Creflo Dollar the Changers Church International megachurch pastor

"I will say this emphatically: I should have never been arrested," pastor Creflo Dollar said in his first public appearance two days after police charged him with misdemeanor counts of simple battery and cruelty to children.

The minister got an passionate ovation from the loaded chapel as he took the pulpit Weekend at the Globe Changers Church Worldwide in an Atl suburban area. He resolved the legal costs head-on for several moments before going on to his sermon.

"I want you all to hear personally from me that all is well in the Dollar household," Mr. Dollar said.

The 50-year-old Money is one of the most popular African-American preachers centered around Atl, with 30,000 associates in the Atl place and a secretary of state for satellite tv chapels across the US.

He was caught after his 15-year-old young lady known as cops at about 1 a.m. Saturday and informed a Fayette Nation sheriff's deputy that she and her dad suggested when he said she couldn't go to a celebration. A cops review says the young lady informed a deputy her dad billed at her, put his arms around her throat, began to impact her and began reaching her with his shoes. The deputy mentioned a the begining on her throat.

The review said the deputy also questioned Dollar's 19-year-old young lady, who said her dad got her sister's returning and smacked her in the experience and blocked her for about five a few moments. She said her sis tried to get rid, but did not battle. When her dad used the 15-year-old on the earth, the mature young lady ran to get her mom. Dollar's spouse, Taffi, informed the deputy she did not see the battle.

Dollar released into a long refusal of the suggestions from the pulpit Weekend.

"The truth is that a family conversation with our youngest daughter got emotional," he said. "And emotions got involved and things escalated from there."

He said the level on his son's throat had been there for about 10 years and was due to a epidermis disease, meals.

"The truth is she was not choked, she was not punched. There were not any scratches on her neck," Dollar said. "But the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. Anything else is exaggeration and sensationalism."

Dollar's 15-year-old girl is the one who known as government bodies and informed them her dad hit and blocked her. Her 19-year-old sis corroborated the tale. But Money didn't openly show any rage toward his kids.

Dollar's spouse, Taffi, is a co-pastor at the chapel. She resolved the associates before her partner but did not contact on the suggestions.

Dollar's associates showed up helpful Weekend, providing him continual applause as he took the level. As he discussed, individuals in the refuge screamed encouragement: "We really like you!" and "We've got your back!" As he discussed the problems interacting with teenager kids in a "culture of disrespect," many in the audience nodded her head in contract.

Members of the chapel seemed to shut rankings around Money even before he resolved them from the pulpit Weekend. A multitude of individuals contacted by The Associated Media as they came for the assistance dropped to thoughts, and the few who did indicated assistance. After the assistance, many were still cautious to thoughts, but those who did said they were fulfilled with their pastor's feedback.

"When I first heard what he was accused of, I didn't believe it. I knew there had to be more to the story," said Phyllissa Wolley, 23, a daycare worker who has attended the church for about five years. "I felt like he addressed the accusations today, and I believe what he said. To hear from him personally, I really appreciated that. I was glad to hear his side of the story."

Others said the press blew the suggestions out of percentage without having all information and they sensed vindicated after listening to Money talk.

"I think you're looking at a bunch of sensationalism," said George Blake of Ellenwood, adding that he thought the media rushed to tell the story without knowing the full story. The 49-year-old said he never questioned his pastor of eight years.

"It's not up to me to me to be satisfied with what he had to say," Blake said. "This is a man of God spreading the word of God."

Money, who has five kids, is a local of Higher education Recreation area and says he obtained a perspective for the chapel in 1986. He organised the first service before side of eight people in an primary university cafeteria. His ministry matured easily and the chapel shifted into its existing place, an 8,500-seat refuge, on Dec. 24, 1995.

Dollar said in a 2007 appointment with The Associated Media that he renounced his chapel wage, and his earnings only comes from personal investment strategies, along with your home or home home business and equine reproduction company known as Money Farm. He's also released more than 30 guides, concentrating mostly on family and life concerns, such as debts.

He said he also sometimes got up to $100,000 for 1 overall look on his loaded routine of discussing places.

Along with Bishop Eddie Long, Money is one of the most popular African-American preachers based around Atl who have designed effective ministries on the success gospel, which instructs that God wants to bless the true with earthly money. Ministers in this custom often carry up their own success as proof that the educating performs.