“At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn't allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn't do anything with my classmates.”

American Charismatic Christian author and speaker

Pauline Joyce Meyer is an American Charismatic Christian author and speaker, and the president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Her work is associated with the ministry based near Fenton, Missouri, outside St. Louis. She is known for her Christian teaching and public speaking through that ministry. Her name is closely tied to its leadership and to the message she presents from that platform.