Hurricane Harvey has dumped over thirty inches of pelting throughout parts of southeast Texas since it made landfall Fri evening.
In the wake of this natural disaster dozens of Houston-area churches, schools together with community centers own got opened their doors to offering temporary shelter to survivors
However, the 54-year-old's 17,000-seat Lakewood Church inwards Houston isn't opening its doors because floodwaters won't let it, according to the televangelist.
He posted an official contestation on Facebook that it was 'inaccessible due to severe flooding.'
The postal service began with: 'Our hearts are breaking as nosotros run across the images of the harm together with devastation inwards our urban kernel together with the surrounding areas from Hurricane Harvey.
'We are praying for everyone’s security inwards Houston together with Texas. As a community nosotros tin aid each other top through this storm.
'We appreciate your prayers, both for our urban kernel together with for Lakewood Church. We are working diligently alongside the urban kernel of Houston to mobilize our many volunteers at shelters to a greater extent than or less the urban kernel also as diverse other points of necessitate inwards together with to a greater extent than or less the Houston area.’
Social media users tell the pastor - who has an estimated cyberspace worth northward of $50 1000000 - could aid past times allowing thousands to shelter inwards his megachurch.
The tempest together with ensuing flooding own got left at to the lowest degree 300,000 people without ability together with roughly 30,000 displaced to temporary shelters.
Thousands of people were nevertheless awaiting rescue as of Mon night.
His thoughtful wishes on social media weren't good received past times users who blasted him for simply sending out prayers together with thoughts rather than offering to donate money.
'You own got taken together with then much coin away from your people to alive similar a king,' amusement publicist Danny Deraney said. 'It’s the to the lowest degree you lot could do.’
Writer together with reporter Eoin Higgins wrote on Twitter: 'Nice of @JoelOsteen to opened upward his 16,000 spot mega church building inwards Houston to flooring victims. Lol jk he's non doing that.'
DailyMail