![]() ![]() Hillsong’s music program has produced some of the most popular worship songs used in evangelical churches all over the globe, including “Oceans,” “What a Beautiful Name,” and “Shout to the Lord.” The Pentecostal multi-site church now includes 30 locations around the world, with an average global attendance of 150,000 weekly. Houston, 68, a New Zealand native, founded Hillsong Church with his wife, Bobbie, in the suburbs of Sydney in 1983. In a statement posted on its website Wednesday (March 23), the board said it had accepted Houston’s resignation and acknowledged “there will be much emotion at this news.” Less than a week after the Hillsong board released a statement revealing its co-founder, Brian Houston, had sent inappropriate text messages to a staff member and spent time in a woman’s hotel room, the board of the global megachurch has announced the longtime global senior pastor has resigned. This story by Roxanne Stone was published on March 23. Lenz received notoriety after he baptized singer Justin Bieber in 2014, and also admitted to cheating on his wife.The Banner has a subscription to republish articles from Religion News Service. His resignation follows that of another high-profile Hillsong minister, Carl Lenz, last November. He has admitted to infidelity in his marriage and resigned on Tuesday. Perhaps no one but Barrett and God Himself knows what his real intentions were with this woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() "For you to go out of your way to make it seem like you 'accidentally' added me to your close friends… and then, went out of your way to message me about it KNOWING that would make me go look is bulls-." She then accused Barrett of trying to "bait" her to see if she would respond positively to his supposed sexual come-on. She later unblocked him, and in explicit language, let him know she wasn't buying his explanation. I guess," the pastor wrote before the volunteer blocked him. The woman replied, "Lol rude! I'm NOT a close friend is what you're saying. It's some real raw s-t I send to my friends man. Trying to figure out how the hell to edit it. "Hey! I think I might've added you to my close friends' list by accident. ***As Big Tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you keep receiving the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***Īccording to the Daily Mail, the 32-year old Barrett wrote that "depression and anxiety got the best of me in the last 30 hours" in text written over the pictures he posted to his Close Friends list on Instagram, saying the gym is what's been helping him get out of bed.īut a woman in his congregation, a former volunteer in the church, who received similar posts from Barrett isn't buying his claim that they were sent to her as "an honest mistake."Ī screenshot exchange obtained by the Daily Mail that can hardly be termed "Christian" by Biblical standards, shows a raw conversation between Barrett and the unidentified woman. People magazine reports the photos showed him after a workout, shirtless and wearing Nike Pro Compression tights that were sexually revealing.īarrett says he sent the pictures to show friends how he was dealing with "anxiety and depression" by strenuous gym workouts. Pastor Darnell Barrett, who is married, says he shared the photos with "close friends" and only "accidentally" shared photos of himself to a woman in his congregation. The creative director of Hillsong Church in Montclair, New Jersey, has resigned his post after admitting to infidelity and the sharing of explicit photos on Instagram. ![]()
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