Pastor Brett Meador Net Worth 2026: Inspiring Bio & Wealth

Brett Meador net worth is listed at about $1 million (estimated), but we found no source for that number. Two websites repeat it with the same $20,000 to $30,000 monthly salary claim, and neither says where it came from. This page traces the figure, tests it against the salary claim, and separates what Pastor Brett Meador may earn from what Athey Creek Church owns.

Our confidence is low. We treat the number as a claim under review, not a fact. This page is about the founding and senior pastor of Athey Creek Church in West Linn, Oregon. It also covers his career and the church he leads.

Brett Meador at a Glance

Detail	Info
Role	Founding and senior pastor, Athey Creek Church
Based in	West Linn, Oregon
Church founded	1996, Portland area
Radio	Today’s Word, verse by verse Bible teaching
Spouse	Debbie Meador
Children	Three
Born	1966 (per Battori and PassiveGuides, unconfirmed)
Net worth	About $1 million (estimated, unsourced)
Reported salary	$20,000 to $30,000 per month (unconfirmed)

Who Is Pastor Brett Meador?

Brett Meador is the senior pastor of Athey Creek Church in West Linn, according to the OnePlace profile for his radio program. A bio on SermonAudio, written in the church’s voice, says he moved his family to the Portland area in 1996 to start the church. It adds that his focus has stayed on teaching the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, and book by book.

His calling started young. In a Gideons International profile, Meador says he was raised in the church in southern Oregon and decided at 12 that he wanted to be a pastor. Battori places his upbringing in Santa Cruz, California. We left birthplace out of the table because the sources disagree, and only the Gideons piece quotes him directly.

He and his wife, Debbie Meador, have three children, per the SermonAudio bio. Battori and PassiveGuides name them Brooke, Joey, and Casey.

Other search results describe a Brett Meador who is a tech investor, a YouTuber, or a musician. One such page gives $50 million in its headline and $5 million in its FAQ. None cite sources, and nothing links them to this pastor.

Career Timeline & Key Milestones

Before Athey Creek

Battori and PassiveGuides both say Meador spent about 12 years on staff at Applegate Christian Fellowship before feeling called to start his own church. Battori puts the fellowship in the Santa Cruz area. Neither page gives dates, so we list none.

Founding Athey Creek in 1996

Meador moved to the Portland area in 1996 to start the church. PassiveGuides and Battori say the group first met at Athey Creek Middle School to study the Bible together.

The sources disagree on what came next. PassiveGuides says a warehouse in Wilsonville followed. Battori skips Wilsonville and says the church moved into its own West Linn building within five years. An undated Gideons International profile places Meador’s office in Wilsonville. The church website now lists locations in West Linn, Hillsboro, and McMinnville.

Teaching Ministry and Today’s Word

Today’s Word is Meador’s radio ministry. It is distributed through OnePlace, appears on Family Talk, SiriusXM 131, and carries his Bible teaching. The church’s teaching archive has “Through the Bible” entries dating to at least 2019. Oneplace episode pages include a John 5 installment of “The Gospel of John” and a talk on the Holy Spirit.

The church site also has Radio, Podcast, and Books pages under Teachings, plus ministries for men, women, young adults, high school, junior high, and kids, along with music and missions. We found no figures on audience size, book sales, or pay.

Where the $1 Million Comes From (and Why It Doesn’t Add Up)

Two competitor pages supply the figure, and they match.

Claim	Repeated by	Named source?	Verifiable?
About $1 million net worth	Battori, PassiveGuides	No	No
$20,000 to $30,000 monthly salary	Battori, PassiveGuides	No. PassiveGuides says it has not confirmed this	No
“According to Wikipedia”	Battori	Cited, but our search found no Wikipedia article for him	No

Battori credits Wikipedia and unnamed “close sources.” PassiveGuides says no Wikipedia page exists for him. Both can’t be right, and the second matches our search.

The two pages share identical wording on several points, including the salary range, the net worth, and a “34 years married” line. Both also look out of date. PassiveGuides carries a September 2026 timestamp but lists Meador as 56 “as of 2026” with a 1966 birth date, which makes him 60. Battori’s page dates to February 2024, still shows an unrendered “[year]” placeholder in its headline, and gives his age as of 2023.

Now test the numbers. A $20,000 to $30,000 monthly salary is $240,000 to $360,000 a year before tax. Ten years at that pay would total $2.4 million to $3.6 million gross. Taxes, housing, three children, and giving all take a share, so this doesn’t prove either figure wrong. It does show the two claims don’t fit together well. In our read, at least one is a placeholder.

