Whitey Ford
03-25-2022, 02:39 AM
Hillsong Atlanta pastor announces resignation in wake of scandals surrounding global church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmWOttcAhco
Sam Collier, the first-ever African American lead pastor of a Hillsong church, has announced he is stepping down from his position as a slew of scandals continue to surround the church and its founder, Brian Houston.
He told CP the church aimed to be a “multicultural, spirit-filled and theologically astute church” — one that models unity in a desperately divided time in history.
It was revealed that Houston, who had initially stepped down from the church's boards last September after he was charged with “concealing child sex offenses,” had violated the church’s pastoral code of conduct by entering the hotel room of an unidentified woman for 40 minutes while under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs during the church’s annual conference in 2019.
But other high-profile sexual misconduct scandals have plagued the megachurch and its campuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2020 firing of Carl Lentz, who led Hillsong Church in New York City, over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hillsong-atlanta-pastor-announces-resignation.html?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmWOttcAhco
Sam Collier, the first-ever African American lead pastor of a Hillsong church, has announced he is stepping down from his position as a slew of scandals continue to surround the church and its founder, Brian Houston.
He told CP the church aimed to be a “multicultural, spirit-filled and theologically astute church” — one that models unity in a desperately divided time in history.
It was revealed that Houston, who had initially stepped down from the church's boards last September after he was charged with “concealing child sex offenses,” had violated the church’s pastoral code of conduct by entering the hotel room of an unidentified woman for 40 minutes while under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs during the church’s annual conference in 2019.
But other high-profile sexual misconduct scandals have plagued the megachurch and its campuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2020 firing of Carl Lentz, who led Hillsong Church in New York City, over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hillsong-atlanta-pastor-announces-resignation.html?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated