KANYE West, Mariah Carey and Tyler Perry will join pastor Joel Osteen for his Texas megachurch’s virtual Easter Sunday service, The Sun can confirm.

The superstar trio will practice social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic and call-in remotely to join the famous preacher during Lakewood Church’s April 12 sermon.

Kanye, 42, Mariah, 50 and Tyler, 50, will join the online service to spread messages of hope to the church’s massive audience – which regularly gets over 50,000 in-person attendees each week.

The Grammy winning We Belong Together singer will sing her 1993 hit Hero as part of a special tribute to honor COVID-19 workers.

According to TMZ, the pop diva will pay tribute via webcam to medical professionals and first responders on the frontline of the ongoing global pandemic.

The Madea franchise actor is not scheduled to sing but will offer some words of wisdom during the broadcast that will stream on the Lakewood Church website.

The Jesus is King rapper is reportedly set to sing worship music with his Sunday Service choir from his home in Los Angeles.

Kanye’s team are said to abide by the current social distancing protocol during the performance and will stay apart.

It has not yet been confirmed if these performances will be aired live or pre-recorded.

The “Hope is Alive” event will livestream on the church’s website for an 8:30am and 11am service as well as an evening one at 7pm.

Kanye previously visited the church in November 2019 to preach on-stage with Joel to his large crowd.

The duo have grown a close friendship ever since with Joel telling Good Morning America in December:

“You know, Kanye’s had a turn of events in the last year or so, and I got a text from him, and we just struck up a conversation and a friendship.

"And he was going to be in Houston for an event and I thought, ‘Hey, you wanna come by the church?’ And so it all came together.’”

He then said the strong connection with Kanye just “felt right.”

Kanye has been open about his recent religious journey and released his Christian-inspired album Jesus is King last September.

Since January 2019, the Stronger musician has hosted weekly religious services in Calabasas and across the country.

He reportedly wants to take the show international in 2020 after drawing huge crowds at Coachella last year.

The father-of-four's expansion efforts will focus on Europe and Africa later this year.

Yeezus’ Sunday Services have been attended by wife Kim Kardashian, 39, along with the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan.

While the services are non-denominational – with the idea to communicate love – the musician said he is heavily inspired by Black Christian churches.

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