Houston sent “inappropriate text messages” to one staff member, and that several years later he spent time alone in a hotel room with a woman who attended the church’s annual conference in Sydney.
The church’s investigation found that Mr. The current upheaval at the church “is a very big deal and will have ramifications not just for Hillsong, but for contemporary evangelism around the world,” he said. “I can’t think of a church in the English-speaking Western world with as broad a global reach as Hillsong,” said Ed Stetzer, the executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center in Illinois.
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The departures are partly the fallout from a series of crises - most recently the sudden resignation of its charismatic founder - that have left the church with a tarnished reputation and instability that pastors say they found increasingly difficult to endure. locations are in the Northeast and in California, meaning Hillsong no longer has a major presence between the coasts. star Kevin Durant attended services one of the church’s worship bands won a Grammy Award and the church produced soaring anthems that became staples in smaller churches that imitated its sounds, style, and Instagram-friendly aesthetic. Hillsong translated the charismatic church experience, which emphasizes miracles and personal encounters with the Holy Spirit, for a hip, upscale audience. Just a few years ago, Hillsong was the leading edge of cool Christianity, a quickly expanding network that appealed to young people and city dwellers with energetic, stylish preachers and an upbeat atmosphere.
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