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<h1>How social media shamed Houston televangelist Joel Osteen in to opening his dry megachurch to Hurricane Harvey evacuees after he claimed it was inaccessible and flooded
- Joel Osteen claims Lakewood Church has always been open to the needy[/B]</li>
- On Sunday, the church said it was 'inaccessible' due to floods and was unsafe[/B]</li>
- On Monday, two Texans visited it and filmed its dry parking lot and exterior[/B]</li>
- The church claimed on Tuesday to have been flooded over the weekend but said the water had receded[/B]</li>
- It opened its doors to thousands of evacuees and is now giving them shelter[/B]</li>
- Osteen said he did not automatically declare it a shelter because the city did not ask him to [/B]</li>
- He now faces the wrath of a disappointed congregation and others around the world [/B]</li>
Showing off a toothy grin and posing in front of stacks of donated food and diapers, televangelist Joel Osteen showed not a shred of remorse as he appeared on the Today show on Wednesday.Proudly, he declared that the doors of his 17,000 seat Texas megachurch had 'always been open' to the people of Houston who have been rendered homeless by Hurricane Harvey and its devastating floods. It came after shocked Texans arrived at his Lakewood church on Sunday to find it free of flood water on the ground level despite a Facebook post issued at the height of the city's panic which claimed it was 'inaccessible due to flooding'.Scroll down for videos
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