John Hagee was born on 2 April 1940 in Goose Creek, Texas USA, to Reverend and Vada Hagee. He is best known as the founder and a pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, and a CEO of Global Evangelism Television.
So just how rich is John Hagee as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Hagee’s net worth is as high as $5 million, accumulated from his over four decades-long career in the previously mentioned ‘industry’. In addition to that, he is a bestselling author too.
Pastor John Hagee Net Worth $5 million
John graduated from Trinity University with a bachelor of science in history and education in 1964, then received a master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. He finished his education at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University, but now also holds several honorary doctorates. In 1966, John founded the Trinity Church in San Antonio; as of today, the church has over 20,000 members. In 1973, he published his first book entitled ‘’ The Invasion of Demons’’, which holds a score of the maximum five stars on Amazon and Good Reads. In 1974, ‘’Like a Cleansing Fire’’ was released, then Hagee established the Church at Castle Hills in 1975, which started off with a small number of members, but in the span of two years gained more than 1,600 new ones, and grew throughout the following decade and had more than 5,000 members in 1987, when Hagee renamed it to the Cornerstone Church. It is reported that the church has over 20,000 members as of today.
John’s family is involved in the business as well. His son Matt, wife Diana and daughter-in-law, Kendal are pastors in the church as well as John himself. Hagee returned to writing in 1996, when ‘’The Beginning of the End’’ was released, received positive reviews and took a position on the New York Times Best Seller List in addition to being the number one in 1996 in the Association for Christian Retail non-fiction division. Following that success, John wrote ‘’Day of Deception’’ and ‘’Final Dawn Over Jerusalem’’ released in 1997 and 1998 respectively, both becoming New York Times bestsellers, adding to his net worth.
He continued publishing books throughout the late ‘90s and the early 2000s, publishing his first novel entitled ‘’Devil’s Island’’ in 2001. He continued with ‘’Avenger of Blood’’, the second book in the novel franchise. In collaboration with his wife, he wrote ‘’ What Every Man Wants in a Woman/ What Every Woman Wants in a Man’’ in 2005. ‘’Jerusalem Countdown’’, a book about apocalyptic predictions was released in 2006, and the movie based on the book hit the theatres in 2009. As of his most recent work, ‘’Four Blood Moons’’ stirred a lot of controversy, as it is based on Hagee’s apocalyptic beliefs. In conclusion, he has written over 30 major books.
In his personal life, Hagee has married twice, firstly to Martha Downing from 1960 until 1975; they have two children together. John married Diana Castro in 1976, and the couple has three children. He is widely known for his humanitarian work, and his ministries have given more than $85 million for the charity causes in Israel. John is notorious for his sometimes not so personal religious beliefs, regarding the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ. Throughout his career, he has been criticized for being an ‘’extremist’’.
