Silas Malafaia

According to a 2013 Forbes magazine publication, his total net worth is estimated at US$150 million. However, he denied the information in the talkshow De Frente com Gabi [pt] , in which he affirmed that his wealth revolved around R$6 million (approximately US$1.6 million).

Malafaia is well known for his political work and strong opposition to the promotion and incentive of homosexuality in society and Abortion Law, as well as for defending the Prosperity theology. In the elections of 2012, he was the evangelical political canvasser of the candidate José Serra to the city council of São Paulo and helped to elect 24 mayors and 16 city councilmen in seven states. In the elections of 2014, Malafaia campaigned for Aécio Neves to the Presidency of Brazil. In the 2018 election Malafaia endorsed eventual winner Jair Bolsonaro.

Silas Lima Malafaia (September 14, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian Pentecostal pastor, author and televangelist, who also has a degree in Psychology. He is the leader of the Pentecostal church Assembleia de Deus Vitória em Cristo (Assembly of God Victory in Christ), a branch of the broader Assembleias de Deus movement of Pentecostal churches in Brazil. He is also the CEO of the Central Gospel Music [pt] publishing company, and vice president of the Interdenominational Council of Evangelical Ministers of Brazil (CIMEB), which is made up of approximately 8.500 ministers and leaders from almost all Brazilian evangelical denominations.