Exclusive Interview: Joel Osteen

FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST SOUTH OF LINDA MARR YESTERDAY. LONG LINES IN PASADENA THIS AFTERNOON FOR PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN WHO IS IN TOWN PROMOTING HIS NEW BOOK AND ALSO HOLDING TWO SOLD-OUT EVENTS OF THAT FORM AN ANGLE WOULD. OSTEEN IS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD WORLD. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TUNE IN EACH WEEK ON TELEVISION AND SIRIUS RADIO TO HEAR OSTEEN. SHE'S UPLIFTING MESSAGES OF HOPE FROM THE CHURCH IN HOUSTON TEXAS. OSTEEN CAME UNDER FIRE DURING HURRICANE HARVEY FOR HOW HIS CHURCH INITIALLY RESPONDED TO THE CRISIS IN HOUSTON. CBS 2 MET WITH OSTEEN A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN HE STOOD FOR AN INTERVIEW THAT WAS SET UP BEFORE THE DEVASTATING HURRICANE HIT. WHAT I FOUND WAS A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO REBUILD THAN A MAN WHO HAS BEEN HUMBLED BY THE EXPERIENCE. WESTHUIZEN WELCOME TO LAKEWOOD TODAY. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD THIS MORNING? TENS OF THOUSANDS PACK TO LAKEWOOD CHURCH EACH SUNDAY TO HEAR A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND POSITIVITY. I'M FROM THE NETHERLANDS. PAT: YOU ARE FROM NIGERIA. THEY COME FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO WITNESS SPAIN PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN. SHE'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE ON HOW TO LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW. OUR INTERVIEW WAS SET UP WHAT'S AGO. WE WANTED TO COME TO LAKEWOOD TO SEE FIRST-HAND TO FIND OUT WHY OSTEEN'S MESSAGE RESONATES WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO DON'T ATTEND CHURCH AND HURRICANE HARVEY HIT. RICK: OSTEEN WAS BLASTED ON LINE FOR NOT OPENING HIS MASSIVE CHURCH IN HOUSTON TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS. PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHERE IS JOEL OSTEEN IN HOUSTON PACKS. PAT: OSTEEN AND HIS CHURCH BECAME THE TARGET OF ANGER AND CRITICISM FOR NOT IMMEDIATELY OPENING THE CHURCH TO VICTIMS OF THE STORM. YOU TOOK SOME CRITICISM WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY HIT AND PEOPLE SAY YOU DIDN'T OPEN THE CHURCH AS A SHELTER. HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT SITUATION? IN THE DARK TIMES MANY TIMES YOU SEE WHAT YOUR FAITH IS MADE OF AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN ROW. WHEN ALL THAT CRITICISM THAT I KNEW WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR TESTING TOLD US THERE WERE SAFETY ISSUES. PART OF THEIR CHURCH WAS FLOODED INSIDE AND MANY STAFF NUMBERS WERE HOME. ALSO VICTIMS OF THE WE HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE POWERFUL. WHEN SOMEONE STARTS A FALSE NARRATIVE. OSTEEN AND HIS TEAM WENT TO WORK TRANSFORMING LAKEWOOD CHURCH INTO A SHELTER AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND HE ALSO MET THE CRITICISM HEAD-ON. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE DISCREPANCY IS? THE CITY SET UP A SHELTER FOR MILES FROM HERE THAT COULD HOUSE 10,000 PEOPLE SHOWERS DORMITORIES KITCHENS OF SECURITY. THEY DID NEED A SHELTER ABOUT POINT. PAT: WOULD YOU HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? IN HINDSIGHT WE WOULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND DONE BETTER NEXT TIME FOR DESPITE CRITICISM LAKEWOOD HAS STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY TO HOST THE STORM TO DAVE HELD FUND-RAISERS AND TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE GONE INTO DEVASTATED NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP REBUILD. IT CAME IN AND SAVED OUR LIVES. WE ARE MORE THAN PUTTING UP WALLS. WE ARE HELPING FAMILIES RESTORE THEIR LIVES. PAT: OSTEEN BELIEVES THAT OUT OF DEVASTATION COMES LIGHT AND BLESSINGS. COINCIDENTLY IS SOMETHING HE. SHE'S IN HIS NEW BOOK BLESSED IN THE DARK IS WHAT SHE WROTE BEFORE HARVEY HIT. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEVASTATED AND HURTING AND IT DON'T WATCH IT YOU FALL INTO THAT NEGATIVE. WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW AND I HATE TO THINK THAT I LIVE IN AN ANGRY AND I REALIZE BASIC YET VERY. PAT: LIVE IN A MOMENT AND SUPPORTING HIS COMMUNITY LESSONS HE LEARNED FROM HIS LATE FATHER JOHN OSTEEN WHO FOUNDED LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN 1959. MY DAD WAS ALWAYS FOR THE UNDERDOG. ALTHOUGH JOEL PREFERRED WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES RUNNING THE CAMERA FOR HIS FATHER'S WEEKLY TELEVISION BROADCAST HE STEPPED INTO HIS FATHER'S ROLE AFTER HIS DAD'S PASSING IN 1999. JOEL DIDN'T IMITATE HIS FATHER'S STYLE. INSTEAD HE FOUND HIS OWN VOICE. WHY DOES YOUR MINISTRY RESUME WITH'S HOW MANY PEOPLE? I. I DON'T TRY TO PREACH AT PEOPLE. TRY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND TELL YOU WHAT I TELL MYSELF. PAT: AS HE PREPARES FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HIS STORY AND THE FUTURE OF HIS MINISTRY OSTEEN REMAINS FOCUSED AND FULL OF FAITH. WE LOVE YOU LORD GOD. IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY. AMEN AND AMEN, GOD BLESS YOU. PAT: PASTOR OSTEEN TOLD ME HIS TEAM IN HOUSTON IS WORKING ON A NEW DISASTER PLAN ONE THAT WOULD INCLUDE KEEPING EMPLOYEES AT THE CHURCH 24 HOURS A DAY DURING EMERGENCIES. TOMORROW OSTEEN AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA WILL HOST TWO EVENTS AT THE FORUM IN INGLEWOOD AND FOR

Channel: KCAL News

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Keywords: CBS 2 News Evening, Joel Osteen, Hurricane Harvey, Houston, Pat Harvey

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Length: 5min 22sec (322 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 28 2017