Hillsong

"Citing the denomination’s rapid growth and a desire to make way for younger leadership and a more effective organizational structure, Hillsong Church Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston announced Sunday that he and his wife, Bobbie, have decided to transition away from their leadership role." - C.Post

Brian Houston: "“We are particularly grieved that, in many cases, inaccurate accounts in these stories have been reported as if they are true. Hillsong Church strongly refutes that our culture casually allows for such gross misuse of church funds." - CPost

"Grace City Church, a fast-growing Hillsong Family church in Lakeland, Florida... announced that it would ask members to wear masks after the church’s husband and wife team of lead pastors revealed they had been infected with the new coronavirus." - CPost

"Marty Sampson, the worship music writer who recently revealed he is 'genuinely losing' his faith, clarified that while he hasn’t 'renounced' his Christianity, it’s nevertheless on 'incredibly shaky ground.'" - Christian Post

"Many seemingly progressive churches seem so only because they are young. Their theology is actually fairly conservative, but it dresses up in leather leggings and cool hats." - Vox

60 Minutes: Hillsong Church founder under police investigation over handling of father's sex crimes

ACCC: The rise of Hillsong music illustrates that much of today’s evangelical church has chosen to “tickle and delight the ear,” provoking God’s displeasure. Their syncretization of the world’s music with “Christian” themes yields a diluted gospel message, exposes the abandonment of biblical separation, grieves the Holy Spirit, and embraces the enemy of Christ in an unequal yoke.

Grace to You: If you get the doctrine of man wrong, you can’t help but get the gospel wrong, too . . . That was exactly what we experienced during our visits to Hillsong Los Angeles, where the biblical view of man has been discarded and replaced with something far more palatable to a therapeutic, self-centered culture.