Hillsong Church Pastor Carl Lentz Fired for "Moral Failures" - Admits Infidelity

[essentialsaltes]

Carl Lentz, a so-called pastor to the stars who baptized singer Justin Bieber in 2014, was fired Wednesday by Hillsong Church for reasons including what the megachurch called “moral failures.”

On Thursday, Lentz apologized for cheating on his wife and letting down those who looked to him for spiritual leadership.

 

[Gifts From Above]

I’m not a big fan of Hillsong. They are the mouthpiece of pop Christian culture. Jesus on the other hand says that the road is narrow.

 

[Carl Emerson]

Gal 6:

1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.…

 

[bèlla]

That's unfortunate and I hope he can reconcile with his wife. Ministering to the wealthy isn't easy. Many fall by the wayside. The temptations are great.

Yours in His Service,

~Bella

 

[SigurdReginson]

I'm not too surprised. I remember a Joe Rogan podcast a while back that showed him walking around with his pants low and looking like this...

Yah...

 

[essentialsaltes]

Now Hillsong Dallas has shut down.

Hillsong to ‘pause’ operations at Dallas campus, citing leadership failures

In early January, Reed and Jess Bogard, the lead pastors of the Dallas location, abruptly resigned in a streaming Sunday morning service.

The Bogards had been a part of the Hillsong NYC team under Lentz’s [guy in OP] leadership before moving to Dallas and launching the church there. Multiple media reports have painted a picture of money mismanagement at Hillsong NYC, including the funding of “luxurious lifestyles” for its leaders. At the time, Reed Bogard was reportedly the head of finance.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Carl Lentz allegedly ‘caused’ mental illness in multiple staff, volunteers; opens up about affairs: report

As he wooed celebrities like Justin Bieber to cultivate an image of success and help elevate the global Hillsong Church brand in the United States, Carl Lentz ruled the Hillsong NYC church he started in Manhattan in 2010 with a degree of manipulation so ruthless multiple staff and volunteers allege that he caused them to suffer mental illness, according to depositions in a report obtained by The Christian Post.

The report, titled “Internal Investigation Report Regarding Carl Lentz and Other Matters,” is the result of an internal investigation conducted on behalf of Hillsong Church by the New York City law firm Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP, after Lentz’s firing in November 2020 over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife, Laura.

The details in the 51-page report allege, among other things, a mishandling of the spiritual care of a vulnerable parishioner with an eating disorder who eventually died, and multiple incidents of consensual or non-consensual sexual interaction between church leaders and congregants, staff, volunteers, or non-churchgoers. It presents an unflattering view of Lentz as a lying, massage-loving, adulterer who presided over a congregation in which he did as he pleased in a hierarchy where he seemingly answered to no one.

 

[Ringo84]

Pleasantly surprised, once again, at the demonstration of shame and humility here. I was beginning to wonder if people in public-facing jobs (like politicians and national religious leaders) had the capacity for shame anymore.
Ringo

 

[Zoii]

Yes Hillsong has been dogged by sexual misconduct while ts founder covered up his father's paedophilia,

 

[Tinker Grey]

Gotta watch that "massage-loving".