BUSTED: $600K Theft at Osteen’s Church Opens Can of Worms:
Jaws Drop as Folks Do the Math
March 18, 2014
Joel Osteen recently reported the theft of $600,000 from
the safe in his church, but the theft wasn’t the only information of interest
revealed. After finding out that this large chunk of money was from just one
weekend of Osteen’s collected church donations, jaws dropped around the nation.
According to News Max on March 18, it didn’t take long for
folks on the outside to do the math. Based on Osteen’s reported amount of money
in this theft, it appears his Lakewood Church takes in $32 million a year.
Calculator keys were punched around the nation taking the $600,000 for
Olsteen's weekend donation collection and timing this by the 52 weeks in a
year.
Many consider this a conservative estimate of donations
this church receives, as March is just an average month with no holidays for
the church. The spirit of giving around the holidays has to net this church
more than the average week. Then there’s Easter and other holidays.
Osteen’s church released a statement at the time of the
theft last week saying:
"It is important to note this was not
an electronic data breach, but was instead limited to donations made in the
services on March 8 and 9, 2014. You were not affected if you put your offering
in a drop box, you gave online or through other electronic means, or you made a
bookstore purchase."
If you combine the stolen money with what Osteen’s church
rakes in “other electronic means” and from the folks who give “online,” this
amount must be astronomical. This was an undisclosed amount of money that
wasn’t included in the money stolen. Putting all this together you are more
than likely talking about a substantial amount of money, much more than the $32
million each year.
With Osteen’s best selling books, his TV work and the tours
around the world, Osteen’s church is pulling in much more than the quick
estimation of $32 million.
If you think about it, this heist got the sum of money that
you’d expect to hear was raked in from a casino heist! It seems that the
reported theft of the money in Osteen’s church last week opened a new can of
worms. It’s the church's astronomical donations that should really be the
headlines here. What happened to the days of the poor boxes filled with change?
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