Dodie and her late husband, former Southern Baptist minister Pastor John Osteen, founded Lakewood in 1959. The couple’s ...

The mother of televangelist Joel Osteen and one of the Lakewood megachurch founders has died at the age of 91. “It is with a ...

Dolores “Dodie” Osteen, the mother of Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen, has passed away, according to a statement posted on the Lakewood Church Facebook page.

Dodie Osteen, co-founder of Lakewood Church, died at 91, as confirmed by her son Joel Osteen. She passed from natural causes ...

Dodie Osteen in a 2016 interview with KPRC 2's Dominique Sachse (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – Lakewood Church confirms Dolores “Dodie” Osteen has died. In a ...

Pastor Joel Osteen announced that his mother, Dolores "Dodie" Osteen, one of the founders of Lakewood Church, has died at 91 ...