Most recently, Joel Osteenās Houston megachurch made headlines after it was reported that Lakewood Church received $4.4 million in federal PPP loans.
Of the 46 churches KSAT found in data provided by the SBA, nine received somewhere between $2-5 million in PPP loans, including seven in the Houston area.
In San Antonio, the Catholic Archdiocese and Catholic Charities each received PPP loans between $1-2 million along with Concordia Lutheran Church and Oak Hills Church.
A CBS report from May also notes that more than 12,000 Catholic churches in the U.S. applied for PPP loans ā and 9,000 got them.
KSAT compiled a list of Texas churches that received loans between $1-5 million.