Love, Scandal and New Ventures

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A supernatural love story is making headlines.

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Omega Church cancels their conference as backlash of the scandal continues.

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And Joel Osteen launches a new venture.

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I'm John Maddarazzo for CharismaNews.com and this is your midweek rundown.

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This article that was originally posted on April 9th

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is still getting a lot of readers attention.

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The supernatural love story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss.

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In this, they tell their love story and how Joni said that

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after the passing of her late husband, Marcus Lamb,

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that there was no real desire in me for a relationship.

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I wanted to make that crystal clear.

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I wasn't looking and had no need to do so.

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So many people have judged my timeline from Marcus's death to my marriage to Doug.

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They question how I could have grieved through grieved enough in seven months

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to even think about talking to someone else.

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They think that's not enough time.

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You can read more of her thoughts in this article.

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The link will be in the description below.

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And you can also watch the interview that I had with her

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about her latest book through the storm.

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Next, the annual conference put on by Gateway Church,

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Gateway Conference, has officially been canceled.

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In their post, they simply say that Gateway Conference 2024 is canceled.

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They went on to explain, we want to let you know that after much prayer

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and consideration, we have decided not to hold Gateway Conference in 2024.

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Our congregation and staff are in the midst of navigating Robert Morris's

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resignation and the emotions surrounding it.

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We are deeply sorry for the pain this situation caused the survivor

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and other survivors of abuse and the church at large.

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For those of you who have already registered, we will be issuing full refunds on the tickets.

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With Gateway Church still reeling from the ordeal, interim teaching pastor,

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Max Lucado, has stepped in to help guide and right the ship of the Dallas area

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congregation and bring about healing and restoration to the community.

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Lucado previously stated, my desire is simply this love God's hurting people.

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I see this as an opportunity to do just that.

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Pastor Joel Quim Lundquist has also temporarily joined with Gateway to help

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in a pastoral role for those still on staff at the mega church while

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also occasionally giving sermons.

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And Joel Osteen announces the launching of a new media venture.

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He says that I'm excited to see our content become part of the Roku

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channel's exceptional free streaming offer.

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The media launch occurred last Wednesday with the network known as the Joel Osteen

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network. The new streaming service is just one of a few other major milestones

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that Osteen has celebrated this year.

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Earlier this year, Osteen celebrated his 1000th sermon since taking over at

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Lakewood Church, along with the finished payment of the one million dollar

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loan that the church has been working on paying for two decades.

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There's good things happening for Joel Osteen.

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These are all things to keep an eye on and make sure that you stay tuned to

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charisma news dot com for updates on all of these stories and breaking news from a

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spiritual perspective.

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I'm John Madarazzo for charisma news dot com.