Mega-church

I am in Houston Texas this week to photograph my friends’ wedding.

Lakewood Church, says Wikipedia, is the largest congregation in the US – what they call a mega-church. The services are held in a converted basketball station that seats about 16,000  people.

I attended to the 11am service. Seeing as my last visit to Sunday church was probably with the boy scouts,this was quite an experience. I pretty much had to lie down in a dark room afterwards to recover.

The pastor Joel Osteen preaches with his wife Victoria. They have an internet TV  channel here.

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8 Responses to “Mega-church”

  1. Paddy says:
    May 5, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Nice set Tony. I’ve been looking for that Scripture Candy everywhere. Great omiyage!

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  3. Keith says:
    May 11, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Hi Tony,
    hope you`ve full recoverd from the “experience” – nice images …. Mr.Osteen remindes me of Max Headroom ….and I`m wondering how many “zero`s” he has in his bank account?

    Cheers
    Keith

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  4. tony says:
    May 11, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Hi Keith. Yes, he was a bit android-like. Incredible speaker though. Almost too perfect.

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  5. Damon Coulter says:
    May 17, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Scary that spo many buy so completely into this. Great set of images though
    Damon

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  6. tony says:
    May 17, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Thanks Damon. I think I was half-moved half-disturbed by the experience. Very glad I went though.

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  7. Kara says:
    January 5, 2012 at 12:33 am

    As with any worship opportunity, the focus should not be on the size of the church or on the speaker. The focus should be on spending time with God and thanking Him. If you haven’t, I encourage you to begin a relationship with Jesus today.

    John 3:16

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