Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church Attendance Down 50% Since the Pandemic. Praise God!
Arch-heretics Joel and Victoria Osteen, the impastor and impastorette duo who lead Lakewood Church, the 600,000-square-foot, 16,000-seat behemoth located in the former Compaq Center that has an annual budget of nearly $90,000,000, 368 full-time and part-time staff, and which spends nearly 1.7 million dollars each week on operations, have shared that attendance is down at their synagogue of Satan, running a little more than 50% capacity from their pre-pandemic days.
Based on his previous attendance, he’s down about 5000 or 6000 congregants showing up every Sunday.
Osteen made the offhand comment in an interview with Christian Post, and a quick perusal of his most recent service shows this to be true, which whole sections empty or littered with a few people, including the ‘nosebleed’ sections which normally are filled.
Lakewood church was one of the first megachurches to re-open, opening their doors again in October of 2020 at 25% capacity, way before SBC megachurches like JD Greear’s Summit Church did, for example. Despite this, the people have not come back yet. Hopefully, they never will.
During that same CP interview, Osteen again reveals that his understanding of ‘repentance is sorely lacking.’
“Every week, when I’m speaking on television, I’m trying to get people to change their mind, to know that God’s for them, to see themselves as if made in the image of God, not unworthy, not a failure, to change their mind about ‘forgiven,’ to change their mind about living a life of compromise and addiction and not making good decisions. So it’s just a different way to do it.”
“In one sense, I’m preaching repentance every week, because I’m trying to get you to change your mind into what Christ says you are and what the Bible says,” he continued. “This is what I feel like I’m called to do. I know it’s more encouragement, but this is who I was before I was a minister.”
Victoria then steps in, adding that people are drawn to a God that is good, not one who is “judging everything you do.”
“That’s really our thing is that, yeah, it’s tough, but you know what? God’s for you and He can do things that you can’t do for yourself. But if you don’t come to Him and believe in Him, He won’t be able to help you because faith is coming and believing and going to Him. That’s faith right there: believing that God wants to help you.”
Never forget: Osteen likes God, but he hates Jesus.
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Too bad the rest of the idiots sending him money can’t see the con man on the stage in front of them. Never ceases to amaze me how foolish the starstruck human can be.
It’s sadly clear that Joel has no idea what true repentance really is. And he seems to be relatively unacquainted with the word ‘sin’
This is all very sad but I’m glad attendance is down
He’s right, repentance means a change of mind but it’s about sin not living your best life now.
To refer to Osteen as an arch heretic presumes you can defend the allegation.
Fact is his theology is more biblical than that of his critics, who contradict and disregard about 2/3 of the NT using their own, carefully contrived false doctrine.
Make your biblical case to have credibility…otherwise, shut up.
For example: miracles and supernatural spiritual gifts did not stop with death of last apostle…at least not according to Jesus (Mark 16:17-18) and Paul (1Cor 12 & 1Cor 14)…unless you just tear those troublesome verses out of your Bible.
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. You need to study-up on Matthew chapter 7 there champ and then decide which side of the fence you’re standing on.
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I think if Osteen does not know what true repentance is — that it is certain that he, himself, has not repented. And since you must repent to be saved, well, draw your own conclusions.
damn your a hater. I used to go to Lakewood . It’s a great Church. Joel has lead many people to JESUS. Though his preaching is motivational. He has flaws. You twisting his words around to make him look bad. It’s not working. I bet your also A liberal who hates Trump y twist his words in him too. I bet you suck Bro !!! I do too. That’s why I try to go to church. I came here looking to see why there no Saturday night service anymore. I’m now back in Dallas. And bitch’s like you are happier now.