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Podcast: MinistryWatch Podcast
Episode: Ep. 389: Texas Megachurch Lists Televangelist’s ‘Parsonage’ for $15 Million Bishop I.V. Hilliard’s 24-acre compound includes multiple houses, luxury amenities
Description: A luxury 24-acre estate with six houses and 22 garage parking spaces may not meet most people’s definition of a parsonage.
But the tax code says otherwise—this one Texas home is turning heads after being listed on realtor.com for $15 million.
Located in a Houston suburb, the property is the home of Bishop I.V. Hilliard and his wife, Pastor Bridget Hilliard. It belongs to New Light Church (also known as New Light Christian Center Church), a multi-site, Word of Faith megachurch that the Hilliards founded in 1984.  Â
The listing says the compound “boasts a...