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

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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 Dolores (Dodie) Osteen, in an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston. The elder Osteen was a former [[Southern Baptist]] who became a [[Charismatic]]. He had also been defrocked by the Southern Baptists as he was previously married and [[divorce|divorced]] before meeting Dodie, because divorce is discouraged within the Baptist ~~church~~. Rare at the time for a church in the American South, Lakewood opposed segregation and openly integrated the church's services.

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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 Dolores (Dodie) Osteen, in an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston. The elder Osteen was a former [[Southern Baptist]] who became a [[Charismatic]]. He had also been defrocked by the Southern Baptists as he was previously married and [[divorce|divorced]] before meeting Dodie, because divorce is discouraged within the Southern Baptist Convention. Rare at the time for a church in the American South, Lakewood opposed segregation and openly integrated the church's services.

The church is situated in the former Compaq Center, previously the home of the NBA's [[Houston Rockets]]. It aims to help people around the world, "experience the 'perfect peace' that comes from faith in [[Jesus Christ]] and obedience to the [[Holy Spirit]]".<ref>http://www.lakewood.cc/AboutUs/NewToLakewood/Pages/NewToLakewood.aspx</ref>

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