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        <title><![CDATA[Joel Osteen to host Kanye West, Tyler Perry and Mariah Carey for Easter Sunday]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is calling in a few of his famous friends to take part in the Lakewood Church&#8217;s <strong>virtual Easter</strong> Sunday service.</p><p>Osteen, 57, who has been delivering his sermons online since March, has invited Mariah Carey, Tyler Perry and Kanye West, along with the rapper&#8217;s Sunday Service choir, to each take over a segment of the Lakewood Church live feed.</p><p>&#8220;It just all came together,&#8221; says Osteen. &#8220;It just kind of fell into place.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I had known Mariah from years past,&#8221; the televangelist <strong>tells TMZ</strong>, explaining that Carey had summoned him to help her &#8220;do her part to bring hope and uplift the nation,&#8221; by putting together a tribute to health-care workers and first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>As for Perry, Osteen says his congregation will be thrilled to see his longtime friend back again. &#8220;He&#8217;s a very powerful speaker,&#8221; he says. &#8220;People at Lakewood love him.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_15450177"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/kanye-church-service-01.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/kanye-church-service-01.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/kanye-church-service-01.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Lev Radin / M10s / MEGA</span></figcaption></figure><p>The preacher also admits that he&#8217;s &#8220;not sure exactly what [West is] going to do&#8221; with his airtime, but this isn&#8217;t the first time the pair have worshipped together. They <strong>teamed up last year in November</strong> at the reverend&#8217;s 16,800-seat auditorium in Houston, and then again earlier this year <strong>for an event at Yankee Stadium</strong> hosted by the Osteen and his wife Victoria, that time with Ye&#8217;s choir.</p><p>Everyone involved will be practicing social distancing. How a mega choir will pull that off is yet to be seen.</p><p>&#8220;Kanye&#8217;s one of a kind,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He&#8217;ll figure out some way to do it.&#8221;</p><p>Osteen hedged his opinions on other American ministers who have <strong>defied lockdown orders in their states</strong>, including <strong>one pastor who died of the coronavirus</strong> after criticizing the &#8220;mass hysteria&#8221; of the virus and preaching to crowds in New Orleans.</p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to judge anybody else. People feel strongly about their faith,&#8221; Osteen says.</p><p>&#8220;It felt right to me to honor the authorities,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a lack of faith that we&#8217;re not having service — it&#8217;s a respect to mankind.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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