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Church only opens doors when the collection plate can be passed

Our hearts break as we see the damage and destruction in our city. Please join us in helping Houston recover. Visit  ✔ @JoelOsteen    

My friend say: hypocrite!! Lining your own pockets is disgusting.

FYI for Texas folk who have damage to their homes and businesses because of Hurricane Harvey

 

Joel Osteen Confirms Church Did Not Flood, But What About the Photos?

They're already begging

 

  Joel Osteen’s Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Often referred to as a megachurch,

his ministry’s home is the former home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets and his sermons are broadcast to millions of faithful each week.

He also has his own station on Sirius XM satellite radio, on which listeners can hear him preach 24 hours a day.

1. Osteen Was Slammed on Social Media for Not Donating Money to Help People in Houston Following Hurricane Harvey.

As Hurricane Harvey rolled through Houston, Texas, over the weekend,

Osteen took to Twitter to send out messages of prayer and strength to people during this incredibly challenging time.

Thousands of people have been displaced following the severe flooding caused by the torrential downpours.

Southeastern Texas is still experiencing heavy rain as the storm has stalled off the coast.

It is not expected to move out of the area until Wednesday.

It didn’t take long for Twitter to respond to Osteen,

 many asking why he hasn’t opened the doors to his church in an effort to shelter those who have been displaced

by the floods in the area. In addition, people have been asking Osteen why he hasn’t donated any money to relief efforts.

You can read some of the Twitter responses here.

2. Osteen Used to Earn $200,000 Per Year from the Ministry

Osteen is a celebrity pastor. He took over as pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, for his dad, John Osteen,

who died suddenly back in 1999. Joel Osteen’s congregation has grown from 5,000 to 43,000 over the years, which is pretty impressive.

His sermons are televised all over the world, and while that sounds like it would translate to big bucks,

 Osteen actually gave up his church salary of $200,000 per year back in 2005. So,

how does Osteen make the majority of his money? He has been fortunate enough to have wild success with his books.

 In addition he has calendars, daybooks, and other items to his name that help him earn a living.

3. Osteen Makes the Majority of His Money from His Books

His first book, Your Best Life Now became a New York Times best-seller.

The book is about becoming who you truly believe you are.

“I am what I am today because of what I believed about myself yesterday.

And I will be tomorrow what I’m believing about myself right now.

God sees us as more than conquerors, able to fulfill our destiny.

We need to see ourselves through the eyes of our Creator,” he writes.

His second book, Become A Better You, has earned him over $13 million,

according to Celebrity Net Worth. In this book, Osteen gives a few tips to help people discover their “purpose and destiny.”

The site adds that Osteen’s book deals and things related to those (i.e. book tours) have made him about $55 million per year.

4. Osteen & His Wife Live in a $10.5 Million Mansion

 

Maybe this mega church conman could also house thousands of victims in his obscene mansion as well?

Osteen lives in a 17,000-foot mansion in River Oaks, Texas, with his wife, Victoria,

 and their children. According to Newsmax, the home has six bedrooms, six bathrooms,

 three elevators, five fireplaces, a pool house, and a guest house.

Back in 2010, Culture Map reported that Osteen still owned his home in Tanglewood,

which was valued at $2.9 million. At the time, the report claimed that Osteen was selling a vacant lot next to his former home.

The half-acre property had been listed for $1.1 million.

5. Osteen Doesn’t Feel He Should Apologize for His Wealth

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey on her show, Next Chapter, Osteen was very clear about his wealth and not apologizing for it.

“It’s interesting how, you know what? People usually know who’s sincere and who’s not over time and I think that’s

— we don’t ask for money and people send in millions of dollars to help us keep the broadcast on the air,”

Osteen told Winfrey. In that interview, Osteen also confirmed that the majority of his salary comes from his books.

“We don’t take a salary from the ministry…it comes from books and other things like that,” he said.

Winfrey asked if Osteen “makes any apologies” for his “grand piano.”

