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Allegations and public criticism of Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church focus mainly on a lack of financial transparency, public backlash over pandemic relief loans, and recurring claims about Osteen’s pe...
Lakewood Church and its leader Joel Osteen have been the subject of repeated financial and governance questions: watchdog MinistryWatch gives Lakewood an “F” for transparency and a donor confidence sc...
Turning Point USA’s religious arm, TPUSA Faith, has secured public backing from a set of conservative evangelical pastors and affiliated church networks who have hosted events, co-chaired initiatives,...
Turning Point USA has been the center of multiple high‑profile controversies in 2025 involving campus protests, federal reviews and state partnership disputes; the U.S. Department of Education and Jus...
Major 2024–25 surveys show Christianity’s long decline is slowing but continuing, and the losses are not uniform: Pew and PRRI highlight especially large Catholic losses and persistent mainline Protes...
No broad, successful donor class-action alleging misuse of Lakewood Church donations against Joel Osteen appears in the supplied reporting; the most concrete civil case in these sources is a $10 milli...
Available sources document that Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has actively courted evangelical pastors through events like its Pastors Summit and AmericaFest, featuring TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk and invi...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a 501(c) nonprofit that reports executive pay and organizational expenditures on IRS Form 990s; reporting available through analyses and 990 aggregators show compensation ...
An IRS audit or government investigation of a church can be limited by special IRS rules for churches, but scrutiny can still expose financial details, prompt reputational damage, and shift donor beha...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) publishes some leadership and governance pages and an organizational team list on its site but relies heavily on IRS filings, third‑party aggregators and investigative report...
Watchdog groups and former staff have criticized Lakewood Church for low transparency and efficiency scores, pointing to an “F” transparency grade and a donor-confidence score of 3/100 in MinistryWatc...
Accountability and pastoral responsibility have been raised repeatedly in coverage of Joel Osteen, especially around Hurricane Harvey sheltering criticism in 2017 and questions about financial transpa...
Most reporting places Joel Osteen’s personal/net worth in a wide range centered near $100 million as of mid‑2025, with many outlets noting estimates from roughly $40–$100+ million and real‑estate hold...
Lakewood Church experienced a high‑profile theft of roughly $600,000 in donations in 2014 and a stash of cash and checks was found hidden in a church wall in 2021; Houston police say evidence links th...
Since 2020 the fate of self‑identified prophets who apologize for failed or politicized predictions has diverged sharply from those who double down: apologizers often face sharp short‑term loss of tru...
Lakewood Church has publicly disclosed sizable financial figures — including a roughly $90 million annual budget and line-item spending for the 2017 fiscal year — and at times has published audited st...
Public records and news reporting show Lakewood Church has periodically published financial statements and at least once released an audited financial statement to media (Houston Chronicle obtained an...
Federal nonprofit tax rules require most charities to file IRS Form 990, which publicly reports top employees’ compensation (Form 990 disclosure is the primary source for many salary revelations) . Ho...
U.S. law gives churches broad exemption from many standard nonprofit disclosures, so televangelists and megachurch pastors can amass large personal wealth while their churches often evade public finan...
Turning Point USA’s current public materials list a small board (reported as five members) and name Erika Kirk as CEO and board chair on TPUSA’s team page . Available sources describe the board member...