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Hillsong Church became a celebrity magnet, with attendees including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and more. Find out about all of the church's biggest controversies so far.

Carl Lentz achieved fame as the New York pastor of celebrity-favorite global megachurch Hillsong. Then a cheating scandal blew up his life—and left his congregants questioning everything

Just months after taking the helm of Hillsong Boston in 2020, Pastor Josh Kimes, who recently resigned from the church with his wife, Leona, without stating a reason, admitted in a deposition summarized by lawyers hired by Hillsong Church that he once wrote a racist text to church colleagues but later apologized.

Josh and Leona Kimes on Monday announced they were resigning from Hillsong church. On Tuesday it emerged that he had admitted to sending a racist text to a congregant.

Just months after taking the helm of Hillsong Boston in 2020, Pastor Josh Kimes, who recently resigned from the church with his wife, Leona, without stating a reason, admitted in a deposition summarized by lawyers hired by Hillsong Church that he once wrote a racist text to church colleagues but later apologized.

Less than two weeks after Reed Bogard abruptly resigned as lead pastor of the now-defunct Hillsong Dallas church in January 2021, an internal investigation commissioned by Hillsong Global showed that he was accused of rape by a junior female staff member with whom he had a monthslong sexual affair while serving at Hillsong NYC.