Tyler Perry is sticking by his friend Joel Osteen.

Yep, the movie mogul has donate 250,000 dollars to the Houston based pastor, who was criticized after not opening his Lakewood Church for evacuees seeking shelter.

Perry said he knows there has been some controversy surround his friend, but he went on to call Joel and Victoria amazing people… adding that there is no way they would lock people out of the church and not let them in for shelter. Perry said there were some safety concerns and he’s sending the money to make sure they can get all of the supplies people need because that’s the kind of Osteen is.

Perry is also donating a quarter million to Beyonce’s pastor… who founded the Houston non profit Bread of Life.

And he’s not stopping there.

Tyler is still trying to decide which groups to give 500,000 dollars to because he wants to make sure it gets to the right people to help the most.

As we’ve reported before… Hollywood continues to help Houston.