


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    



<head>
    
    
    



    <script type="text/javascript">
        var FOX_pagedescriptor = window.FOX_pagedescriptor = {breadcrumb:"/us", isMgmt: "false", site: "fn2", cq: "true" };
    </script>
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    


			    

<title>Joel Osteen's church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach | Fox News</title>
<meta name="dc.title" content="Joel Osteen's church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach">
<meta name="description" content="At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.">
<meta name="dc.description" content="At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.">
<meta name="dcterms.abstract" content="At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.">
<meta name="dc.publisher" content="Fox News">
<meta name="dc.creator" content="">
<meta name="dc.date" content="2017-08-28">
<meta name="dcterms.created" scheme="dcterms.ISO8601" content="2017-09-25 03:58:31 EDT">
<meta name="dcterms.modified" scheme="dcterms.ISO8601" content="2017-09-25 03:58:31 EDT">
<meta name="dc.source" content="Fox News">
<meta name="dc.identifier" scheme="dcterms.URI" content="a827661a-96a8-44f6-ae56-9e81765815c4">
<meta name="dc.subject" content="">
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<link rel="shorturl" href="http://fxn.ws/2xHGTQn">
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html">

    <link rel="amphtml" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.amp.html">


<link rel="standout" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html"> 
<meta name="prism.aggregationType" content="subsection">
<meta name="prism.genre" content="">
<meta name="dc.type" scheme="dcterms.DCMIType" content="Text.Article">
<meta name="prism.channel" content="fnc">
<meta name="prism.section" content="us">
<meta name="prism.subsection1" content="">
<meta name="prism.subsection2" content="">
<meta name="prism.subsection3" content="">
<meta name="prism.subsection4" content="">
<meta property="og:title" content="Joel Osteen's church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach">
<meta property="og:description" content="At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.">
<meta property="og:type" content="article">

    <link rel="image_src" href="//a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/08/28/0/0/694940094001_5555266997001_5555254369001-vs.jpg?ve=1">
    <meta property="og:image" content="//a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/08/28/0/0/694940094001_5555266997001_5555254369001-vs.jpg?ve=1">

<meta property="og:url" content="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html">
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Fox News">
<meta property="fb:pages" content="15704546335">


    
    
        <meta name="classification" content="/FOX NEWS/US/DISASTERS/Floods,/FOX NEWS/US,/FOX NEWS/US/DISASTERS/Disaster Response,/FOX NEWS/US/RELIGION/Christianity,/FOX NEWS/US/PERSONAL FREEDOMS/Faith,/FOX NEWS/US/DISASTERS/Hurricanes - Typhoons">
    
    
        <meta name="classification-isa" content="floods,us,response,christianity,faith,hurricanes">
    

<meta property="fb:app_id" content="113186182048399">


<meta name="twitter:site" content="@foxnews">
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">

    <meta name="twitter:title" content="Joel Osteen's church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach">
    <meta name="twitter:description" content="At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.">
    <meta name="twitter:url" content="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html">
    <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@foxnews">
    
        <meta name="twitter:image" content="http://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/08/28/0/0/694940094001_5555266997001_5555254369001-vs.jpg?ve=1">
    

<meta name="dc.format" scheme="dcterms.IMT" content="text/html">
<meta name="dc.language" scheme="dcterms.RFC4646" content="en-US">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en">
<meta name="livefyreconfig" collectionMeta="eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.Afzf2yEY8WiMq4v48wIS5SjyVSavnHMlCI-l3QUDEzQ" checksum="21484e6c574af84be421ba12676625f7" articleId="a827661a-96a8-44f6-ae56-9e81765815c4" siteId="310256" enable="false"/>
<meta name="livefyreblogconfig" collectionMeta="eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.haV97f78G48Owx3MqDkzr5TgJ-GrnMuZq0hwYfK3vXA" checksum="4d4b547c1b5badf1f0f56ab2fa27cf28" articleId="a827661a-96a8-44f6-ae56-9e81765815c4blog" siteId="310256" enable="false"/>
<meta name="livefyrereviewsconfig" collectionMeta="eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.Gf7by7u1d3RwmAquCUv1JMSPK2EOki1yVtUp7w_E2rE" checksum="55fb77967a777d6b433b4a80832ab325" articleId="a827661a-96a8-44f6-ae56-9e81765815c4reviews" siteId="310256" enable="false"/>

<meta name="pagetype" content="article"/>


	
	
