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told NBC News’ “Today” in his first interview reflecting on the Australia-based institution’s rocky last year. After Carl Lentz —Justin Bieber’s ex-pastor pal and the former head of Hillsong’s NY branch — was fired for cheating on his wife in November, a tidal wave of allegations emerged against the multinational house of God.Houston, 67, now admits that despite the turmoil Lentz’s impropriety caused for Hillsong, he still misses the man.“Carl was Carl. He’s a unique character.

Laura Lentz is breaking her silence.

Laura Lentz, the wife of former Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz, finally broke her silence following the sex scandal that cost her husband’s job — and she did so on their 18th wedding anniversary!

Carl Lentz‘s wife Laura Lentz has spoken out for the first time since the former Hillsong pastor was fired from the church amid a cheating scandal. She marked their 18th wedding anniversary on May 5 with a lengthy Instagram caption, accompanied by a snap of palm trees against a blue sky.

the pair was fired from the megachurch due to his infidelity. “I have looked at these palm trees everyday for the past few months & there are many symbolic meanings to these amazing trees,” Laura Lentz, 40, begins the meandering Instagram caption on a shot of palm trees and a sunny sky, posted on May 5 — the couple’s 18th wedding anniversary.

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Hillsong Church is back in the news once again — and just like last time, it’s for all the wrong reasons.

interview with GQ, the pop superstar opened up about how he feels when pastors let fame go to their heads.“I think so many pastors put themselves on this pedestal,” the devout songwriter, 27, told the publication without making a direct reference to Carl Lentz, the disgraced former Hillsong megachurch pastor who Bieber once counted among his best friends.

temporarily served as lead pastor for Hillsong’s NYC branch in the wake of Carl Lentz’s adulterous fall from grace — is leaving and embarking for sunnier shores, to set up his own religious institution in Hawaii. “My family and I will be moving to Hawaii in August, where I will begin the process of planting a local church close to where my brother lives with his beautiful wife and little boy,” Termini, 38, said in an Instagram post Thursday, before launching into praise for Hillsong founders

firing of adulterous NYC superstar pastor Carl Lentz — which exposed rifts across the church, fraud accusations and congregant allegations of abuse — Hillsong’s senior pastor and co-founder Brian Houston has for the first time publicly said that he’s sorry for it.His apology was made in conjunction with the release of changes the Australia-based institution plans to make at its East Coast branches following an independent investigation, launched after news of Lentz’s affair broke in

It seems like Carl Lentz dragged the whole of Hillsong Church down with him amidst his infidelity scandal.

resignation announcement.As a result of growth, Houston continued, Gary Clarke and his wife will begin helping with “the global side” and “invest[ing] into the pastors.”Clarke has been with Hillsong for over two decades and claims to have healed lepers, the deaf and people with polio through prayer alone, the Daily Mail reported in 2019.

The Post’s exposé on the megachurch pastors’ funding their luxury lifestyles with tithing money, former NYC lead pastor Esther Houston — wife of Hillsong founders Brian and Bobbie Houston’s eldest son, Joel — has seemingly erased her internet presence.

EXCLUSIVE: Hillsong, the church that has had celebrity worshippers including Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Selena Gomez, has been mired in scandal after its New York pastor Carl Lentz admitted an extramarital affair last year.

for adultery.

$20 million lawsuit against the church, as well as The Post’s reporting on alleged misuse of tithing money by pastors at the Australia-based institution’s American branches.“If anyone out there is even interested. Hillsong is NOT being sued for 20 million dollars.

slave labor” and homophobia, ex-congregants and staff are now claiming that pastors used tithe money to help fuel their decadent lifestyles. At Hillsong NYC, many pastors frequently splurged on fancy restaurant meals, designer clothes and weekly manicures while living in the same Kent Avenue Williamsburg high-rise and zipping around the neighborhood on ATVs, disgusted former members told The Post.

Yet another set of high-profile pastors have quietly left scandal–ridden Hillsong Church and wiped their social-media profiles of photos during their time there, indicating a mass exodus at the once-popular megachurch. Desiree Noel Robertson, 39, and Blaze C.

Setting the record straight. Justin Bieber is clearing the air after rumors swirled that he’s studying to become the newest pastor of Hillsong Church in the wake of Carl Lentz‘s November 2020 firing.

Setting the record straight. After Justin Bieber’s Hillsong Church pastor’s cheating scandal, the 26-year-old “Intentions” singer revealed that he is no longer a member of the celebrity-famous megachurch.

scandalized megachurch Hillsong under unclear circumstances. Reed Bogard, 38, and his wife Jess Bogard, 35, the lead pastors of the Australia-based institution’s Dallas branch, are stepping away from the once celebrity-beloved international worship chain after over a decade of employment there. “Hey church, hope you’re doing well,” Reed says in a cutaway clip included in an hourlong Sunday sermon recorded live this weekend.

refute claims that he had entered the ministry at the controversial Hillsong Church, whose celebrity pastor Carl Lentz was recently ousted after revelations of alleged adultery. “IM NOT STUDYING TO BE A MINISTER OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO THAT,” he wrote, in all caps, in his “stories” on Instagram, over the top of a screenshot of a Page Six headline last week.

Justin Bieber is opening up about his faith.

Justin Bieber is firing back at a report claiming he is studying to be a minister at the Hillsong church.

From the looks of this news, it appears Justin Bieber is ready to take the next step on his path towards spiritual fulfillment!

Ex-pastor Carl Lentz couldn’t have picked a better time to be excommunicated from Hillsong Church, as many former members of the religious institution are now accusing it of “slave labor”!

until recently celebrity-beloved institution told The Post in response to an exposé on former members, who called the Australia-born temple chain a “cult” and claimed they were made to perform unpaid “slave labor” while a part of it. “We were very concerned to learn that any church member, volunteer or staff member would feel unsafe.

The drama continues as more skeletons emerge from Carl Lentz’s closet…