Plumber Finds 500 Envelopes Stuffed with Cash in Hidden Wall at Joel Osteen’s Church

In 2014, Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church was in the news after a reported heist where thieves stole more than $600,000 in cash and checks from a church safe. The money was never recovered and even now, seven years later, Houston Police have an outstanding reward of $25,000 for anyone with information that leads to the arrest.

Naturally, many speculated (most tongue in cheek) that Osteen himself took the money, prompting him to tweet out at the time “If you believe the negative things people say about you, if you let circumstances name you, then you’re giving it the right to come to pass.” and

On Thursday, a plumber who identified himself as ‘Justin’ called into a local morning show to reveal that last month he found a hidden wall compartment behind a loose toilet in one of the washrooms while doing maintenance at the church.

There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile. We went to go remove the toilet, and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall. I was like, ‘Oh, wow,'”

Inside he found hundreds of envelopes full of cash and checks, with the checks dating back to 2014. Church officials immediately notified police, who later released a statement.

When asked if he was tempted to keep any of the loot himself, he told the show’s hosts. “No. I’m an honest man.” The church has not given Justin any sort of reward or compensation.

Lakewood Church is a 600,000-square-foot, 16,000-seat behemoth located in the former Compaq Center, where the NBA Rockets used to play. Led by impastor Joel Osteen and Impastorette Victoria Osteen, the church has amassed nearly 50,000 members goatlings, has an annual budget of nearly $90,000,000 and has 368 full-time and part-time staff, with the church spending nearly 1.7 million dollars each week on operations.

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