		<meta name="robots" content="noarchive, noodp ">
	


<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//a57.foxnews.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//global.fncstatic.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//images.outbrain.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//widgets.outbrain.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//widget-cdn.rpxnow.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//securepubads.g.doubleclick.net"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//z.moatads.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//hpr.outbrain.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//metrics.foxnews.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//cdn.tt.omtrdc.net"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//foxnews.demdex.net"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//static.chartbeat.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//cdn.taboola.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//assets.tapad.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//www.googletagservices.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//cdn.livefyre.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//foxnews.tt.omtrdc.net"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//log.outbrain.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//cdn.optimizely.com"> 
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//b.scorecardresearch.com">





  
    <link rel="schema.dc" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
	<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:200,300,400,600,700,900|Roboto:300,400,700,900' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
 	<link rel="schema.dcterms" href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
    <link rel="schema.prism" href="http://prismstandard.org/namespaces/basic/2.1/"> 
    <link rel="schema.iptc" href="http://iptc.org/std/nar/2006-10-01/">   
    <link rel="icon" href="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/fn2/img/favicon.png" type="image/png">
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/fn2/img/favicon.ico">   
    
       
    
    <script src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/orion/scripts/core/ag.core.js?201405051029"></script>
	<script src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/isa/core.js?201405051029"></script>
	
        
    




<script src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/orion/scripts/core/pages/articles.new/loader.js?201405051029"></script>
<link href="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/orion/styles/css/fox-news/article-new.rs.css?201405051029" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">





<script type="application/ld+json">
      {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "NewsArticle",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html",
        "headline": "Joel Osteen&#x27;s church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach",
        "datePublished": "Mon Aug 28 20:24:00 EDT 2017",
        "dateModified": "Mon Aug 28 20:24:00 EDT 2017",
        "description": "At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen&#x27;s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.",
        "author": {
          "@type": "Person",
          "name": "Fox News"
        },
        "publisher": {
          "@type": "Organization",
          "name": "Fox News",
          "logo": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": "http://global.fncstatic.com/static/cq/fn/img/global/fox-news-logo.png",
            "width": 133,
            "height": 60
          }
        },
        "image": {
          "@type": "ImageObject",
          "url": "http://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/08/28/696/392/694940094001_5555266997001_5555254369001-vs.jpg?ve=1&tl=1",
          "height": 392,
          "width": 696
        }
      }
</script>






  
       
       
</head>


    
 
	
<body class="fn article-single">
	




    <div id="wrapper" class="wrapper">     	
	    



<header class="site-header nav-closed">

    
       	
  		



	<div class="branding">
		<a class="logo" href="//www.foxnews.com">Fox News</a>
		<div class="current-time">
				<span class="time"></span>
				<span class="zone"></span>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="nav-row nav-row-upper">
		<div class="inner">
			<div class="primary-nav tablet-desktop">
				<nav id="main-nav">
					<ul>
						<li class="menu-us"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/us.html">U.S.</a></li>
						<li class="menu-world"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/world.html">World</a></li>
						<li class="menu-opinion"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/opinion.html">Opinion</a></li>
						<li class="menu-politics"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics.html">Politics</a></li>
						<li class="menu-entertainment"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment.html">Entertainment</a></li>
						<li class="menu-business"><a href="//www.foxbusiness.com">Business</a></li>
						<li class="menu-lifestyle"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.html">Lifestyle</a></li>
						<li class="menu-tv"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/shows.html">TV</a></li>
						<li class="menu-radio"><a href="//radio.foxnews.com">Radio</a></li>
						<li class="menu-more"><a href="#" class="js-menu-toggle">More</a></li>
					</ul>
				</nav>
			</div>

			<div class="meta">
				<div class="weather">
					<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/weather/your-weather/index.html">
						<div class="info">
							<div class="location"></div>
							<div class="condition"><span class="icon"></span></div>
						</div>
						<div class="temp"></div>
					</a>
				</div>		
				<div class="search-toggle tablet-desktop">
					<a href="#" class="js-focus-search">Expand / Collapse search</a>
				</div>
				<!-- show image when logged in -->
				<div class="network-access logged-out logged-in" id="account">
					<div class="user-profile user-login button">
						<a href="#" class="login" data-omtr-intcmp="hp1navlg">Login</a>
					</div>
				</div>
				<!-- user div switch -->

				<div class="button watch">
					<a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1241186546001/?#sp=watch-live">Watch TV</a>
				</div>

				<div class="menu mobile">
					<a href="#" class="js-menu-toggle">☰</a>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
 		


