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Joel Osteen's Church Attendance PLUMMETS What Went Wrong?

Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church once filled a 16,000-seat arena every Sunday. Today, entire sections sit empty — and it’s not just happening in Houston. For decades, megachurches were the fastest-growing institutions in American Christianity. Bigger buildings. Bigger crowds. Bigger influence. Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church became the most visible example of that success — a former NBA arena packed with tens of thousands every week. Then something changed. After 2020, attendance didn’t just dip. It kept falling. And as restrictions lifted, the crowds didn’t return the way leaders expected. What looked like a temporary disruption turned into a long-term shift. • How the megachurch model rose to dominance • Why growth stopped creating depth • What the pandemic exposed — but didn’t cause • Why Joel Osteen isn’t the villain, but a symbol • And what might replace the megachurch era This isn’t a story about one pastor. It’s about a system that worked — until it didn’t.