Joel Osteen Sermons is a collection of audio and video sermons by Joel Osteen and his wife Victoria Osteen.
Born in Houston, Texas, Joel Osteen married Victoria L. Iloff on April 4, 1987. They have two children, Jonathan and Alexandra. Joel Osteen, son of John and Dodie Osteen, is one of five children. His older siblings, Paul, Lisa, and Tamara, and his younger sister, April, are also involved in full-time ministry. Joel’s half-brother Justin does missionary work out of New York. Joel’s father, John Osteen, a former Southern Baptist pastor who became Charismatic in the late 1950s, founded Lakewood Church on Mother’s Day, 1959. Joel Osteen’s father developed Lakewood into a body of approximately 6,000 members with an active television ministry, conferences, missionary support and food distribution After 17 years producing the church’s television program, Joel succeeded his father on October 3, 1999, as pastor of Lakewood Church.