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Stephen Carl Lentz (born November 6, 1978 [1]) is an American podcaster [2] and former pastor who was also a spiritual advisor to celebrities such as Justin Bieber. [3] 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."
On 24 March 2022, Sam Collier, the lead pastor of Hillsong Atlanta, established less than a year earlier, resigned, citing the ongoing scandals and allegations towards senior figures in Hillsong church. Collier was the first African-American pastor to lead a Hillsong church. He announced plans to establish his own church. [200]
Brian Charles Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən; born 17 February 1954) is a New Zealand-Australian former pastor and evangelist.He was the founder and senior pastor at Hillsong Church, based in Sydney with locations around the world.
The founder of Hillsong Church said he had concerns for years about Carl Lentz, the pastor who was fired from the megachurch last year due in part to "moral failures." ... Lentz was the lead ...
In 2022, Hillsong founder Brian Houston, a mentor of Carl's, resigned after an internal investigation found he had breached the church's code of conduct by behaving inappropriately toward two ...
Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz, known for his friendship with Justin Bieber, was fired from his position at the Christian mega-church for suspected “leadership issues.” Justin Bieber and ...
Morgan serves as Hillsong's worship pastor, replacing Darlene Zschech in 2008. Originally, alongside Marty Sampson, he was asked by Zschech to start a youth worship band for the church which is now known as Hillsong United. He has written the majority of Hillsong's newer songs and is also the Worship Pastor at Hillsong London.
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.