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! === Private practice === Soon after finishing his surgical [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] in [[Arkansas]], Osteen joined a private practice in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]. Osteen stayed at the practice for 20 years before transitioning back to his home in Houston to help his brother Joel take over as pastor of Lakewood. After a medical mission trip in 2005, Osteen felt compelled to use his trained surgery skills to help others who lack access to medical care.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sinitiere|first=Phillip Luke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dsWCgAAQBAJ&dq=paul+osteen&pg=PA113|title=Salvation with a Smile: Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity|date=2015-11-13|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-0814-9|language=en}}</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