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Lakewood Church คริสตจักรเล๊ควู๊ด 湖木教會
Lakewood Church คริสตจักรเล๊ควู๊ด 湖木教會
Lakewood Church is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas, USA. It is the largest church in the United States, averaging more than 43,500 in attendance per week.[1] Lakewood now occupies the 16,800-seat arena previously home to the Houston Rockets.[2
Lakewood Church was founded by John Osteen and his wife, Dodie, on Mother's Day of 1959 inside an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston. John and Dodie created and hosted Lakewood's weekly television program, which could be seen in 100 countries worldwide. Upon John Osteen's death in 1999, his youngest son, Joel, became pastor.
Joel Osteen at Lakewood Church, December 8, 2007Under the leadership of Joel Osteen, Lakewood's congregation increased almost five-fold.[4] Because of this large increase in attendance to 30,000 weekly, church officials decided to move to a larger facility.[2] Prior to its relocation, the church was located at 7317 East Houston Road.[5][6]
In late 2003, the church signed a long-term lease with the city of Houston to acquire the Compaq Center, a 29-year-old former sports arena.[7]. Before being acquired by Lakewood, tenants to the arena, once called The Summit, included the Houston Rockets, the Houston Aeros, and the Houston Comets.
Renovations to create the new Lakewood Church are estimated at $75 million.[4] The church was required to pay $11.8 million in rent in advance for the first 30 years of the lease.[7]
On July 16, 2005, Lakewood Church relocated from its old building in northeast Houston into its new home, the newly renovated 16,800-seat facility southwest of Downtown Houston along U.S. Highway 59, having twice the capacity of its former sanctuary.[2]
Lakewood Church provides Communion to all its members every 3rd Sunday of every month during all weekend services. Communion begins during the praise and worship segment of the service and members do not need to go to the upper level to receive communion, it is brought to them in trays where quarter-sized wafers are in the center and small, individual plastic cups with grape juice surround the wafers.
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