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The Hillsong Young & Free group, formed in 2012 in Australia, is signed to that label: they perform worship services in Hillsong Church and they have recorded two live albums. The “Hillsong Music Australia” label promotes the contemporary worship music that Hillsong Church is famous for. Hillsong Church even has its own music label – and a music group. Everyone loves a good show, and Hillsong followers are no exception, be it in Los Angeles or Kiev.ģ. The services and worships are often held in large venues used for concerts and resemble elaborate music performances more so than traditional religious services. Although the flagship church is in Australia, and celebrities have been seen flying into Sydney for conferences there, if you want to attend a service, you may not have to leave the comfort of your own country. Moscow, Tel Aviv and Kiev are also on the list. Norway has five locations and the UK has seven, while the US has only six. On their website, Hillsong states the locations of their churches in 19 countries on five continents. Why? Beautiful musicians in the leadership. He founded a Christian Life Centre, which would go on to become Hillsong Church under his son’s leadership.Ģ. While the website claims it was founded by Brian Houston in 1983 in Australia, the church has roots that go to Brian’s father, William “Frank” Houston, who was a Pentecoastal Christian pastor in Australia and New Zealand. He added that the struggles of church members over its recent controversies “keep me awake at night.Here are five things you might not know about Hillsong Church: Many, many people who are gay come to Hillsong Church.” And so at this point, we're still a conservative one on the subject of active gay relationship, et cetera. But unfortunately, as a pastor, you don't represent what you think. “I don't have any personal bias at all against gay or lesbian people. “I want us to get better a the way we communicate and embrace and work with people who are gay,” Houston said. Some gay members have said they had difficult experiences in the church and felt suicidal. I just think we have to grow into ourselves.”Īnother controversy for Hillsong has been its alleged treatment of LGBTQ people as a conservative, evangelical church. “If it's true that people have been treated badly or that people have been bullied, I am 100% committed to moving that out of our church.”Īsked if the church’s problems stem from it becoming too large - it boasts locations in 28 countries and 150,000 weekly global visitors - Houston explained, “I'm not sure a church can be too big.
“In my mind, if one person is treated badly, that's one too many,” he continued. “(This season in the church) has been difficult, clearly, because of a lot of disappointment in some of the things that have emerged,” Houston said. Multiple former congregants have told TODAY that volunteers were overworked. A letter to the New York location's leadership from 2018 has also surfaced, alleging abusive behavior by church leaders. Other recent controversies for the church have included a senior Hillsong staffer in New Jersey resigning in April over an inappropriate message on social media, and the same month, its Dallas branch closing.
“On one level, if people say Carl was like me, I'd see it as a compliment because (he’s an) incredibly gifted guy, but on another level, I don't think Carl really is anything like me,” Houston said, adding, “I am ultimately responsible. Savannah then questioned whether Houston should've intervened with Hillsong's leadership prior to early November. But having said that, there were leadership issues that I believe included lying, included what I would call narcissistic behavior."Īsked when he first noticed Lentz exhibiting this behavior, Houston replied, "I've had concerns and many conversations over the years with Carl." There's a lot of things I miss about Carl. "It does to a degree, for sure," Houston responded. "People described Carl Lentz as somewhat aloof and removed from the actual ministry. He later revealed in a statement that he had cheated on his wife, Laura, of 17 years. Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz was fired in early November. Houston also addressed what he believed went wrong with the celebrity pastor, who was fired in November for "moral failures" and "breaches of trust," as a statement from Houston put it at the time. Last year, Lentz admitted he cheated on his wife of 17 years after he was fired as lead pastor of the church's New York City location.
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