John Hillery Osteen was an American pastor who founded Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.
10 Facts About John Osteen
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John Osteen earned a bachelor's degree from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and a master's degree from Northern Baptist Seminary.
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John Osteen held a Doctor of Divinity degree from Oral Roberts University.
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John Osteen served as an Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church in San Diego, California, after completing his studies at NBTS and by the late 1940s as a minister at First Baptist Church, Hamlin, Texas.
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John Osteen left Hamlin in 1948 to become an itinerant preacher, but within a year he became pastor of Central Baptist Church, Baytown, Texas.
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John Osteen married Dolores "Dodie" Pilgrim on September 17,1954, and the following year resigned his pastorate.
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That same year, John Osteen and Dodie's first daughter Lisa was born with severe health issues.
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John Osteen served as LBI's president until its closure in the late-1980s.
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John Osteen founded Lakewood Church in 1959 in Houston, Texas, and developed Lakewood into a body of approximately 15,000 members with active ministries in televangelism, conferences, missionary support, and food distribution.
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John Osteen hosted the weekly John Osteen television program for 16 years, reaching millions in the US and in many other countries with his preaching.