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Televangelism is a popular sub-format that usually features sermons by television hosts like Pat Robertson of Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, author Joyce Meyer, and preachers including Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston, the televangelism sub-format can also include radio rebroadcasts including those of Bishop T. D. Jakes of The Potter's House Church in Dallas and Pastor Skip Heitzig of Calvary Chapel in Albuquerque. During the late 1990s to the early 2000s, Jakes along with pastors Eddie L. Long and Creflo Dollar had three of the largest churches and television audiences in America. While there are many benefits to this popular sub-format, there are criticisms of the use of it for capitalistic gains, including a senate probe that led to an investigation of six televangelists.