Joel Osteen is an American pastor based in Houston, Texas with a television program that reaches approximately 10 million viewers across the United States. Joel’s achieved success through performing sermons and publishing long lists of best-selling books.
He has become an inspirational figure in his field, but there are always going to be questions about his personal life. Let’s talk about Joel’s mother Dolores Osteen, aka Dodie. She is is the co-founder of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Joel leads this church as the main pastor on staff. Lakewood Church is considered an evangelical nondenominational Christian megachurch, with an average Sunday attendance rate that reaches 52 thousand people. This church is one of the largest religious congregations in all U.S.
The website for this church provides information about how to visit in person, watch sermons online and connect with volunteer teams on site. They also list ways that you can donate money or get support if needed like depression or addiction.
Dodie Osteen has been a huge part of her son’s established church, but she’s also known as an author. She has written several books and they all dive deep into how she dealt with cancer. When she was only 48 years old when she was diagnosed with liver cancer, her doctor told her there would be no treatment to help the case. She published: Healed of Cancer as well as Choosing Life: One Day at a Time and If My Heart Could Talk: A Story of Family, Faith, and Miracles. Through her books, she gets super personal and candid about what has been through in terms of her health.
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Dodie Osteen is definitely comfortable using social media, just like her son, Joel. Her Instagram account is a treasure trove of family photos that show off just how close she keeps up with her kids and grandkids. She has more than 77,000 people who check in on her on Twitter while she posts promotional tweets about the many endeavors of family members. When Dodie Osteen’s husband John passed away in 1999, she never remarried and has remained close to all of her family members.
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