He stumbles over words. It's January 17, 1999, and Joel's father, the enigmatic John Osteen, is laid up in a hospital bed with complications from dialysis. Someone has placed a telephone receiver ...

Joel’s father was a pastor, and the legacy was passed to Joel after his father’s death in 1999. Joel Osteen made news with his purchase in 2010 and left people wondering about the deets of ...

took the helm of Lakewood Church after John Osteen, his father and the church's founding pastor, passed away in 1999. The church has grown dramatically under Joel Osteen and is regularly attended ...

Osteen’s father expanded Lakewood’s already huge ... “And so we have televangelists like Joel Osteen or T.D. Jakes, who have a broadly popular message.” Osteen is not overtly political ...

Joel Osteen: “It’s the simple things in life ... in Osteen - took over the Lakewood Church running in 1999 when his father, ...

Joel Osteen: “It’s the simple things in life ... in Osteen - took over the Lakewood Church running in 1999 when his father, ...

On the 25th anniversary of Joel Osteen's first sermon at Lakewood Church, the pastor hung out with the camera, light and sound technicians capturing the house band as it recorded a new live album.

WHO IS JOEL OSTEEN? Osteen, 60, took the helm of Lakewood Church after John Osteen, his father and the church's founding pastor, passed away in 1999. The church has grown dramatically under Joel ...

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Places of worship are sacred.” The church has grown tremendously over the past 25 years since Joel Osteen took over after his father’s death in 1999 and introduced an upbeat style of Christian ...

Joel Osteen is one of the most familiar faces in ... Osteen inherited his calling from his father and increased the size of the congregation almost five-fold. His book, “Your Best Life Now ...