Multimillionaire Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church returns $4.4 million in PPP loans
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoThe tax-exempt megachurch run by famed pastor Joel Osteen has returned $4.4 million in pandemic...
Celebrity preacher faces backlash after photos purporting to show luxury lifestyle appear online
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMr Osteen, who leads the Lakewood Church in Houston - one of the enormous congregations that are...
Tyler Perry's Net Worth—and Whether He's Really a Billionaire
Parade via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMore like 'Diary of a Mega-Wealthy Black man.' You love to see it. Tyler Perry is the definition of...
Amid calls to #TaxTheChurches – what and how much do US religious organizations not pay the taxman?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs a sociologist of religion, I’ve long been interested in why religious institutions are exempt...