Did Joel and Victoria Osteen Resign from Lakewood Church?
According to an online report, the married couple had announced they were leaving to focus on a new initiative: skincare products.
In June 2023, an online article claimed, “Joel and Victoria Osteen Announces Their Resignation from Church to Focus On New Initiative.” The married couple serve as pastors at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, with Joel listed as senior pastor and Victoria as co-pastor.
But the news about them leaving the church was both false and part of a scam.
The misleading article was designed to fool readers into thinking they were reading a People magazine story. However, it was hosted on top-magazine-trending.com, not people.com.
Top-magazine-trending.com is a scam website that hosts articles that falsely claim famous people endorsed keto and CBD weight loss gummies, skincare products, and other similar items when, in reality, they had nothing to do with them.
The beginning of the story claimed that the Osteens were quitting their church leadership positions to promote a skincare product line called Rejuva Derm Skin:
Again, none of this was true. Scammers were using the image and likeness of each of the Osteens without permission to promote Rejuva Derm Skin and likely other products.
For further reading, in 2017, we reported about criticism surrounding the Osteens’ church in relation to Hurricane Harvey. We also published a fact check in 2012 about a similar false claim that also said Joel Osteen was resigning.
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