According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Hillsong pulled in “tax-free revenues of nearly $80 million in Australia” in 2014, and “more than $100 million internationally.” As you may have deduced from those figures, the church does not count personal enrichment as a sin, nor does Lentz. Lentz is arguably most famous for his ties to Justin Bieber and other Evangelical celebs.Ī flashy, label-loving minister, Lentz has been described by GQ as a “hypepriest.” Until last week, he presided over Hillsong East Coast, the New York City headquarters of an Australian megachurch that has proved wildly lucrative for its top lieutenants. Here’s what we know about the Hillsong situation so far. Yet that admission tells us very little about the scenario that spurred his ouster, and unsurprisingly, tabloids have rushed to fill in the gaps. Finally, after interminable hours of waiting and wondering and speculating and pacing, an answer to the question keeping the nation on tenterhooks: What ambiguous “ moral failings” led to the firing of “rock-star pastor” Carl Lentz from Hillsong Pentecostal megachurch last week? Was it a “soft” stance on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues, or his acceptance of the Black Lives Matter movement, as some have suggested on our favorite celebrity gossip platform Deux Moi? A rumored penchant for partying, hard? An embarrassment of abs (see below)?Īll good guesses, but no! According to Lentz himself, the problem was that he was “unfaithful in marriage,” per a statement posted to Instagram on November 5.
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