“I really don’t, Oprah. We just feel like this is God’s blessings. You know, we’re big givers,

we live what we preach, we’ve given millions of dollars.

And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a nice place to live and being blessed,” he said.

August 30th, 2017

They claimed that the church was flooded and showed pictures that were supposed to be proof.

Yet people actually went to the church and recorded the place.

Then all of a sudden the flood waters disappeared and everything was DRYED OUT.

My question is HOW DID THEHIGH FLOOD WATERS THEY SHOWED DISAPPEAR SO FAST

IF THE WHOLE AREA WAS FLOODED AROUND THEM? AND HOW DID IT DRY OUT SO FAST?

I bet every business that has flooded water in them would like to know the answers, so they can get their businesses opened up. 

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Our hearts break as we see the damage and destruction in our city.

 Please join us in helping Houston recover.

Joel Osteen Says Megachurch Didn’t Open Earlier Because Houston ‘Didn’t Ask’

He is a goddamn CHURCH.

You shouldn't have to be *asked* to open your doors for people in need,

or you should stop pretending to be a religious institution.

 There have been numerous rumors surrounding Lakewood Church in Houston,

Since that time, several photos and videos of the church

has been posted on social media.

Some people claim that the church did not suffer any flooding

and that the areas around the outside of the church prove

that the water levels didn’t get very high and that the church managed

to stay dry inside despite the severe weather.

You can see a couple of these photos and a video below.

 

Joel Osteen’s Church Issues Statement After Getting Backlash for Not Opening Doors to Hurricane Victims

Pastor Joel Osteen can’t seem to get his story straight about why he didn’t offer his 16,800-seat megachurch

in Houston as a shelter sooner for those displaced by Hurricane Harvey.

​Houston-based celebrity pastor Joel Osteen is coming under fire on

Twitter for not opening up the doors to his Church for storm victims to take shelter.

Osteen — pastor at Houston’s Lakewood Church —

has kept the doors closed even though pictures on

Twitter appear to show that the Church escaped the brunt of the storm.

Lakewood Church — which was formerly an NBA arena called The Summit,

home to the Houston Rockets — holds 16,800 people.

Lakewood Church posted on Facebook Sunday writing,

"Dear Houstonians! Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding!"

The post received backlash on social media when photos were

posted that seemed to contradict those claims. The church,

home to one of the largest congregations in the country,

says its doors are now open and receiving anyone who needs shelter.

Osteen joined "CBS This Morning" from Houston to address the controversy and discuss

what his church is doing to help the city

Following claims from around the internet that Lakewood Church,

and its leader, Joel Osteen, weren't doing anything

for the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey,

the organization spoke out Monday night to try and set the record straight.

Two media giants, the New York Post and New York Daily News,

gave credence to angry Twitter users and other media personalities

questioning the megachurch for not opening its doors to people

forced from their homes from flooding.  

Don Iloff, spokesman for Lakewood, told Chron.com late Monday

that the church has never been closed during Harvey and staff was instructed

to aid anyone who came to their doors looking for help.  

"It's not our unwillingness, it's just practicality. It's been a safety issue for us,"

 Iloff said, adding that Harvey's heavy rainfall almost spilled over Lakewood's

floodgate this past weekend. "Lakewood Church has a heart for this city."  

None of that is true. There was flooding – if we didn't have our floodgates out back here, it was within one foot. This building flooded in 2001.

Osteen's comment stands in contrast to a church Facebook post and a since-deleted Instagram remark by Lakewood associate pastor John Gray,

who said flooded highways had made the church inaccessible. A spokeswoman for Osteen didn't immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.

 

Maybe the best sunset Houston has ever seen, or needed .

Damage to a hotel in Victoria.

Destroyed houses in Rockport.

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A burnt-out house that caught fire after Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi.

 Family disappear, nearly floods his truck as Hurricane Harvey comes ashore in Corpus Christi. Minutes later, high winds blew off the camper carrying all of his belongings.

Thank you LA PELIGROZA FROM HUSTON TEXAS.

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