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'''John Hillery Osteen''' (August 21, 1921 – January 23, 1999) was an American pastor
==Life and work==
Osteen was born in [[Paris, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076sgr3PuQU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/076sgr3PuQU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=John Osteen's Biography |publisher=The John Osteen Television Program |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree from [[John Brown University]] in [[Siloam Springs, Arkansas]], and a master's degree from [[Northern Baptist Seminary]]. He also held a [[Doctor of Divinity]] degree from [[Oral Roberts University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lakewood.pdf |title=From the Oasis of Love to Your Best Life Now: A Brief History of Lakewood Church |publisher=Houston History Magazine |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
In his biography, Osteen said he did not begin thinking seriously about God until 1939, after leaving a nightclub he frequented. Within a couple of months, he began preaching in Paris, Texas, and was apparently ordained to the gospel ministry shortly before his 18th birthday by a church affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. He served as an Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church in [[San Diego,
During his pastorate of Central Baptist Church, Osteen and his first wife, Emma Jean Shaffer, began to experience marital unrest and subsequently divorced. He married Dolores "Dodie" Pilgrim on September 17, 1954, and the following year resigned his pastorate. Before long, Osteen again entered pastoral ministry at Hibbard Memorial Baptist Church, [[Houston]], Texas, but left in 1958.
That same year, John and Dodie's first daughter Lisa was born with severe health issues. As he wrestled with her circumstance, his theological beliefs began to shift and he had ecstatic religious experiences, based on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. A year later, on [[Mother's Day]], May 10, 1959, he and Dodie started Lakewood Baptist Church in "a dusty, abandoned feed store" in northeast Houston as a church for [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] Baptists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daystarchristian.com/a_tribute_to_pastor_john_osteen.htm |title=A Tribute to Pastor John Osteen |publisher=Daystarchristian.com |date= |accessdate=July 4, 2012 |archive-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623182039/http://www.daystarchristian.com/a_tribute_to_pastor_john_osteen.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The church soon dropped "Baptist" from its name and became nondenominational.
In the mid-1980s, Osteen launched the Lakewood Bible Institute (LBI), an "unaccredited school devoted to biblical training from a charismatic perspective." LBI offered a variety of classes including principles of Bible study, healing, conversion, and prayer. Osteen served as LBI's president until its closure in the late-1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lakewood.pdf |title=From the Oasis of Love to Your Best Life Now: A Brief History of Lakewood Church |publisher=Houston History Magazine |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184558/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=obits_3413529 Obituary from the ''Houston Chronicle'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040607030256/http://faithbuilders.co.uk/mins/49.htm Faith Builders' article on John and Dodie Osteen]
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