US EditionDolores ‘Dodie’ Osteen, Mother of Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church Co-Founder Dies
HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUL 31 – Dolores Osteen inspired millions through her ministry and writings, surviving metastatic liver cancer and co-founding Lakewood Church with her late husband in 1959.
- Dolores 'Dodie' Osteen, co-founder of Lakewood Church and mother of Joel Osteen, died peacefully at her home on July 31, 2025, at age 91.
- She was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer 15 days before Christmas 1981 and was given just weeks to live by doctors.
- Dodie and her husband John Osteen, who co-founded Lakewood Church in 1959, prayed fervently after her diagnosis, with John commanding the cancer to wither and die.
- John Osteen proclaimed, “We believe in miracles” and credited Jesus Christ for healing Dodie on December 11, 1981, a date she set as her healing day.
- Dodie’s healing testimony, recounted in her 1986 book 'Healed of Cancer,' inspired millions, and her passing marks the loss of a beloved spiritual matriarch.
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On Wednesday, July 30, Joel Osteen shared that his mother and cofounder of Lakewood Church in Houston, Dolores “Dodie” Osteen, died at the age of 91. Read MoreThe post Joel Osteen’s Mother, Cofounder of Lakewood Church, Dies at 91 appeared first on Christian News Now.
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