Joel Osteen
Overview
Joel Scott Osteen is an American author, televangelist, and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world.
Born in Houston, Texas, Osteen married Victoria L. Iloff
Victoria Osteen
Victoria Iloff Osteen born March 28, 1961 in Huntsville, Alabama is the French American co-pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, Author, the wife of Joel Osteen, and the daughter-in-law of the late John Osteen.- History :...

 on April 4, 1987. They have two children, Jonathan and Alexandra. Joel, son of John
John Osteen
John Hillery Osteen was the first pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas from its beginnings in 1959 until his death in 1999 of a heart attack. His son Joel Osteen succeeded him....

 and Dodie Osteen, is one of five children.
 
x
OK