Robert Tilton | |
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| Born | Robert Gibson Tilton June 7, 1946 |
| Other names | Bob Tilton |
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| Employer | Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church |
| Television | Success-N-Life (1981–1993; 1997–?) |
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| Spouses | Martha Phillips
(m. 1968; div. 1993)Leigh Valentine
(m. 1994; div. 1997)Maria Rodriguez Tilton
(m. 2002) |
| Website | www |
Robert Tilton (born June 7, 1946) is an American televangelist and the former pastor of the Word of Faith Family Church in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. At his ministry's peak in 1991, Tilton's infomercial-style program, Success-N-Life, aired in all 235 American television markets (on a daily basis in the majority of them) and brought in nearly $80 million per year; it was described as "the fastest growing television ministry in America."[1]
When ABC's Primetime Live raised questions about Tilton's fundraising practices, a series of investigations into the ministry were initiated, and Success-N-Life was taken off the air. Tilton later returned to television on a new version of the program airing on BET and The Word Network.
- ^ "The Apple of God's Eye", produced by Robbie Gordon, Primetime Live, first broadcast November 21, 1991.