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'''Joel Osteen''' is an American Charismatic preacher.

'''Joel Osteen''' is an American [[Prosperity Gospel]] preacher.

Osteen and his wife Victoria lead the Lakewood Church of [[Houston]], [[Texas]].  Lakewood was founded in 1959 by Joel's father and mother, John and Dodie Osteen, in an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston.  The elder Osteen was a former [[Southern Baptist]] who became a [[Charismatic]].  Rare at the time for a church in the American South, Lakewood opposed segregation and openly integrated the church's services.

Osteen and his wife Victoria lead the Lakewood Church of [[Houston]], [[Texas]].  Lakewood was founded in 1959 by Joel's father and mother, John and Dodie Osteen, in an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston.  The elder Osteen was a former [[Southern Baptist]] who became a [[Charismatic]].  Rare at the time for a church in the American South, Lakewood opposed segregation and openly integrated the church's services.

==References==

==References==

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==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.joelosteen.com/ Official Site]

*[http://www.joelosteen.com/ Official Site]

*[http://www.lakewood.cc/ Lakewood Church Site]

*[http://www.lakewood.cc/ Lakewood Church Site]

[[Category:Clergy]]

[[Category:Clergy]]