The shocking discovery was made seven years after $600,000 was stolen from the church Osteen is often criticized for his teaching that wealth is a sign of God's favor. The controversial celebrity pastor recently returned $4.4 million in federal COVID relief loans his megachurch received from the government. He is often criticized for preaching that wealth is a sign of God's favor. Osteen, 58, the televangelist megachurch pastor, is estimated to be worth $50 million. Lakewood now welcomes about 52,000 attendees across multiple services per week, and its services are streamed worldwide, as Osteen proselytizes about the word of God and spreads the prosperity gospel - which teaches that wealth is a sign of God's favor.
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He said hundreds of envelopes were filled with cash and checks. Houston police confirmed to that cash and checks were found in the wall, and that they talked to 'everybody associated with the building' they were able to contact. 'We went to go remove the toilet, and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall, and I was like 'Oh wow!''
'There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,' he explained during the call Thursday morning.
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