Date of Birth: | June 4, 1943 (age 79) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m) |
About Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer, whose full name is Pauline Joyce Meyer, is an American author, Bible teacher, and Christian speaker. She is known for her many professions that include appearances on radio and television across the United States. Joyce is the president of the Joyce Meyer Ministries, that is made of a wide variety of bible study, conference events, devotionals, podcasts, and television shows.
Joyce Meyer became famous in the late 1970s when she became a Bible teacher and motivational speaker. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 4, 1943. Pauline has a younger brother, David that was born in the 1950s. Her father fought in World War II. In recent interviews, Joyce said that upon his return from the war, her father began abusing her sexually.
She attended the O’Fallon technical High School in her hometown and decided to drop her first name, Pauline, in her early twenties. A few years after her high school graduation in 1961, she met her first husband, a part-time car salesman. The marriage lasted only five years. In the mid to late years of the decade, she met an engineering draftsman, Dave Meyer, to whom she was married in January 1967. With Dave, Joyce has four children – two daughters Laura and Sandra, and two sons David and Daniel.
The New York Times best-selling author earned a significant amount of money from her books but her biggest income comes from her company. In the mid-1970s, she became a member of the local Our Savior Lutheran. While teaching the Bible at local cafeteria shops, she became the associative pastor of the church and started her own (15 minutes long) radio broadcast on a local radio station. The next decade, she resigned as the associate pastor and ventured into her own business. She founded her own ministry under the name Life in the Word. Immediately after its foundation, she also began airing her radio show on six radio stations from Kansas City to Chicago.
In the last years of the 20th century, as suggested by her husband Dave, Joyce started a television ministry that began airing on Chicago’s superstation WGN-TV and BET (Black Entertainment Television) television. The Christian radio and television series have been airing since 1997. Shortly after the show’s debut, she signed a multi-million dollar contract with Syndication Network, from which she makes an estimated $3 million a year. In the early 2000s, she received an estimated $5 million from mainstream publisher Hachette Book Group for the rights of her backlist catalog.
Over the past 40 years, the Bible teacher and Charismatic Christian speaker have been consistently writing and publishing her own books. Her first book is called Beauty for Ashes and was published in 1994. As of now, she has published 26 books, including the New York Times best-sellers Look Great and Feel Great, and The Penny: A Novel. Apart from her own ministry and shows, she has also taken part in many other film and television productions. She made her film debut as an actress in the 2016 drama Ultimate Redemption. Her most notable appearances on television are in the series and documentaries Women of the Bible, In God We Trust, Steve Harvey, and Praise The Lord.
The success of Joyce Meyer comes from her many professions and her skills to appear on radio and television while hosting her own program – Enjoying Everyday Life. As of now, Meyer is not only one of the most influential but also one of the wealthiest Christians in America. She owns several homes and travels in her own private jet, a Gulfstream G-IV. A special four-part report was published in November 2003 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper that detailed her costs of living and lifestyle. A few years later, in 2009, her ministry received accreditation from the ECFA and announced a partnership with the Oral Roberts University.
Summing-Up
Joyce Meyer is one of the most influential evangelicals in America who is worth an estimated $15 million. She had been born-again since the age of 9 and began her diverse career in the 1970s. Ever since then, she has created and ruled her own ministry, all while publishing best-selling books and appearing on many other television and radio shows.
