Joel Osteen - America's "Most Influential Christian" - to hold worship service in Toronto July 20

    Media interviews with Joel Osteen can be scheduled. Please see contact
    information below.

    TORONTO, July 5 /CNW/ - Joel and Victoria Osteen, pastors of Lakewood
Church in Houston, Texas - the largest church in America - will hold a worship
event at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Friday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m.
    "An Evening with Joel and Victoria Osteen" is an exciting time of praise,
worship and prayer. Attendees will hear an inspirational message from Joel and
Victoria, as well as the electrifying music of Dove Award winner Cindy Cruse
Ratcliff and the Lakewood Band and Ensemble.
    Joel Osteen's televised weekly service is broadcast across North America
and in more than 100 countries around the world. According to Nielsen Media
Research, Joel Osteen is the most watched minister in America, reaching 95% of
all U.S. television households.
    Doors at the Air Canada Centre will open at 6 p.m. on July 20. News
coverage and acquisition of b-roll is permitted during the event. A limited
number of one-on-one interviews are available. For interviews or media passes
to the event, please contact: Andrea Davis, 713-491-1339 or
[e-mail].

    Background:
    Lakewood Church of Houston, Texas is the largest and fastest growing
church in the United States, with nearly 40,000 attendees. Joel Osteen was
featured as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2006," and
was named "Most Influential Christian in America" in 2006 by the readers of
The Church Report magazine. His first book, Your Best Life Now, reached the
top of the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold more than four million
copies since its release in October 2004. The book is available in
19 languages.
    For more information, please visit www.joelosteen.com.

    Joel Osteen's television ministry airs in Canada on both VisionTV and The
Christian Channel. For airtime information, please visit www.visiontv.ca and
www.christianchannel.ca.

For further information: Media contact for VisionTV/The Christian
Channel: David Todd, [phone] ext 207 or [e-mail]