Joel Osteen Net Worth, House, Divorce Rumors, Wife, Son and Daughter

Publish date: 2024-08-31

Joel Osteen is an American televangelist, senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, husband and father of two. He is the author of numerous books, seven of which are New York best-sellers, and his televised sermons attract more than 7 million weekly and 20 million monthly viewers around the world. Osteen’s sermons are largely inspirational and are broadcast 24 hours a day on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Channel 128.

Joel Osteen’s biography

Joel Osteen, born March 5, 1968, was one of the six children of Dolores Pilgrim and John Osteen, founder of Lakewood Church and former Southern Baptist pastor. After graduating from high school in Humble in 1981, Osteen enrolled at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma to major in radio and television communications. However, in 1982 he resigned to establish a Lakewood television program focused primarily on his father’s sermons. For 17 years through January 1999, Osteen has been behind the camera rather than preaching on stage.

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Osteen balked at the idea of taking the church stage, despite his father’s prompting to do so. But it was inevitable after the founder of Lakewood Church died suddenly of a heart attack. He preached his first sermon six days before his father’s death and has been regular ever since. The number of visitors to the church increased from 5,000 to 43,000. With rapid population growth, Lakewood Church acquired and renovated the Compaq Center, formerly home to the NBA Houston Rockets. The renovation was reported to take up to a year and three months (from 2003 to 2005), including five stories to increase capacity and costing $105 million.

The Church’s charter in 2005 was a huge event attended by an estimated 56,000 people, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. To date, Lakewood Church services have been televised in over 100 countries, while Osteen has been cited by celebrities such as Barbara Walters and former presidential candidate John McCain as one of the world’s most fascinating and inspiring pastors and authors.

Joel Osteen has described his preaching style as one that focuses more on God’s goodness and a life of obedience. He emphasizes the power of love with a positive attitude. Since 2004 he has authored over 35 books. His first book, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Realizing Your Full Potential was published by Time Warner in October 2004 and stayed on the bestseller list for over 200 weeks. Other books include The Power That I Am, A Fresh Start, It’s Your Time, Every Day on a Friday , etc.

Following the huge success of his first book, Osteen’s second book, Become a Better Person: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day , was released in October 2007. With over four million copies printed and sold, it was also a huge hit.

wealth (income) and house

Osteen’s net worth was last estimated to be somewhere between $40 million and $60 million. He once said that as senior pastor he does not earn a salary from the church’s $70 million annual budget, but relies on proceeds from his book sales. The pastor and his family reside in a 17,000-square-foot mansion valued at an estimated $10.5 million in River Oak, Houston. His sermons have been characterized as the gospel of prosperity, which Osteen says is not a fair judgement. In his opinion, wealth, health, good children, peace of mind and money are important because God wants his people to excel so that they can be a blessing to others.

Joel Osteen’s wife, son and daughter

Joel Osteen and his co-pastor Victoria Iloff married in 1987 and have two children; a son Jonathan and a daughter Alexandra Osteen. Victoria Osteen is also a successful author and founder of Lakewood’s Women’s Ministry. Like her husband, she was raised in Houston, Texas, with her parents who were members of Christ’s Church.

The Osteen family is actively involved in the church ministry. Osteen’s older siblings, Paul, Lisa, Tamara and younger sister, April, are all full-time pastors of the church while his New York-based half-brother Justin does missionary work.

divorce rumors

Joel Osteens Ehe undIn der Vergangenheit wurde das Familienleben einer sehr intensiven Prüfung unterzogen. Nach über 30 Jahren Ehe, die mit einem Sohn und einer Tochter gesegnet ist, scheint das Paar glücklich und zufrieden zu sein, für den Rest ihres Lebens zusammen zu bleiben. Die Prüfung hat keinen guten Dreck ergeben und als solche gibt es keine Gerüchte oder Berichte über Konflikte in ihrer Ehe. Victoria Osteen hat einmal über ihre Ehe gesprochen und gesagt, sie müssten lernen, sich aneinander anzupassen, bereit, sich zu verändern und vor allem die tägliche Entscheidung zu treffen, ihr Zuhause auf bedingungsloser Liebe aufzubauen.