<script type="text/javascript">
	var navItems = ' https://s3.amazonaws.com/aurora-cms-static/mobile/prod/homepage-header.json';
	var jqxhr = $.getJSON( navItems, function(data) {
		$.each( data, function( i, item ) {	        
			var counter = 1;
			$.each( item.result.items, function( i, linkItem ) {
				console.log("linkItem.url=" + linkItem.url);
				$("#menu-subnav ul").append('<li><a href=\"' + linkItem.url + '\"' + ' data-omtr-intcmp=subnav' + counter+  '"\">' + linkItem.text + '</a></li>');
				counter ++ ;
			});
		});
	})
</script>


    
   	
		<div class="nav-row nav-row-lower tablet-desktop">
			<div class="inner">
				<div class="secondary-nav">
					<nav class="hot-topics menu-subnav" id="menu-subnav">
						<span class="subnav-title">Hot Topics</span>
						<ul class="rotate-items"></ul>					
					</nav>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>		
	

  		
	
	<div class="expandable-nav">
		<div class="inner">
			<div class="search">
				<div class="search-wrap">
					<form action="http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search" method="get">
						<fieldset>
							<input type="text" placeholder="Search foxnews.com" name="q" class="resp_site_search" onblur="" onfocus="" autocomplete="off">
							<input type="submit" class="resp_site_submit" value="Search">
						</fieldset>
					</form>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="section-nav">
			<div class="inner">
							
<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/us.html">U.S.</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime.html">			Crime			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/military.html">			Military			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/education.html">			Education			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/terror.html">			Terror			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration.html">			Immigration			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/economy.html">			Economy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/personal-freedoms.html">			Personal Freedoms			</a>		</li>
   				
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/world.html">World</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/united-nations.html">			U.N.			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts.html">			Conflicts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/terrorism.html">			Terrorism			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/disasters.html">			Disasters			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/global-economy.html">			Global Economy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/environment.html">			Environment			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-religion.html">			Religion			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/scandals.html">			Scandals			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>			
				
<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics.html">Politics</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/executive.html">			Executive			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/senate.html">			Senate			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/house.html">			House 		</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/judiciary.html">			Judiciary			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/foreign-policy.html">			Foreign policy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/official-polls/index.html">			Polls			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections.html">			Elections			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment.html">Entertainment</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/index.html">			Celebrity News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/movies/index.html">			Movies			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tv/index.html">			TV News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/music/index.html">			Music News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/style/index.html">			Style News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/playlist/entertainment-latest-entertainment/">			Entertainment Video			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/">Business</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/markets.html">			Markets			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/politics.html">			Politics			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/category/technology.html">			Technology			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/features.html">			Features			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/category/business-leaders.html">			Business Leaders			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.html">Lifestyle</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/food-drink.html">			Food + Drink			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/auto.html">			Cars + Trucks			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/travel.html">			Travel + Outdoors			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/real-estate.html">			House + Home			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/fitness-and-wellbeing.html">			Fitness + Well-being			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/style-and-beauty.html">			Style + Beauty			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/science.html">Science</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/archaeology.html">			Archaeology			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/air-and-space.html">			Air & Space			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth.html">			Planet Earth			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/wild-nature.html">			Wild Nature			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/natural-science.html">			Natural Science			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/archaeology/dinosaurs.html">			Dinosaurs			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/tech.html">Tech</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/security.html">			Security			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/innovation.html">			Innovation			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/technologies/drones.html">			Drones			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/computers.html">			Computers			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/video-games.html">			Video Games			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/military-tech.html">			Military Tech			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/health.html">Health</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living.html">			Healthy Living			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/medical-research.html">			Medical Research			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/mental-health.html">			Mental Health			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/cancer.html">			Cancer			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/heart-health.html">			Heart Health			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/childrens-health.html">			Children's Health			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/shows.html">TV</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/shows.html">			Shows			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/person/personalities.html">			Personalities			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/v/1241186546001/?#sp=watch-live">			Watch Live			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/playlist/episodic-most-recent-episodes/">			Full Episodes			</a>		</li> 
	    		
   			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/#sp=show-clips">			Show Clips			</a>		</li>
   			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/#sp=news-clips">			News Clips			</a>		</li>
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			About		</h6>
	<ul>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//careers.foxnews.com/">			Careers			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//careers.foxnews.com/students">			College Students			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/foxaroundtheworld/">			Fox Around the World			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//advertise.foxnews.com/">			Advertise With Us			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/privacy-policy/#ad-choice">			Ad Choices			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="mailto:newsmanager@foxnews.com">			Email Newsroom			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//press.foxnews.com/">			Media Relations			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			Other		</h6>
	<ul>
				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//insider.foxnews.com">			Fox News Insider			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/radio/">			Fox News Radio			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//nation.foxnews.com">			Fox Nation			</a>		</li>
				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnewsgo.com/">			Fox News Go			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/alerts/subscribe.html">			Newsletters			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/newsletter-signup/alerts">			Alerts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/podcasts/">			Podcasts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/apps-downloads">			Apps & Products			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


