Lakewood Church

3700 Southwest Freeway

Houston, Texas, 77027, USA

713-635-4154

Be Encouraged Today

Victoria and I want to take this opportunity to tell you how grateful we are that you connected with our ministry. Our deepest desire is for you to know God personally and to experience Him every moment of every day. Your best days are ahead, and together we can impact this world with the message of God's hope and love.

Joel Osteen

Raised in Houston, Texas, with a loving family of seven and world-renowned parents in full-time ministry, Joel Osteen never imagined that he would follow so closely in his father’s footsteps. As a young man, his training and interests were behind the scenes in television production, though he was close to his father in ministry.

"There’s no greater feeling than being able to help people rise higher and overcome something and feel better about themselves. I think that we’re all made to help others, to lift people UP."

- JOEL OSTEEN

His father always encouraged him to preach, but Joel would politely decline time and time again until one day in October 1999 when his father was admitted to the hospital with kidney complications. Joel finally agreed to preach the next Sunday, and his father passed the following week. Joel’s first sermon was the last his father ever heard. Joel and his wife, Victoria, were suddenly thrust into full-time leadership of Lakewood Church.