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Topic: Megachurch

Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen (Getty Images)

Money in Osteen church wall sourced

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Pastor Joel Osteen arrives before a march in honor of George Floyd on June 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

Bags of money in Osteen megachurch wall

John Wright - Raw Story
US President Donald Trump is seen with Pastor Paula White at an event honoring Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wanted to build megachurch: report

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Adam Devine, Danny McBride, and John Goodman in "The Righteous Gemstones" (Fred Norris/HBO)

What "Righteous Gemstones" is missing

Ashlie D. Stevens
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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., pause during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. When Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights of the conservative Christians who helped propel him to power. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

Pastor said Trump is doing works for God

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Osteen faces flood of attacks

Taylor Link
Joel Osteen (RW/MediaPunch/IPX)

Joel Osteen's religious wrong

Matthew Sheffield
FILE - Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen smiles during an interview in the former basketball arena that has become the new home for the church in Houston, in this Sept. 20, 2004, file photo. Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country. Police spokesman Kese Smith said Tuesday March 11, 2014 $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen from a safe sometime between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Osteen opens god's doors

Matthew Rozsa
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Atheism starts its megachurch

Katie Engelhart
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Justin Juozapavicius
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