Joni Lamb

Joni Lamb (born July 19, 1960) is a Christian broadcaster and the co-founder, president, and executive producer of the Daystar Television Network. She has been involved with Christian television since the mid-1980s and is known for her work with her late husband, Marcus Lamb, with Daystar.

Joni Lamb
Born	Joni Trammell (1960-07-19) July 19, 1960 (age 65) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Spouses	Marcus Lamb ​ ​ (m. 1982; died 2021)​ Dr. Doug Weiss ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	3
Church	Christianity (Pentecostal)
Congregations served	Co-founder of Daystar Network
Offices held	President of Daystar Network

Early life

Lamb was born as Joni Trammell on July 19, 1960. Her family lived in Greenville, South Carolina through her formative years. Her family were members of the Tremont Avenue Church of God, where Marcus Lamb ministered as a visiting preacher during a revival. The couple met each other at her home church and were married two years later, in 1982. They traveled for the next few years, visiting churches as evangelists. Then, in 1984, they settled in Montgomery, Alabama where they purchased a full power television station and began teaching the Bible on broadcast television. This continued until 1990, when the couple moved to Dallas and formed another station in the larger Texas market. By 1998, they had raised the funds necessary to start Daystar.^[1][2]

Personal life

Joni and Marcus Lamb had three children:^[3] Jonathan Lamb,^[4] Rachel Lamb Brown,^[5] and Rebecca Lamb Weiss.^[6]

In 2010, Marcus admitted to having an extramarital affair.^[7] In 2021, Marcus died at the age 64 from COVID-19 complications.^[8]

On June 10, 2023, Joni Lamb married Dr. Doug Weiss.^[9] Weiss is a television co-host who specializes in sex addiction and recovery and who has been accused of filing questionable tax information.^[10][11][12]

Daystar programming

Joni Table Talk

Lamb hosts her self-titled half-hour program Joni Table Talk (initially titled Joni) each weekday on Daystar. The format of the show is typically a round table discussion with other ministers, singers and celebrities discussing a wide range of topics that combine contemporary cultural issues and the Christian faith. In 2004, the show was awarded as the Best Television Talk Show by the National Religious Broadcasters.^[13][14]

Ministry Now!

Lamb co-hosts the Daystar flagship program Ministry Now! (previously called, Marcus and Joni and initially titled Celebration). The hour-long program is broadcast five days a week on their Daystar network. Joni's children share host duties and discuss news related to the network, ministry, and issues of interest to the Christian faith with daily guest(s). Joni and her daughters sing with the Daystar Singers during the Daystar program.^[15][14]

Controversies

On-air comments

Lamb has stated that "thousands" of people "have come out of homosexuality" and "may be the most discriminated people in the world today." She has claimed homosexuality is "ungodly" and that "God cannot bless you and you cannot fulfill your destiny while you are operating within the realm of homosexuality."^[16]

In 2012, Lamb stated, "“if you live in America and you understand that we are a Christian society then you can't be offended by [people's right to free speech], or you shouldn’t live here.”^[17]

Lamb has commented on her television program about being against vaccinations and spoke out on what she believed was voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.^[18]

In 2024, Lamb's son Jonathan accused her of covering up a family member's alleged sexual assault of Jonathan's then-5-year-old daughter. Lamb fired Jonathan from Daystar Network just days before the allegations became public.^[19]