			</div>
		</div>
		
		<div class="header-lower">			
			 <div class="social-icons">
			      <ul>
			         <li class="fb"><a href="//www.facebook.com/FoxNews">Facebook</a></li>
			         <li class="tw"><a href="//twitter.com/foxnews">Twitter</a></li>
			         <li class="gp"><a href="//www.google.com/+FoxNews">Google+</a></li>
			         <li class="ig"><a href="//www.instagram.com/foxnews">Instagram</a></li>
			         <li class="rss"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/rss/index.html">RSS</a></li>
			         <li class="email"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/alerts/subscribe.html">Email</a></li>
			      </ul>
		    </div>
		    <div class="branding"><a class="logo" href="//www.foxnews.com">Fox News</a></div>
		   <div class="legal">
		      <ul>
		         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a></li>
		         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li>
		         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/closed-captioning">Closed Captioning Policy</a></li>
		         <li><a href="//help.foxnews.com/index.html">Help</a></li>
		      </ul>
		      <p class="copyright">This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. &copy;2018 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.</p>
		   </div>	  
		</div>
	</div>
	
        
    

</header>
 	
		



<div class="page">
	<div class="pre-content">
 		

		
		


 	
    
    
        
    		
	    		
	    		
		    		
				    
					
					
						<div class="ad-container desktop">
						  <div class="ad gpt ad-h-66" data-ad-pos="desktop" data-ad-size="970x66,970x250,728x90" ></div>
						  
						</div>
					
					
		    	
		    
	


		

 	</div>
		
	<div class="page-content">
	
		 <div class="row full">
			<main class="main-content">
		
				<article class="article-wrap">
		
					



<header class="article-header">


	
	
		<div class="article-meta article-meta-upper">
	
			
	            
	            
	            
	            
	            
	                
	            
	        
			
			    <div class="eyebrow"><a href="/category/us/disasters/floods.html">Floods</a></div>
					
		    
				<div class="article-date">					
					<time data-time-published="2017-08-28T20:24:00Z-0400"></time>
				</div>
				
			
			
		</div>
        
		
		<h1 class="headline">Joel Osteen&#x27;s church staff rescued from Texas floods as critics blast lack of outreach</h1>
		
		
		
		
			<div class="article-meta article-meta-lower">
				<div class="author-byline">
										
						<span>
							
							 By
								 
								 
					                 	Samuel Smith, ChristianPost.com,                 	
					             
					             
				             <span class="article-source">
								
									
										<a target='_blank' href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a>
									
									
								
							</span>						
						</span>					
				</div>
				
				<div class="article-social">
					<div class="social-icons">
						<ul>
							<li class="fb"><a href="#">Facebook</a></li>
							<li class="tw"><a href="#">Twitter</a></li>
							
							<li class="print"><a href="/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.print.html">Print</a></li>
							<li class="email"><a href="#">Email</a></li>
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>				
			</div>			
		
	
</header> 

					
					<div class="article-content-wrap sticky-columns">
		
						<div class="article-content">							
							<div class="article-body">
								





    
    
	
		
			
			
              <div class="featured featured-video video-ct">
	              <div class="contain">
		              	<div class="control">
							<a class="top" href="#"></a>
							<a class="close" href="#">close</a>
						</div>
	                    <div class="video-container">
	                        <div class="m video-player" data-widget-type="embed" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-video-id="5555254369001" data-video-domain="foxnews">
	                            <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/5555254369001/catastrophic-flooding-in-texas-impedes-rescues">
	                                <img src="//a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/08/28/896/504/694940094001_5555266997001_5555254369001-vs.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="Steve Harrigan reports for &#x27;Special Report&#x27;"/>
	                            </a>
	                        </div>
	                   </div>
	                   <div class="info">
	                            <div class="caption">
		                            <h4 class="title"><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/5555254369001/catastrophic-flooding-in-texas-impedes-rescues">Catastrophic flooding in Texas impedes rescues</a></h4>
		                                <p>Steve Harrigan reports for &#x27;Special Report&#x27;</p>
	                        	</div>
					 </div>
				  </div>
              </div>
            
		 

    





								
								







       
       
      
          
