Joel Osteen, pastor of the Lakewood Church in Houston
“The principles in the Bible will work for anyone. … If you give, you will be blessed. I talk about things for everyday life. I don’t get deep and theological.”
-Joel Osteen, pastor of the nondenominational Lakewood Church in Houston. The largest congregation in the country, Lakewood moved over the weekend to its new home, the 16,000-seat Compaq Center. Osteen was quoted by The New York Times.