Methodology: We did not create a new net worth number. We checked each claim for a named source, compared the salary claim with the net worth claim, and searched court records, charity directories, and the church’s own pages. Sources: Battori, PassiveGuides, Oneplace, Family Talk, SermonAudio, Gideons International, the Athey Creek website, CourtListener, Justia, Daffy’s charity directory, and IRS guidance on church filings (Rev. Proc. 96, 10). Where we found nothing, we say so.

Brett Meador Net Worth Breakdown by Income Source

PassiveGuides lists one income source, “ministerial work,” and Battori lists none. This is what can and can’t be documented.

Source	What is documented	Status
Pastor’s salary, Athey Creek Church	$20,000 to $30,000 per month claimed by Battori and PassiveGuides	Unconfirmed
Today’s Word radio ministry	Program exists on OnePlace and Family Talk	No pay data found
Books	Church site has a Books page under Teachings	No sales or royalty data found
Investments, real estate, businesses	None documented	Unknown

The salary is the only income stream with a number, and that number has no named source. We found no public filing that shows what Athey Creek Church pays Meador. We can confirm the radio program exists, but not what it pays. Treat every dollar figure here as unverified until a primary source says otherwise.

Brett Meador’s Net Worth vs. Church Assets

Two questions get mixed up here: what the church owns, and what the pastor owns.

Athey Creek Church is a nonprofit organized as Athey Creek Christian Fellowship, listed under Tax ID 93 1220956 on Daffy’s charity directory. A church’s property and funds are held by the organization, so they are not part of a pastor’s personal net worth.

Public financial data is thin. We could not find a Form 990 for the church in public search results. Under IRS rules, churches are generally not required to file one, so the gap isn’t a red flag. It does mean no public filing we could find shows church revenue or leader pay.

Court records show part of the church’s land story. A 2006 conditional use permit from Clackamas County covered the church’s property, and a dispute over “Phase 2” construction under that permit later went to federal court (more below). These are facts about the church, not about what Meador owns. No source we reviewed lists a home, vehicle, or business in his name, so this page does not guess at any.

Three things could settle the question: a public filing that shows church pay, a pay disclosure from the church, or an on the record statement from Meador or the church. Until then, any figure here or on a competitor’s page is a guess. We will revise this page if a primary source appears.

Brett Meador vs. Pastor Mike Todd Net Worth

Name	Net Worth	Profession	Primary Income Source
Brett Meador	About $1 million (estimated, unsourced)	Senior pastor, radio teacher	Not publicly documented
Pastor Mike Todd	$3 million to $5 million (estimated)	Lead pastor, Transformation Church, Tulsa	Pastoral role, books, speaking

Both figures are estimates, and neither pastor has published personal financials. Use the table for scale, not proof. To see how the Todd range was built, read our Pastor Mike Todd net worth page.

Public Image, Ministry Reach & the Clackamas County Case

Meador’s public profile is teaching first. His radio program, the church’s podcast, and its through the Bible archive carry his name. In the Gideons International profile, he says the church gives to the Gideons ministry and encourages men to become Gideons. The church’s stated mission, as listed in Daffy’s charity directory, is through Bible teaching, support for people’s relationship with Jesus Christ, and ministries for every age group.

The one legal matter in the public record involves the church’s land, and the church was the plaintiff. Athey Creek Christian Fellowship v. Clackamas County was filed on November 4, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Meador filed declarations in the case, according to the CourtListener docket.

According to the district court’s opinion, the property is zoned RRFF 5, and the county’s ordinance at the time required a church there to get a conditional use permit before building. The Ninth Circuit notes that the county has since amended the ordinance to remove that requirement for places of worship. The case reached a motion hearing on March 3, 2023, and the church filed a first appeal that year (No. 23 35247) before the final judgment prompted a second (No. 24 5104).

The district court granted summary judgment to the county, and judgment was entered in July 2024. On December 19, 2025, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in an unpublished memorandum. It found the claims time barred, since they accrued in 2006 when the permit was issued, and the Phase 2 claim unripe, since the church had not filed a new application. Meador is not a named party, and no ruling addresses his personal finances.

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Final Thinkings

Pastor Brett Meador is easy to verify as a teacher and church leader. He started Athey Creek Church in 1996, teaches through the Bible, and leads the Today’s Word radio ministry. His finances are the opposite. The $1 million estimate and the $20,000 to $30,000 monthly salary have no named source, and the two claims do not fit together well.

Church property is not personal wealth, and the court case involves the church, not Meador. Until a filing or statement appears, treat every figure as an estimate.