              <p>At least three staff members at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, had to be rescued from their homes while several others experienced flooding due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey.</p>
              
                  <div class="ad-container tablet ad-h-250">
                      <div class="ad gpt" id="tablet-300x250"></div>
                  </div>
                  <div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250">
                      <div class="ad gpt" id="mobile-320x50_300x250"></div>
                  </div>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
              <p>&quot;I know of about three staff members that have needed to be rescued. There may be more but I happen to know of about three of them that literally had to be pulled out of high water,&quot; Lakewood spokesperson Don Iloff, Osteen's brother-in-law, told The Christian Post on Monday.</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
              <p>While many flood rescue crews have traveled to southeast Texas from other states to aid in saving victims from a storm that has turned roads into rivers and already&nbsp;<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/28/hurricane-harvey-death-toll-rises-eight-houston-prepares-flooding/" target="_blank">claimed lives</a>, Iloff told CP that in many cases, neighbors are rescuing neighbors.</p>
              
              
                             		
					<div class="ad gpt ad-h-1" data-ad-pos="inread" data-ad-size="1x1"></div>
              
              
              
              



	
    
    
    
	    <div class="related image-ct">
			<div class="m">
				
					<img src="//a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach/_jcr_content/article-text/article-par-3/embed_image/image.img.jpg/612/344/1503967418891.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="The Rev. Joel Osteen smiles at a food distribution site for Feed The Children in New York April 23, 2009. The distribution site was set up for employees laid off  from hotel and restaurant jobs affected by a drop in tourism.    REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton   (UNITED STATES SOCIETY RELIGION BUSINESS) - RTXEB2Y">
	            
	        </div>
			
				<div class="caption">
					<p>Rev. Joel Osteen.
						
							&nbsp;<span class="copyright">(REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton, File)</span>
		                
		            </p>
		       </div>
	       
		</div>
	



              
          
              <p>&quot;You know what is interesting is that a lot of the rescuing that is going on in this city is not just rescue crews, it's just people rescuing other people,&quot; he stated. &quot;Everybody that has got a boat has put a boat in the water in this city.&quot;</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
              <p>As for Osteen and his wife, Victoria, Iloff told CP that the Osteen family is safe but without power.</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


    
    
    
        <div class="embed-media facebook">
            
            
                
                
                    <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLakewoodChurch%2Fposts%2F10155844844710864&width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
                
            
        </div>
    




              
          
              <p>&quot;I haven't talked to them in two days. I know someone made it over there and said everybody is OK. They are on pretty high ground,&quot; Iloff explained. &quot;If you are not flooded, you are surrounded by water in this city. If you are not flooded, you now have waterfront property. &quot;</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
                  <div class="ad-container mobile ad-h-250">
                      <div class="ad gpt" id="mobile-300x251"></div>
                  </div>
              
          
              <p>Some on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/joel-osteen-closes-church-hurricane-tells-members-pray/" target="_blank">social media have criticized Osteen</a>&nbsp;and Lakewood for announcing that they had canceled Sunday's services because of the hurricane, suggesting that the church is closed to those who need to access the massive arena for shelter.</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              




     
    
    



              
          
              <p>However, Iloff told CP that there are currently about eight maintenance personnel inside the church who have been instructed to let anyone into the church who needs shelter. But to Iloff's knowledge, no one has come to the church seeking shelter.</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
              <p>&quot;They would have to swim to get there,&quot; he explained, adding that there is a flood shelter set up a couple miles from the church at the George R. Brown Convention Center.</p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
              <p><b><a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/joel-osteens-lakewood-church-staff-members-rescued-from-hurricane-harvey-flooding-197067/" target="_blank">Click to Read the Full Story at ChristianPost.com</a></b></p>
              
              
               
              
              
              


              
          
  
          
              
              


 

          
      
 
								
							</div>
							<div class="article-meta">
								




 

								
							</div>
							<footer class="article-footer">	
							   					
								




		                    	







								
 
					            
						            	



<div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain tablet-desktop"><div class="fox-ob-placement img-strip" data-article-placement="5" data-fbk="1" data-widget-id="AR_16"></div></div><!-- /outbrain -->
<div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain tablet-desktop"><div class="fox-ob-placement" data-article-placement="1" data-fbk="1" data-widget-id="AR_9"></div></div><!-- /outbrain -->

<div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain mobile">
    <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-widget-id="MB_3"></div>
</div>

