Some ARC churches will spend over $100,000 on their launch, with the network matching up to $50,000 in a no-interest loan, which funds future church planters when repaid.

Hillsong Church has reached an 11th hour agreement to settle its lawsuit with a female parishioner over her indecent assault at the hands of a church employee.

Though she wasn’t a church member, Karim also appears in Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed to share her experience with Lentz. “It was the most toxic thing I ever had to deal with,” she claims.

(Matthesius attended Hillsong College.) And I’ve attended a church planted by the Association of Related Churches, the Hillsong-connected network that starts churches internationally, which is ...

Brian Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes. He resigned from his church roles after being charged two years ago.

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.

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 ...

A Sydney court on Thursday acquitted the founder of global megachurch Hillsong of covering up child sexual abuse committed by his father in the 1970s. The Downing Centre Local and District Court ...

Earlier this year, American television network FX released a four-part documentary, The Secrets of Hillsong, and the Herald Sun launched its investigative podcast about the church, Faith on Trial.

When Carl Lentz co-founded Hillsong Church New York in 2010, he emerged as a media spectacle known particularly for his unconventional look: tattoo sleeves, body piercings, Supreme sweatshirts ...

In documents tabled in Parliament last week, a Hillsong whistleblower said “this scam” meant Australian tax-exempt church income was being used to make celebrity pastors personally wealthy.

While speaking to parliament, Wilkie said Houston took money from the church for trips costing a total of $179,000. The documents showed four members and friends of the Houston family took ...