Robert Tilton
American television evangelist (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
Robert Tilton | |
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Born | Robert Gibson Tilton (1946-06-07) June 7, 1946 (age 77) |
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 |
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.