<div class="vendor-unit vendor-yieldmo">
  <div class="ad-container mobile-tablet yieldmo">						
    <div class="ad cu" id="cu_article_4"></div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="vendor-unit vendor-yieldmo">
	<div class="ad-container yieldmo" id="cu_article_3"></div>
</div>




			           			
							</footer>								
						</div>						
						<aside class="sidebar sidebar-article sidebar-primary desktop">
							<div class="sticky-region">
								<div class="sidebar-columns">									
									<div class="ad section">

		
		


 	
    
    
        
    		
	    		
	    		
		    		
				    
					
					
						<div class="ad-container desktop">
						  <div class="ad gpt ad-h-250" data-ad-pos="desktop" data-ad-size="300x600,300x250" ></div>
						  
						</div>
					
					
		    	
		    
	

</div>


    
    
    
    <div class="embed-media advanced">
<div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain desktop">
<div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="" data-widget-id="AR_26" data-ob-template="foxnews" data-article-placement="9"></div>
</div>

<div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain desktop">
<div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="" data-widget-id="AR_14" data-ob-template="foxnews" data-article-placement="4"></div>
</div></div>        
    








    
    
    
		<section class="collection collection-trending">
       	 	<header class="heading">
            		<h4 class="title">Trending in U.S.</h4>
            </header>
            <div class="content">
	         	<ul>    
	         	
	            		 
	            		 	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
		 			 
				      <li>
					      	<article class="article story-">
							<div class="m">
								<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/16/florida-teacher-years-gun-violence-post-goes-viral-after-school-shooting.html">
									<picture>
										<source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/160/90/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/320/180/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/224/127/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/448/252/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/270/152/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">
										<img src="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/16/270/152/school-shooting-florida-021418.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="Kelly&#x20;Guthrie&#x20;Raley,&#x20;a&#x20;Teacher&#x20;of&#x20;the&#x20;Year&#x20;at&#x20;a&#x20;Florida&#x20;middle&#x20;school,&#x20;posted&#x20;a&#x20;Facebook&#x20;message&#x20;that&#x20;has&#x20;since&#x20;gone&#x20;viral&#x20;saying&#x20;parents&#x20;need&#x20;to&#x20;&ldquo;step&#x20;up&rdquo;&#x20;when&#x20;it&#x20;comes&#x20;to&#x20;their&#x20;kids&rsquo;&#x20;behavior.">
									</picture>
								</a>
							</div>
							<div class="info">
								<h5 class="title">
									<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/16/florida-teacher-years-gun-violence-post-goes-viral-after-school-shooting.html">Florida Teacher of the Year's gun violence post goes viral after school shooting</a>
								</h5>
							</div>
							</article>	   
				      </li>
				
	            		 
	            		 	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
		 			 
				      <li>
					      	<article class="article story-">
							<div class="m">
								<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/17/north-carolina-mom-begins-serving-jail-sentence-for-baptizing-daughter.html">
									<picture>
										<source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/160/90/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/320/180/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/224/127/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/448/252/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/270/152/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">
										<img src="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/270/152/kendra-stocks.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="A&#x20;North&#x20;Carolina&#x20;mom&#x20;has&#x20;started&#x20;serving&#x20;a&#x20;week-long&#x20;jail&#x20;sentence&#x20;for&#x20;getting&#x20;her&#x20;daughter&#x20;baptized,&#x20;according&#x20;to&#x20;reports.">
									</picture>
								</a>
							</div>
							<div class="info">
								<h5 class="title">
									<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/17/north-carolina-mom-begins-serving-jail-sentence-for-baptizing-daughter.html">North Carolina mom begins serving jail sentence for baptizing daughter</a>
								</h5>
							</div>
							</article>	   
				      </li>
				
	            		 
	            		 	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
		 			 
				      <li>
					      	<article class="article story-">
							<div class="m">
								<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/16/u-s-officials-visit-utah-man-in-venezuelan-jail-cite-health-concerns.html">
									<picture>
										<source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/160/90/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/320/180/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/224/127/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/448/252/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/270/152/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">
										<img src="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/06/270/152/josh-holt-wife.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="A&#x20;U.S.&#x20;State&#x20;Department&#x20;official&#x20;told&#x20;Fox&#x20;News&#x20;Friday&#x20;the&#x20;agency&#x20;remains&#x20;concerned&#x20;about&#x20;the&#x20;health&#x20;and&#x20;fate&#x20;of&#x20;a&#x20;Utah&#x20;man&#x20;who&#x20;has&#x20;been&#x20;jailed&#x20;in&#x20;Venezuela&#x20;since&#x20;2016&#x20;on&#x20;what&#x20;his&#x20;attorney&#x20;and&#x20;family&#x20;characterize&#x20;as&#x20;trumped&#x20;up&#x20;charges.">
									</picture>
								</a>
							</div>
							<div class="info">
								<h5 class="title">
									<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/16/u-s-officials-visit-utah-man-in-venezuelan-jail-cite-health-concerns.html">U.S. officials visit Utah man in Venezuelan jail, cite health concerns</a>
								</h5>
							</div>
							</article>	   
				      </li>
				
