It's Not About You (Pastor)
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If you visit the homepage for Lakewood Church, you'll find four photos of Joel Osteen. Make that 5, when you count the one in the rotating banner (and three of the Mrs.).

I think it's safe to say this isn't a "purpose-driven" church but a "personality-driven" church.

(I make this generalization with only surface knowledge of Lakewood and Osteen. This is what bloggers do.)

At any rate: I like seeing photos of people on church sites, but not a photo of the pastor front-and-center. The latter just tells me this church puts too much emphasis on the pastor (or maybe the pastor puts too much emphasis on himself).

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About Me

Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
I write primarily for my own amusement. If anyone wants to eavesdrop, they're welcome to it. My heartbeat is serving God faithfully through the local church. But my posts repeatedly stray into sports, politics, movies, and other nonsense.
I've been blogging since 2004, and it's been fun. Please understand that, though I work for the United Brethren in Christ denomination, the nonsense I spew out here comes from my own semi-functional brain in a totally personal, non-official capacity. Yes, that's a disclaimer.

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