Joel Scott Osteen was born on March 5,1963 and is an American lay preacher, televangelist, businessman and author based in Houston, Texas.
19 Facts About Joel Osteen
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Joel Osteen was born in Houston, Texas, and is one of six children of John Joel Osteen and Dolores Pilgrim.
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Joel Osteen graduated from Humble High School, a public high school in the city of Humble, Texas, in 1981, and attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he studied radio and television communications but did not graduate.
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Joel Osteen was included on Barbara Walters's list of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2006.
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The Joel Osteen family attended an Easter breakfast hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in 2010.
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Joel Osteen's sermons have been criticized as self-serving and revealing a poor command of scripture.
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Joel Osteen says he chooses to focus more on the goodness of God and on living an obedient life rather than on sin, and that he tries to teach Biblical principles in a simple way, emphasizing the power of love and a positive attitude.
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Joel Osteen hosted an event at his Lakewood Church in 2018, in collaboration with rapper Kanye West, called Kanye's Sunday Service.
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Joel Osteen held his Easter service during COVID-19 with Mariah Carey and Tyler Perry.
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Joel Osteen released his second book, titled Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day, in October 2007.
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Joel Osteen has said that the book focuses more on relationships and not getting stuck where we are in life.
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Besides those two books, Joel Osteen has written more than 18 others.
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Joel Osteen says that as senior pastor, he draws no salary from the church, which has an annual budget of $70 million, and that he instead relies on income from book sales.
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Joel Osteen has generally avoided discussing or preaching about controversial issues such as gay marriage, abortion, and politics.
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Joel Osteen further revealed that he had not studied the religion.
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Horton stated that the problem with Joel Osteen's message is that it makes religion about us instead of about God.
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Joel Osteen is estimated to have a net worth of over $50 million, with his church taking in $43 million a year in collections.
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Joel Osteen denied taking any pandemic CARES Act assistance, but US Small Business Administration data revealed his church actually received 4.4 million dollars from the fund.
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Joel Osteen stated that pictures showing Lakewood free of flooding were taken on Monday, after the flood waters had lowered.