Evangelical
The Secrets of Hillsong: An Open Letter to the Director
Hi Stacey. Well… that was something. And it feels like the polite thing to do would be to ask what happened and be open to your perspective. But I’m tired. And I don’t want to. I respect your perception of Hillsong & the Lentzs the same way you I think you respect mine: I acknowledge […]
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After Hillsong
Sometimes I think about the story of the Tower of Babel. Humanity started building a tower, to build a name for themselves… so God spiced up the dialogue. It is no coincidence that the more people have begun to speak up, the more difficult it has been for institutions that have made a name for themselves to continue to build. And that is a good thing.
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Enough is Enough
Laura Lentz said straight up that her priority has been “the healing of our family.” …And that’s fine. If they want to slip into the obscurity that should have always been theirs, God bless. But when these reports come out and blanket statements are made referring to “RELENTLESS lies, accusations and hypocritical scapegoating” without having ever acknowledged the truth of how badly the everyday people and volunteers of Hillsong East Coast were failed, it minimizes the experiences of everyone involved.
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No Ordination Love
If I could tell Sam Collier anything, it would be to run – to therapy, to an accredited seminary, to decolonization work, to transparency and accountability, to healthy leadership – to anything to get to the truth about the ounces of him that have made him susceptible to this kind of harm and primed to perpetuate it.
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Hillsong Atlanta
I’m going to encourage the people of Atlanta to remember and take to the heart some of the final words of that launch team video: Without you, Hillsong Atlanta doesn’t exist. It’s just a dream. A nightmare that does not have to come true. Atlanta does not need Hillsong.
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