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City in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Weekly attendance at U.S. megachurches shows a mixed picture since 2019: many large churches fell sharply during the pandemic but a substantial share have recovered and even exceeded pre‑pandemic leve...
Joel Osteen has been publicly refuted by a range of conservative Protestant pastors, Reformed and evangelical writers, and commentators who accuse him of preaching a watered‑down “prosperity” or self‑...
Since 2000, a steady chorus of evangelical critics has publicly challenged Joel Osteen and the prosperity gospel for emphasizing material blessing, positive emotion, and self-improvement over traditio...
Public records reviewed by University of Washington Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) and reporting by local outlets show that multiple Washington cities and at least one county law-enforcement agency h...
Available sources show Joel Osteen generally avoided formal political collaboration or public partisan alliances from the 1980s through 2009, emphasizing a non‑political, non‑evangelical public postur...
During public controversies and high-profile events, Joel Osteen’s upbeat “prosperity” message has both drawn large, receptive audiences and sparked sharp criticism that it downplays suffering and str...
Recent reporting and the provided analyses show ; most documented criticism in the supplied material comes from social-media users, commentators, and journalists rather than elected officials. Histori...