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America's wealthiest pastor Kenneth Copeland - who is worth $m - dodges $K property tax on his $7m mansion home by claiming it's a 'clergy residence'

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland, the richest pastor in America, avoids paying an annual property tax bill of $, by claiming that his massive lakeside mansion is a clergy residence, which qualifies it for a complete tax break. 

Copeland, 85, enjoys the spoils of his six-bed, six-bath house - with a sweeping spiral staircase, crystal chandeliers and a tennis court - without contributing a single dime to the area's schools and first responders.

The $7 million estate, located right outside of Forth Worth, Texas, is even driving distance from an airport bearing his name, from which he commands a fleet of private jets, including a Gulfstream V he bought from filmmaker Tyler Perry, according to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle.

Copeland has previously said that God told him to build the home for his wife Gloria.

'You may think that house is too big,' he said at the Southwest Believers' Convention in Fort Worth. 'You may think it's too grand. I don't care what you think. I heard from heaven. Glory to God, hallelujah!'

Kenneth Copeland, 85, avoids paying hefty property taxes on his $7 million mansion, which he said God to

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Million Dollar Homes Become Status Symbols of Televangelists and Pastors

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Trinity Foundation. It is reprinted with permission. This article was written by Barry Bowen and Pete Evans.

Donors, where is the money going?

When a televangelist’s ministry or pastor’s church owns a private jet, you can almost be certain the leader lives in a mansion. That is one of the lessons Trinity Foundation has learned from investigating religious fraud and excess for more than 30 years.

In April the Houston Chronicle’s Jay Root asked Trinity Foundation for assistance on an article series about church parsonages in Texas. Trinity Foundation compiled a list of megachurches and large media ministries in the state and then searched for parsonages and homes of pastors and ministry leaders.

Meanwhile, the Houston Chronicle examined the state tax code and filed open records requests with county appraisal districts seeking lists of parsonages.

Root’s thorough investigation uncovered startling evidence of pastors living extravagantly: “A months-long Houston Chronicleinvestigation of ministers’ tax-free residences found no shortage of extravagant homes in high-dollar locales. At least two dozen were worth over $1 million even u