John Osteen

===Lakewood Church===
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Osteen founded [[Lakewood Church]] in 1959 in [[Houston]], Texas, and developed Lakewood into a body of approximately 15,000 members with active ministries in [[televangelism]], conferences, [[Mission (Christian)|missionary]] support, and food distribution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/012599/LD0942.shtml |title=Popular Texas evangelist John Osteen dies |publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> He hosted the weekly ''John Osteen'' television program for 16 years, reaching millions in the U.S. and in many other countries with his preaching. On January 23, 1999, he died after a heart attack at the age of 77. His youngest son [[Joel Osteen]] later became the pastor, who has expanded his father's church. Lakewood now receives over 52,000 in attendance and reaches millions of people around the world by television and online.