Lakewood Church

==Church organization==
Lakewood offers different types of ministries, fellowships, and services depending on the age, marital status, and need of its members.

===Services===
* Kidslife: Children
* Champions Club for Special Needs
* Lakewood Next Gen: Middle School, High School, and Young Adults
* Main Service: all adults

During weekend services, Joel Osteen, Victoria Osteen, or [[Danilo Montero]] preach. On Wednesday nights, associate pastors [[Paul Osteen]], Lisa Osteen Comes, Nick Nilson, and Craig Johnson, or guest speakers preach.

===Education===
Various classes are offered through the Compass Classes ministry, meeting before and after weekend services.<ref>[http://lakewood.cc/pages/ministries/Ministry.aspx?mid=8 Compass Bible Studies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626121908/http://www.lakewood.cc/pages/ministries/Ministry.aspx?mid=8 |date=June 26, 2010}}</ref>

===Television===
The church's weekly services are broadcast on [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] and [[Daystar Television Network]],<ref>Daystar is the only network to broadcast the one-hour Lakewood service, which features not only Joel Osteen's sermons but music and other pronouncements from Lakewood, on Tuesday evenings at 10PM Eastern Time.</ref> as well as local channels in most major U.S. markets. Lakewood also appears on secular networks, such as [[Fox Network]], [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]], and [[USA Network]].  In 2007, Lakewood reported spending nearly $30 million every year on its television ministry.<ref>{{cite web| title = Interview: Joel Osteen on the Future of America's Churches and Him Pastoring One| work = The Christian Post| url = http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070215/25806_2_Interview%3A_Joel_Osteen_on_the_Future_of_America%27s_Churches_and_Him_Pastoring_One.htm| access-date = February 25, 2007| archive-date = February 24, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070224220453/http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070215/25806_2_Interview%3A_Joel_Osteen_on_the_Future_of_America%27s_Churches_and_Him_Pastoring_One.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> Osteen's sermons are also televised in more than 100 countries, with an estimated 7 million viewers each week.<ref>{{cite web| title = No Politics From This Pulpit |work = Newsweek |date = January 24, 2008 |url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/103290| access-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref> Lakewood also hosts a Night of Hope every month. This is when the church hosts a Christian service event in one of the arenas or stadiums all across America.

===Hispanic ministry===
In 2002, Lakewood began a Hispanic ministry, Iglesia Lakewood, founded by Hispanic Pastor [[Marcos Witt]] and his wife, Miriam Witt. In September 2012, Danilo and Gloriana Montero assumed the role of associate pastors for the Hispanic ministry. Lakewood has two services each week in Spanish and translates all English services into Spanish. The weekly attendance at the Spanish services is approximately 6,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espanol.lakewood.cc/pages/nuevo-aqui/horario-de-servicios.aspx|title=Horario de servicios |access-date=September 20, 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828013504/http://espanol.lakewood.cc/pages/nuevo-aqui/horario-de-servicios.aspx|archive-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espanol.lakewood.cc/pages/nuevo-aqui/marcos-witt.aspx|title=Marcos Witt |access-date=September 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829161938/http://espanol.lakewood.cc/pages/nuevo-aqui/marcos-witt.aspx|archive-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>

===Charitable work===
Since 2016, Lakewood Church organizes an annual Mobilizing Medical Missions Conference to equip doctors for on-field medical missions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Melanie |title=Paul Osteen: How letting go led him to his true calling |url=https://abc13.com/paul-osteen-joel-osteens-brother-family-john/1192226/ |work=ABC13 Houston |date=February 8, 2016}}</ref> The church has been active during natural disasters by organizing food distribution programs and blood donation drives during COVID 19,<ref>{{cite news|title=Amid shortage caused by COVID-19 pandemic,Lakewood Church hosts emergency blood drive |url=https://www.chron.com/coronavirus/article/Lakewood-church-blood-drive-coronavirus-emergency-15150649.php |work=Chron }}</ref> providing shelter services during Hurricane Ida and 2021 Texas Freeze,<ref name= "Fact check: Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church did open its doors, February 2021">[https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-osteen-church-texas-cold-idUSKBN2AJ1WP “Fact check: Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church did open its doors to shelter Texans from the cold,”]  ''Reuters,'' Feb. 19, 2021</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church shelters over 100 evacuees of Hurricane Ida |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/joel-osteens-lakewood-church-shelters-evacuees-of-hurricane-ida.html |work=The Christian Post }}</ref> and serving as a distribution center for essential supplies during Hurricane Harvey.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=Lakewood Church pastors recognized for work during Hurricane Harvey |url=https://www.fox26houston.com/news/lakewood-church-pastors-recognized-for-work-during-hurricane-harvey |work=FOX 26 Houston |date=14 August 2018}}</ref>