Paul Osteen Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Early life == Osteen was born in [[Houston]], Texas, and is one of six children of [[John Osteen]] and Dolores ("Dodie") Pilgrim, founders of [[Lakewood Church]]. He has five siblings including his younger brother, current pastor Joel Osteen. After high school, Osteen attended Oral Roberts University in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], and graduated in the first medical school class in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldvision.org/charitable-giving-news-stories/dr-paul-osteen-latest-operation-elevate-poor-poverty|title=Dr. Paul Osteen's latest operation: 'Elevate the poor out of poverty'|date=2014-04-23|website=World Vision|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page