Introduction :
Dave Meyer is a husband, father, and President of a Christian Ministry in the United States.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Dave was born and raised in the United States. He is a veteran of the United States Army.
- He got married to his wife Joyce Meyer in 1967, and they have four children together – Daniel B. Meyer, Sandra Ellen McCollom, David Meyer, and Laura Marie Holtzmann. All the kids were born in the late 1960s & early 70s.
Famous Life : Career, Income and Net Worth
- Dave is currently the President of Joyce Meyer Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization.
- In 1993, Dave & Joyce had the idea of starting a television ministry. Their program initially started airing on WGN-TV, an independent television station in Chicago, as well as on Black Entertainment (BET) network. The media instalment, now called ‘Enjoying Everyday Life’, is still broadcasted to this date.
- Being in the Ministry full-time for decades, as well as having extensive knowledge in finance and administration, he has helped build Joyce Meyer Ministries into what it is today.
- He also writes articles in the ‘Enjoying Everyday Life’ magazine, which is available for the public and members of the Ministry.
More about Joyce Meyer :
- Dave is married to Joyce Meyer, a one-time bookkeeper who is now a world-famous Christian author, public speaker, and President of Joyce Meyer Ministries.
- Joyce has written many books with titles such as ‘Battlefield of the Mind,’ ‘How to hear from God,’ ‘The Secret Power of Spreading Gods Word’ and ‘Get Your Hopes Up!’
- In 2002, the mainstream publishing giant Hachette Book Group paid Joyce a few million dollars for the rights to her catalog of independently released books.
- Dave’s father-in-law joined the army in World War II, and on his return, he became cold, bitter, angry and started s**ually abusing Joyce.
- Dave’s brother-in-law David Hutchinson was also abused by Joyce’s father; he joined the Marines at the young age of seventeen, where his Sergeant introduced him to various drugs to help him cope with the horrors of the war.
- Upon his return David got married and had a son, but divorced his wife soon after and ran away. He was found dead in an abandoned building by a homeless person thirty days later.
Controversies and Trivia :
- Dave and Joyce have been subjected to harsh criticism from many peers, as well as some sections of the media for their lush and excessive lifestyle, boasting a million-dollar private jet Gulfstream G-IV, a luxurious Mercedes sedan, & various lavish houses for them & their four children.
- The expensive ministry headquarters furnished with millions of dollars worth of furniture was also allegedly all paid for by the Ministry.
- Following the negative publicity, Meyer announced in 2004 that she would be taking a salary reduction from the 900,000 dollars per year she was taking from Joyce Meyer Ministries.
