Black Positive People : I'm On My Way To Texas

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The trouble started on Sunday after a social media posting from the megachurch saying, "Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding!"


Joel Osteen responds to accusations of closing church doors to Harvey evacuees
Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY

... "We have never closed our doors," Senior Pastor Joel Osteen said in a statement quoted by ABC and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We will continue to be a distribution center to those in need. We are prepared to house people once shelters reach capacity. Lakewood will be a value to the community in the aftermath of this storm" ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...od-church-houston-hurricane-harvey/610947001/

Senior Pastor Joel Osteen




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Joel Osteen's Church To Be Opened To Harvey Victims


Shreesha Ghosh
International Business TimesAugust 29, 2017

... In a separate tweet, Clymer also said "A source at Lakewood Church just told me they're planning to open their doors to Houston's homeless and displaced. Finally."
LGBTQ activist Charles Clymer posted an image inside the church Monday night showing air mattresses being placed, and captioned it saying the church is "prepping to open their doors" ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joel-osteen-apos-church-opened-070017128.html


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Joel Osteen's Houston church receives evacuees after backlash on social media
EMILY SHAPIRO and TARA FOWLER,Good Morning America

... Lakewood Church in Houston is accepting victims of Hurricane Harvey who need a place to shelter, the megachurch said this morning, after it received backlash for not initially welcoming in evacuees.

Joel Osteen, the church's famed pastor, tweeted today, "Lakewood’s doors are open and we are receiving anyone who needs shelter" ...

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/joel-oste...s-shelter-163003228--abc-news-topstories.html


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Here's what economists are saying about Hurricane Harvey's impact


Yahoo FinanceAugust 29, 2017

Don Rissmiller, Strategas: GDP impact could be positive
Rissmiller noted rebuilding would give the economy a boost, but that the spending could cause strain on individual pocket books: ...

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-economists-saying-hurricane-harveys-impact-154106784.html


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Crippled Houston watches dams, levees; forecast offers hope


NOMAAN MERCHANT and JUAN LOZANO
Associated PressAugust 29, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bracing-...-071059619.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_15


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