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People Dragged Joel Osteen For Saying The City Of Houston Never Asked Him To Be An Emergency Shelter
People Dragged Joel Osteen For Saying The City Of Houston Never Asked Him To Be An Emergency Shelter
Many feel the television pastor only opened his doors after backlash.
After getting dragged by everybody and their grandmama for refusing to immediately open the doors to his church during Tropical Storm Harvey, Pastor Joel Osteen has hit the media circuit to defend his actions.
The popular televangelist was criticized for not allowing displaced people in Houston to use his church, which seats 17,000 people, for a shelter. At first, Pastor Osteen offered thoughts and prayers to the residents of Houston.
After becoming a trending topic on social media, Osteen announced his doors would be open to the public.
- During an interview on the Today show, Osteen said the city never asked him to be an emergency shelter location
- Osteen also told Good Morning America his doors were always open
- Osteen was yet again slammed by people for his disastrous responses to the criticism
- Others felt the pastor chose to open his facility after becoming a national story
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