	            		 
	            		 	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
	            		 
		 			 
				      <li>
					      	<article class="article story-">
							<div class="m">
								<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/17/mother-who-had-nations-first-septuplets-dies-at-63.html">
									<picture>
										<source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/160/90/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/320/180/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/224/127/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, //a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/448/252/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x">
										<source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/270/152/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">
										<img src="//a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/content/dam/fox-news/images/2018/02/17/270/152/mom.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="The&#x20;mother&#x20;who&#x20;made&#x20;national&#x20;headlines&#x20;in&#x20;the&#x20;1980&rsquo;s&#x20;after&#x20;she&#x20;gave&#x20;birth&#x20;to&#x20;seven&#x20;children&#x20;has&#x20;died.&#x20;She&#x20;was&#x20;63.">
									</picture>
								</a>
							</div>
							<div class="info">
								<h5 class="title">
									<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/17/mother-who-had-nations-first-septuplets-dies-at-63.html">Mother who had the nation's first septuplets dies at 63</a>
								</h5>
							</div>
							</article>	   
				      </li>
				
				</ul>
			</div>
			
		</section>
    


		
		


 	
    
    
        
    		
	    		
	    		
		    		
						<div class="mobile-desktop">
					
				    
						<div class="ad-container mobile">
						  <div class="ad gpt ad-h-250" data-ad-pos="mobile" data-ad-size="300x251" ></div>
						  
						</div>
					
					
					
						<div class="ad-container desktop">
						  <div class="ad gpt ad-h-250" data-ad-pos="desktop" data-ad-size="300x251" ></div>
						  
						</div>
					
					
						</div>
				    
		    	
		    
	



		
		


 	
    
    
        
    		
	    		
	    			<div class="ad-container htu-container">
					  <div class="ad gpt ad-h-2" data-ad-pos="htu" data-ad-size="1x2" ></div>
					  
					</div>
	    		
	    		
		    
	



    
    
    
    <div class="embed-media advanced"><div class="vendor-unit vendor-outbrain desktop">
<div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="" data-widget-id="AR_22" data-ob-template="foxnews" data-article-placement="9"></div>
</div></div>        
    


													
							    </div>
							</div>
						</aside>												
		             </div>	
		             							
				</article>
			</main>	
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="post-content">
		

	</div>
</div>





	   	



    
       	
  		

<footer class="site-footer">
	<div class="footer-upper section-nav">
		<div class="inner">
					
<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/us.html">U.S.</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime.html">			Crime			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/military.html">			Military			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/education.html">			Education			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/terror.html">			Terror			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration.html">			Immigration			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/economy.html">			Economy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/us/personal-freedoms.html">			Personal Freedoms			</a>		</li>
   				
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/world.html">World</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/united-nations.html">			U.N.			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts.html">			Conflicts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/terrorism.html">			Terrorism			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/disasters.html">			Disasters			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/global-economy.html">			Global Economy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/environment.html">			Environment			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-religion.html">			Religion			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/world/scandals.html">			Scandals			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>			
				
<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics.html">Politics</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/executive.html">			Executive			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/senate.html">			Senate			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/house.html">			House			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/judiciary.html">			Judiciary			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/politics/foreign-policy.html">			Foreign policy			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/official-polls/index.html">			Polls			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections.html">			Elections			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment.html">Entertainment</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/index.html">			Celebrity News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/movies/index.html">			Movies			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tv/index.html">			TV News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/music/index.html">			Music News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/entertainment/style/index.html">			Style News			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/playlist/entertainment-latest-entertainment/">			Entertainment Video			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/">Business</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/markets.html">			Markets			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/politics.html">			Politics			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/category/technology.html">			Technology			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/features.html">			Features			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxbusiness.com/category/business-leaders.html">			Business Leaders			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.html">Lifestyle</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/food-drink.html">			Food + Drink			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/auto.html">			Cars + Trucks			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/travel.html">			Travel + Outdoors			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/real-estate.html">			House + Home			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/fitness-and-wellbeing.html">			Fitness + Well-being			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/style-and-beauty.html">			Style + Beauty			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/science.html">Science</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/archaeology.html">			Archaeology			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/air-and-space.html">			Air & Space			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth.html">			Planet Earth			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/wild-nature.html">			Wild Nature			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/natural-science.html">			Natural Science			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/science/archaeology/dinosaurs.html">			Dinosaurs			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/tech.html">Tech</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/security.html">			Security			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/innovation.html">			Innovation			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/technologies/drones.html">			Drones			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/computers.html">			Computers			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/video-games.html">			Video Games			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/military-tech.html">			Military Tech			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/health.html">Health</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    
	    
