Mega church leader Joel Osteen told Oprah Winfrey that he believes gay people will be accepted into Heaven, even though homosexuality is a 'sin.' 'Now we encourage people to be able to change and grow...but I think it's going to be open to us,' he explained. Osteen has previously said that he would attend a same-sex marriage but wouldn't officiate it, adding, 'we're all growing, we're all changing.' 'Somebody who has a certain difficulty now, maybe they won't in five years. You know, one of the messages I speak to is, you can love people into wholeness.' .