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

'''Joel Osteen''' (born March 5, 1963) is an [[United States|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 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.

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.