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Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. He is married to Victoria Osteen, who serves as co-pastor. Joel Osteen was featured as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2006", and was named "Most Influential Christian in America" in 2006 by {{YouTube Video|youtube=cbFJK6wRV4Q|title=The Church Report. His second book, Become a Better You, was released in October 2007 with a first printing of three million copies.Great Commission}}
Born The Great Commission is recorded in Houston[[Matthew 28]]:16-20:Then the eleven disciples went to [[Galilee]], Texasto the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. Then they saw him, Osteen married Victoria Lthey worshipped him; but some doubted. Iloff Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on 4 April 1987earth has been given to me. They have two children, Jonathan Therefore go and Alexandra. Joelmake disciples of all nations, son baptizing them in the name of John the Father and Dodie Osteen, is one of six children. His elder siblings, Paul, Lisa, Tamara the Son and his younger sister April, are also involved in full-time ministry. Joel's half-brother Justin, does missionary work out of New York. Joel's father, John Osteen, a former Southern Baptist pastor who became Charismatic in the late 1950sHoly Spirit, founded Lakewood Church on Mother's Day, 1959and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Osteen's father developed Lakewood into a body of approximately 6,000 members And surely I am with an active television ministryyou always, crusades, conferences, missionary support and food distribution. He died to the very end of a heart attack in 1999the age."([[NIV]])
After 17 years with his father producing the church's television program, Joel succeeded his father on October 3, 1999 as pastor [[Nominate Video of Lakewood Church. Joel had only preached once in his life, the week before his fatherday|Nominate a video]] | [[Previous Video's death. Today, Lakewood Church services, led by Pastor Osteen, are seen in over 100 nations around the world. Joel Osteen's first book, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential, was released in October 2004. In December 2006, he was named one of the year's "Ten Most Fascinating People" by Barbara Walters. ..[[Joel Osteen|More on Joel Osteenday]] [[TemplateCategory:Video embedding|How to add videos to WikiChristianVideos]]
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The Great Commission refers to the instruction [[Jesus]] gave to his disciples after his [[resurrection]] to go and make disciples of all nations ("make disciples" is the active verb). It is a calling that his disciples followed faithfully, with the spread of the [[gospel]] first through Palestine, and then the Roman Empire, and today, Christians continue to follow in the apostles' footsteps in missionary work in their own home towns and in countries around the world.
The commission from Jesus reminds Christians that his followers have the duty to go, teach, and baptize.