Warner's Faith Pays Off Who is Joel Osteen, the fall Warner Faith author we mentioned yesterday in Lunch Deluxe whose book went to No. 1 at Wal-mart.com on pre-orders alone? He's the pastor at Houston's Lakewood Church, considered the largest and among the fastest growing congregations in the country with over 25,000 people attending services every weekend. The publishers says it's his weekly television program that propelled the early interest in the book. His show goes out on six cable networks, including ABC Family, BET, Trinity Broadcasting and the Daystar Television Network. Plus, later this month he will be carried every Sunday on the Discover Channel as well.
Meanwhile, a brand-new release from Warner Faith has also had a strong opening. Fundamentalist Christian minister Michael Evans' "The American Prophecies: Ancient Scriptures Reveal Our Nation's Future" was No. 1 at both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com at times yesterday, and debuts at No. 10 on the New York Times extended bestseller list in the hardcover advice category.
A description from Amazon indicates that "he believes that God wants Israel to have full control of the West Bank and Gaza, and Americans are risking God's wrath by not fully supporting this biblical mandate. Evans also theorizes that much of America's problems--including the attack of 9-11--are indications of God's fury over America's split allegiance between the two famous descendents of Abraham: Ishmael and Isaac."
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