Edir Macedo
Brazilian Billionaire Bishop, Bestseller Books, Temples Empire and His Life
Biography & Memoir, Religious, Historical
| Author: | Margot Mendelli | ISBN: | 1230000252019 |
| Publisher: | Margot Mendelli | Publication: | July 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Margot Mendelli |
| ISBN: | 1230000252019 |
| Publisher: | Margot Mendelli |
| Publication: | July 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Edir Macedo is a Brazilian religious leader and prominent media baron who has a net worth of $1.1 billion. New to the billionaire circles, Edir Macedo is the Chairman and Owner of Brazil's second largest television network Rede Record. Raised as Catholic, Macedo converted to a Pentecostal by the early 1970s.
It was in 1977 that he established his own denomination in Rio de Janeiro, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the largest and at the same time most controversial religions in Brazil.
Pentecostal is a renewal movement within Christianity that follows the "prosperity theology", i.e., supporters of the sect believe that faith and commitment to a church are rewarded with wealth.
Edir Macedo is a Brazilian religious leader and prominent media baron who has a net worth of $1.1 billion. New to the billionaire circles, Edir Macedo is the Chairman and Owner of Brazil's second largest television network Rede Record. Raised as Catholic, Macedo converted to a Pentecostal by the early 1970s.
It was in 1977 that he established his own denomination in Rio de Janeiro, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the largest and at the same time most controversial religions in Brazil.
Pentecostal is a renewal movement within Christianity that follows the "prosperity theology", i.e., supporters of the sect believe that faith and commitment to a church are rewarded with wealth.
