Dodie Osteen, a co-founder of the Houston megachurch now led by her son Joel Osteen, turns 90 on Sunday -- a milestone her doctors had told her she would not see.
Dodie Osteen has been a regular participant in Lakewood’s “A Night of Hope” stadium events featuring her son, Joel, the church’s senior pastor. Dodie Osteen, a co-founder of the Houston megachurch now led by her son Joel Osteen, turns 90 on Sunday — a milestone her doctors had told her she would not see.
Her husband uttered a prayer, she said. “I remember so, so well. He said, ‘Father, I need her, Jesus, you need her, the children need her, and the church needs her.’” Joel Osteen, who became Lakewood’s senior pastor after his father died in 1999, is the “face” of the ministry, but he said his mother’s prayer ministry remains a draw.
In 1958, the couple’s daughter Lisa was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Although the hospital “didn’t think it was bad, we’d just have to wait and see,” Mrs. Osteen recalled.
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