The controversial yet the beloved mega pastor can spellbound people with his preaches. Joel Osteen is renowned as the senior pastor of Lakewood Church located in Houston, Texas. Beyond that, Joel is also an American televangelist, preacher and an author of the New York Times Bestselling books such as I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life, Your Best Life Now, You Can You Will, The Power of Favor: The Force that Will Take You Where You Can’t Go On Your Own Joel Osteen and many more on the list. Osteen has been nicknamed as the ‘smiling preacher’ due to his toothy smile and upbeat attitude.

Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church

Born on March 5, 1968, he started preaching right after his dad John Osteen passed away following a heart attack. John Osteen was the former Southern Baptist pastor and the founder of Lakewood Church. Soon after he took over the church, the membership of the church grew up by more than 100%. Everybody in the town is keen on listening to his unique thoughts on Christianity. Not only this, he has fans from all over the world. His live sermons are streamed to an average of 7 million people weekly and over 20 million monthly in 100 different countries. His sermons are broadcasted 24/7 at his own Sirius XM satellite radio. Before he took over the church, he spent his time working behind scenes at Lakewood church.

Joel Osteen has multiple sources of earning and maybe soon his name will be listed with the world millionaires like Warren Buffet and Elon Musk. His net worth is estimated to be around $40 million-$60 million. And it’s no surprise to say a millionaire like Joel Osteen lives in a million- dollar mansion that he calls his little kingdom.

Joel Osteen’s House No Less Than a Palace

When the list of the richest pastors in the USA is being talked then, the name of Joel Osteen can’t be excluded. He comes in the class of millionaire and there’s no doubt why he has such a big house to live in. His 17000 square feet mansion is located in the Tall Timbers subdivision in River Oaks. His house is situated in a massive 1.86 acres of land surrounded by a large and beautiful ornamental fence. The house is more of a mega-mansion than just a house. He moved to River Oaks in 2010 from his house at Tanglewood. When he purchased the house, he paid $260000 in property taxes for the year.

The Harris Country Appraisal District had valued the house at $10.5 million back in 2010. With time, the worth of Joel’s house certainly must have been skyrocketed. The Osteen’s empire includes six bedrooms, three elevators, six bathrooms, and five fireplaces. The mansion also has a one-bedroom guest house and a pool house in the backyard for ultimate relaxation. Well, that’s enough space for a family of four-Joel, Victoria and his two kids Jonathon and Alexandra.

His residence has a big front door, accompanied by impressive stone pillars which opens into a gorgeous entranceway. The mansion is covered by greenery where one can enjoy the solace scenes from the balcony. The singing of the birds in the morning, the cold breeze and the fresh air all make it a perfect place to live in.

Likewise, the large backyard encircled by tall trees makes the place a little more private. It also has a huge concrete driveway that has space to fit probably for more than 20 cars.

Here we have collected some pictures of Osteen’s House.

Osteen’s House at Tanglewood

Before shifting to Houston, Joel and his family used to live at their home at Tanglewood. The house was in the name of Joel and his wife Victoria Osteen. There’s no detail about his former residence. What we know is that the house has an area of 5600square foot with four bedrooms. After shifting to the new mansion, Joel’s house was offered for sale at $1.1 million.

How Rich is Joel Osteen?

Joel Osteen has collected a healthy amount of wealth from his career as a televangelist, preacher public speaker, and an author. Though he is a public figure and he keeps on coming on the buzz feed, his exact net worth is not known. However, his net fortune is estimated to be between the range of $40 million -$60 million. He used to get an annual salary of $200000 for his post as a senior pastor of Lakewood Church, but it’s reported that he no longer accepts the hefty salary.

Instead, he collects wealth from his book sales, public speaking, radio shows, and from the church collection. In 2004, his first book “Your Best Life Now” debuted at the New York Times bestselling books’ list. The book remained on the list for more than 200 weeks. He has been able to list his books on the top list time and again and collects great revenue every year. In the days to come, his net worth is definitely going to soar.

In 2013, he revealed the reason behind why he doesn’t accept the salary from the church and commented as:

“Not everybody can do that, it’s not practical. But for us, it was important to me because I don’t need to. And I think it’s important to because being in the public eye, there’s a lot of scrutinies, and people think, well, he’s just doing it for money. This way I can say I don’t do any of this for money. God has blessed us in other ways. It’s really part of my message in that, you honor God and you stay faithful, you don’t know where God’s going to take you. I don’t tell people that God’s going to make them rich. But you don’t know how God’s going to bless you.”

Apart from this, Joel Osteen has also talked about his wealth to Oprah Winfrey in an interview as: