Transcript: Joel Osteen Answers his Critics

Byron Pitts
60 Minutes (CBS)
06-08-2008
SAFER: Tonight, CBS News Correspondent Byron Pitts on assignment for 60 MINUTES.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PITTS: Every once in a while, a preacher breaks through and catches the attention of the public on a national level. Joel Osteen has done that.

As we first reported back in October, he`s the most popular preacher in the country, his services seen by over 7 million viewers on TV every week.

Nine years ago, Osteen was virtually unknown, even in his own church in Houston. A college drop-out, he worked behind the scenes producing his father, Pastor John Osteen`s, television ministry. When his father died, he stepped out in front of the camera and started ...

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