Nearly 50 Texas churches received $1 million or more in PPP loans
Data from the Small Business Administration shows which churches received the loans
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Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church, stands with his wife, Victoria Osteen, as he conducts a service at his church. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (2017 Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO – Data from the Small Business Administration shows that at least 46 Texas churches received $1 million or more in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program.
The federal program, known as PPP, was designed as an incentive for small businesses to keep workers on the payroll after the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic which shuttered doors to businesses around the world.
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reported that Osteen’s Lakewood Church was granted $4.4M in Paycheck Protection Program bailouts. The loan was the third-highest in the Houston area during the entirety of July and August. According to spokesman Donald Iloff, the funds were divided between 368 full- and part-time employees. He cited the lack of in-person church service between March 15 through Oct. 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason the church was not able to collect donations.
“Believing the shutdown would only last a few weeks, Lakewood did not initially apply for PPP assistance during the first half of the program,” Iloff said in a statement according to the outlet. “However, as the shutdown persisted month after month, given the economic uncertainty, Lakewood finally applied for the PPP loan and has been able to provide full salaries and benefits including health insurance coverage to all of its employees and their families.”
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