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Feel good. Make money. Oh, and praise God. Andrew Buncombe joins the
congregation
Published: 13 August 2005
Here are lights flashing, there is music pumping, there is dry ice
fogging the air and everywhere you look there are people on their feet,
clapping enthusiastically. There are people all around - to the front,
to the sides, behind, above, below. People. More than you can count.
People everywhere. Suddenly, amid all of this, on the stage in front, a
full band emerges from a sunken riser, rocking out and swaying as the
people clap and whoop. There is a choir dressed in purple and blue and
they are clapping and swaying as well. It's 8.30 on a Sunday morning
and we are here to praise the Lord.
"We know that God has good things in store for you. How many of you are
ready to worship the Lord?" asks the young, besuited pastor, Joel
Osteen, who takes to the stage with his wife, Victoria. The mighty roar
of noise from the people indicates that we all are.
Andrew Buncombe
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