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The church was thrown into the spotlight with the November 2020 firing of former pastor Carl Lentz relating to infidelity and other areas of misconduct. [4] The annual Hillsong Conferences was held for the first time in New York in 2013, and annually since, [5] using Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with a seating capacity of 17,000.
Stephen Carl Lentz (born November 6, 1978 [1]) is an American former celebrity pastor who was also a spiritual advisor to celebrities such as Justin Bieber. [2] He was the lead pastor of Hillsong NYC until November 4, 2020, when he was fired by Hillsong Global Pastor Brian Houston for "leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures."
Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a charismatic Christian megachurch and a Christian association of churches based in Australia. The original church was established in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, as Hills Christian Life Centre by Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie Houston, in 1983.
Lentz co-founded and served as the head pastor at Hillsong NYC -- an offshoot of the original Australian megachurch -- from 2010-2020, eventually becoming something of a star in his own right as A ...
He has led worship at two of Hillsong New York City's Focus Nights alongside the Hillsong team as well as sung and written new songs on Hillsong United's album Aftermath including singing on the title track. He helped lead worship at one of the many Hillsong extension services. As of 2019, he no longer publicly identifies as a Christian.
Brian Charles Houston was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 February 1954. [3] [4] His parents, Frank and Hazel, were then Salvation Army officers.When Houston was three his parents joined the Assemblies of God in New Zealand and began pastoring a church in Lower Hutt, near Wellington, [5]: 62 where Houston and his brother and three sisters spent their childhood.
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This Is Our God is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church.It was recorded live at the Acer Arena on 9 March 2008 by Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech, and the Hillsong Live Worship team with a crowd of over 10,000 worshippers.