Hillsong Church

Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley have been appointed as the new global senior pastors of Hillsong Church after serving as interims following Hillsong founder Brian Houston's resignation last year.

Brian Houston, founder and former global senior pastor of the Hillsong Church network, told an Australian court that his father was a "serial pedophile," but the church still gave him a retirement package even after he lost his pastoral status.

Hillsong founder Brian Houston recently pushed back on public statements by the church board concerning his resignation as global senior pastor earlier this year.

Carl Lentz, the former pastor of Hillsong NYC, broke his silence for the first time since he was fired from Hillsong in November 2020 and confessed that he had been involved in an extramarital affair.

Former co-founder of Hillsong Brian Houston appeared at a Seattle-area church recently to preach a sermon. In the sermon, he seemingly referred to the scandals he and the Hillsong church faced.

Hillsong Church may be undergoing changes to its organizational structure after a suspended employee claimed that the megachurch misappropriated donations and gave “large cash gifts” to former Hillsong Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston and others.

A former Hillsong employee is suing the megachurch, claiming the church moved millions of dollars through overseas accounts to avoid regulators.

Josh Kimes and his wife, Leona, have resigned as co-pastors at Hillsong Boston, adding to a growing list of pastors who have left the global megachurch in the wake of recent controversies.

Pastor Sam Collier, who announced in March that he would resign as pastor of Hillsong Atlanta because of the scandals, relaunched Hillsong Atlanta as “Story Church” on Easter Sunday.

The Hillsong Board has denied the recent claim by co-founder Brian Houston that his wife, Bobbie, was let go from her position as co-Global Senior Pastor at the global megachurch via text message last Friday.