	
	    		<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living.html">			Healthy Living			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/medical-research.html">			Medical Research			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/mental-health.html">			Mental Health			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/cancer.html">			Cancer			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/heart-health.html">			Heart Health			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/childrens-health.html">			Children's Health			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/shows.html">TV</a>
		</h6>
	<ul>
    			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/shows.html">			Shows			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/person/personalities.html">			Personalities			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/v/1241186546001/?#sp=watch-live">			Watch Live			</a>		</li>
			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/playlist/episodic-most-recent-episodes/">			Full Episodes			</a>		</li> 
	    		
   			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/#sp=show-clips">			Show Clips			</a>		</li>
   			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//video.foxnews.com/#sp=news-clips">			News Clips			</a>		</li>
		</ul>
</nav>



<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			About		</h6>
	<ul>
	    			<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//careers.foxnews.com/">			Careers			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//careers.foxnews.com/students">			College Students			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/foxaroundtheworld/">			Fox Around the World			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//advertise.foxnews.com/">			Advertise With Us			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/privacy-policy/#ad-choice">			Ad Choices			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="mailto:newsmanager@foxnews.com">			Email Newsroom			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//press.foxnews.com/">			Media Relations			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>


<nav>
	<h6 class="nav-title">
			Other		</h6>
	<ul>
				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//insider.foxnews.com">			Fox News Insider			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/radio/">			Fox News Radio			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//nation.foxnews.com">			Fox Nation			</a>		</li>
				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnewsgo.com/">			Fox News Go			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/alerts/subscribe.html">			Newsletters			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/newsletter-signup/alerts">			Alerts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/podcasts/">			Podcasts			</a>		</li>
   				<li class="nav-item">
			<a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/apps-downloads">			Apps & Products			</a>		</li>
   		
		</ul>
</nav>
		</div>
	</div>
	
	<div class="footer-lower">
	   <div class="social-icons">
	      <ul>
	         <li class="fb"><a href="//www.facebook.com/FoxNews">Facebook</a></li>
	         <li class="tw"><a href="//twitter.com/foxnews">Twitter</a></li>
	         <li class="flipboard"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@FoxNews">Flipboard</a></li>
	         <li class="gp"><a href="//www.google.com/+FoxNews">Google+</a></li>
	         <li class="ig"><a href="//www.instagram.com/foxnews">Instagram</a></li>
	         <li class="rss"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/rss/index.html">RSS</a></li>
	         <li class="email"><a href="//www.foxnews.com/alerts/subscribe.html">Email</a></li>
	      </ul>
	   </div>
	   <div class="branding"><a class="logo" href="//www.foxnews.com">Fox News</a></div>
	   <div class="legal">
	      <ul>
	         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a></li>
	         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/about/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li>
	         <li><a href="//www.foxnews.com/closed-captioning">Closed Captioning Policy</a></li>
	         <li><a href="//help.foxnews.com/index.html">Help</a></li>
	      </ul>
	      <p class="copyright">This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. &copy;2018 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.</p>
	   </div>
	   
	</div>
</footer>      
    



	    



<noscript>
    <img src="http://metrics.foxnews.com/b/ss/foxnews/1/H22.1--NS/1507844781474?pageName=us:subsection:article&g=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html" style="display:none;" width="0" height="0" border="0" alt="">
    <img src="//secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=us-801796h&amp;cg=0&amp;cc=1&amp;si=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html&amp;ts=noscript&amp;rnd=1507844781474" style="display:none;" width="0" height="0" border="0" alt="">
    <img src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=9013181&c3=&c4=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/joel-osteens-church-staff-rescued-from-texas-floods-as-critics-blast-lack-outreach.html&c5=&c6=&c15=&cv=2.2&cj=1" style="display:none;" width="0" height="0" border="0" alt="">
</noscript>

	     <script type="text/javascript"> (function(FNC){ if (FNC.Loader) { FNC.Loader.init(); } }(window.FNC || {})); </script>	    
    </div>    
</body>

</html>