Joel Osteen’s ever-upbeat message – Good News to his fans, the gospel of getting rich to his critics – has made him perhaps America’s most popular Christian evangelist.
More than 10 million people watch his weekly sermons on TV. His books – with titles like “Become a Better You” and “Every Day is Friday” – routinely land in the #1 spot on best-seller lists. Lakewood Church in Houston, where he’s pastor, is the country’s largest, with a weekly attendance of 52,000.
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