Hillsong Church, which once had multiple celebrity congregants, including Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Vanessa Hudgens, finds itself amid several scandals today.

Representatives for Pratt, Page and Hillsong Church did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment. In 2015, Hillsong and its pastor Brian Houston came under fire for his stance on the ...

Hillsong church scandal. Hillsong was once a thriving evangelical mega-church, with congregations forming quickly around the world. But recent scandals within church leadership have taken a toll, ...

Hillsong church founder Brian Houston arrives at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his ...

He started Hillsong Church’s forerunner, Sydney Christian Life Centre, in 1977. After working at SCLC until 1983, Brian and his wife, Bobbie, founded Hills Christian Life Centre in Sydney.

After the success of “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed” on Discovery+, TLC will air it on cable for the first time — and will add a fourth episode.

Former Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz played a pivotal role in bringing the megachurch to the U.S. — but just a decade later, he was ousted from the organization.. The spiritual leader's ...

Mr. Lentz, the lead pastor of Hillsong’s New York branch, also became a celebrity. This hip veneer suggested that Hillsong supported a more progressive form of Evangelicalism, but the church was ...

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has been found not guilty in Australia of failing to report his father’s abuse of a young boy during the 1970s.

SYDNEY, NSW — Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was ruled not guilty of an Australian charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes on Thursday. Houston, 69, was the Sydney-based church ...

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was ruled not guilty of an Australian charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes on Thursday. Houston, 69, ...

Hillsong church founder Brian Houston arrives at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his ...