"I am very sad to inform you that Hillsong Church has terminated the employment of Pastor Carl Lentz," the church's founder Brian Houston said in a memo Carl Lentz — a mega-church pastor known ...

A Hillsong director reportedly said that the church was negotiating a severance package for Carl Lentz and his wife Laura Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

These comprise the case against Hillsong’s founder, Brian Houston, who faced trial for failing to report sexual abuse of a child by his father, Frank Houston. The scandal also involves prominent ...

Wilkie accused Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston and other church leaders of money laundering, tax evasion and shopping sprees that would "embarrass a Kardashian." He pointed to a document in ...

Hillsong Church is plagued by criticism over its finances, ties to controversial organisations and politicians, and its alleged cover-up of sexual abuse perpetrated by Frank Houston, the father of ...