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  Mar 30, 2023

  Carl Lentz and wife Laura to spill ‘Secrets of Hillsong’ in new FX docuseries

  Months after vowing to tell their story in the aftermath of a sex and leadership scandal that led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC more than two years ago, Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, are set to give their first public interview in a new docuseries set to premiere on FX in May called “The Secrets of Hillsong.”

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  Mar 29, 2023

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston fighting DUI charge in California

  Less than a month before he resigned as global senior pastor in March 2022 in the wake of revelations that two women had made complaints of misconduct against him in the last 10 years, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in Newport Beach, California.

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  Mar 28, 2023

  Carl Lentz, former Hillsong NYC pastor, joins Transformation Church as ‘strategist’

  More than two years after a sex and leadership scandal led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC, Carl Lentz is now back in ministry as a “strategist” at Transformation Church led by Pastor Michael Todd in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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  Mar 28, 2023

  Here's what's known about the Covenant School trans-identified killer and her 6 victims

  Members of the Nashville, Tennessee, community were still reeling in grief Tuesday as details began emerging about the six victims and the troubled trans-identified shooter killed in a bloody and tragic attack at The Covenant School on Monday.

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  Mar 28, 2023

  Churchome employee allegedly sold home to meet church’s compulsory tithing policy: lawsuit

  Churchome, the Washington state megachurch led by Judah Smith and his wife Chelsea, has been slapped with a class action lawsuit for imposing a tithing policy on employees, in violation of state law, that requires them to give back no less than 10% of their gross earnings to the church or face disciplinary action including termination.

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  Mar 27, 2023

  Estranged daughter of adulterous Hope City founder Jeremy Foster says he is unrepentant

  Jeremy Foster, the founder of Hope City Church in Houston, Texas, remains unrepentant after having an extramarital affair and marrying his "affair partner," his estranged oldest daughter claims. 

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  Mar 24, 2023

  Docs show churches paid up to $100K to be part of Hillsong Family, an alleged honorarium scheme

  Nearly 40 churches around the world paid up to $100,000 or 3% of their tithes and offerings to Hillsong Church annually to be a part of the Hillsong Family network, which a whistleblower has alleged offers access to a global honorarium scheme meant to funnel additional income into the pockets of celebrity pastors through sophisticated means.

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  Mar 23, 2023

  ‘I thought I died': Abigail Zwerner, teacher shot by first grader

  Two weeks after Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn announced that a troubled 6-year-old boy who shot a teacher in the chest as she taught a first-grade class would not face criminal charges, his victim, 25-year-old Abigail Zwerner, says she will never forget the look on his face when he shot her.

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  Mar 22, 2023

  Ex-Denton Bible Church pastor who abused 14 girls released after 25 months for good behavior

  Robert Shiflet, a former youth pastor at Denton Bible Church in Texas who was sentenced to just 33 months due to a sentencing miscalculation after he was accused of sexually abusing 14 young girls placed under his care, is now free after his sentence was reduced to 25 months for good behavior.

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  Mar 21, 2023

  Jeremy Foster, Hope City Church founder who resigned over affair, breaks silence

  Jeremy Foster, the founder of Hope City Church in Houston, Texas, who resigned as the church's senior pastor just over a year ago after confessing to adultery, announced Sunday that he is now "at peace," has remarried and wants to help people with the gifts God has given him.