Lakewood Church Biggest Church Of US Maximum Number Of Members Bilingual Services

While talking of the best churches of the United States, one cannot overlook Lakewood church. It is the biggest church in the country with the maximum number of members. Located in the place formerly occupied by Houston Rockets, this nondenominational church usually witness 40000 people during its services.


Lakewood church has so many members that it conducts bilingual services, in Spanish and English. John Osteen was the founder of the church and his son Joel Osteen and daughter-in-law, Victoria Osteen serves as its current pastors. His other son, Paul Osteen, is the M. D. of the Lakewood church. Osteen’s daughter Lisa Comes is seen as the associate pastor during the services held on Wednesday nights.

On Mother’s day of 1959, John Osteen, along with his wife Dodie, had inaugurated the Lakewood church. The church was opened in a storehouse in Houston. The church had humble beginnings and evolved down the ages as the biggest church on the soil of United States. The Osteen couple had also started a TV program based on the church. Hosted by them, it was aired in as many as 100 countries. This program gave the Lakewood church its much-needed visibility and helped in increasing the awareness of the people.

Joel Osteen had shouldered the responsibility of serving as the pastor of the Lakewood church after the death of his father in 1999. Once the reins of the church were in the hands of Joel Osteen, the membership of the Lakewood church had been multiplied five times. This prompted the Osteens to shift the church to a new place that would be able to accommodate the increasing number of attendants. The Lakewood church authorities had to usher in few facilities to serve the members of the church more efficiently and effectively.

By the end of 2003, the Osteens has signed on the dotted lines for acquiring the spots ground called the Summit. After spending almost $75 million on renovations, the current Lakewood church was established. This new set up has room for 16000 attendants. The television ministry of the Lakewood church has been shelling out close to $30 million annually.

The tradition of broadcasting the television program started by John Osteen still continues and is seen by 200 million people in United States alone. It can be seen in Daystar Television Network and Trinity Broadcasting Network. Some of the other programs by Lakewood church can be seen on USA Network, Black Entertainment Television and ABC Family. Lakewood Church