Known as ‘Mama Dodie’ to the entire Lakewood family, together, we celebrate her amazing life,' her Joel Osteen said about his mom's death.

Texas-based pastor and author Joel Osteen’s mother, Dolores “Dodie” Osteen has passed away at the age of 91. Dodie was the wife of John Osteen, who founded the Lakewood Church in Texas in 1959.

By Nehru OdehDelores ‘Dodie’ Osteen’s life was one guided by faith and marked by a string of miracles. And she had the bragging right of being one of a few women who were first known with her husband, ...