Joel Osteen's Net Worth Makes Him One Of America's Richest Pastors

[Judi Lynn]

By JON HECHT 13 min ago

In the past few days, the internet directed its ire at Joel Osteen, a megachurch pastor in Houston who — despite running a 606,000 square foot, 38,000 person capacity megachurch in Houston — initially refused to open its doors to take in victims of Hurricane Harvey. After criticism on social media, the church did take in thousands of those fleeing the flood, but the whole episode put a target on Osteen. With his "prosperity gospel" in the crosshairs, it's worth looking at how much Joel Osteen is actually worth.

Determining a private individual's net worth is often difficult, since we of course don't have a full accounting of all of their assets or income without their private financial documentation. However, numerous estimates of the celebrity pastor's personal net worth have reliably put it at well into the tens of millions.

The site Rich But Broke, which evaluates celebrities' financial solvency based on how much they earn and their spending, estimated Osteen's wealth at $67,818,500 in 2012. Celebrity Net Worth, on the other hand, puts Osteen's net worth at $40 million. BeliefNet, a faith lifestyle site, agrees with Celebrity Net Worth's figure of $40 million, and notes that he is the fifth richest pastor in the United States.

Some aspects of Osteen's life are a little easier to assess than the specific amount of money in his bank account. In 2010, Osteen and his family moved into a $10.5 million house in River Oaks, Texas, while continuing to own their $2.9 million estate in Tanglewood.

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[Skittles]

1. how do SO many people fall for such an obvious con man

and we saw it again with Trump

[Sneederbunk]

2. Camel, meet needle.