![]() ![]() “There’s been no indication of that whatsoever. ![]() There’s been zero information regarding what kind of healing or restoration Carl Lentz has been through,” he said. “I find it kind of ironic that Carl Lentz is coming back onto the scene the same way he went out. Riggs said he wasn’t convinced by the teaser that Lentz has been restored to the faith. The teaser, which currently has 90,000 views on YouTube, has triggered a variety of reactions from the Christian community, including YouTube creator Brylan Riggs. Details from an internal investigation shared with The Christian Post in 2022 that was conducted on behalf of Hillsong Church by the New York City law firm Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP, would later report the extent of Lentz’s failures.Īs he wooed celebrities to the Manhattan church he started in 2010 to help elevate the global Hillsong Church brand founded by Brian Houston, some former staff and volunteers alleged that he manipulated them and caused them to suffer mental illness. He was fired from his post at Hillsong NYC in November 2020 over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife. Lentz, who was one of Hillsong Church’s most highly paid staffers, recently joined Transformation Church led by Pastor Michael Todd in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a “strategist.” “I am so proud of my husband & for the responsibility he’s taken! Mostly I’m grateful for a man who humbled himself & didn’t try to defend himself, he has kept quiet publicly and he has remained focused on the one thing that matters most - our family!” “I look forward to sharing our story, how I came to that conclusion, and I think it’s going to help a lot of people,” she added. Former Hillsong Church NYC pastor, Carl Lentz. “Yep, it has been challenging and hell yeah, it’s taken a LOT of work the past 22 months (but who’s counting) to make our marriage what it has become, & we will never stop working on ourselves, for this marriage and for our kids! I know there are many that don’t or would never do what I chose to do, and that’s ok, it’s not for everyone!!,” she wrote on Instagram. In September 2022, after spending nearly two years out of the limelight, Laura Lentz said her husband had “humbled” himself, taken responsibility and was getting ready to tell his story. It was unclear Thursday if the producers of the docuseries - Scout Productions, Vanity Fair Studios or FX - paid for the Lentzes for their appearance. ET with two episodes, followed by two more episodes on May 26, comes months after it was rumored that Lentz and his wife, Laura, were intent on getting paid for their story and had been shopping an exclusive interview. The docuseries, which will premiere on FX on May 19 at 10 p.m. Speaking in a just over two-minute teaser released by FX Networks for the new docuseries set to premiere this month called “The Secrets of Hillsong,” Lentz delivers two other lines in the clip including “The truth doesn’t go anywhere just because you cover it up,” and, “You do not want to be in this chair. | YouTube/FX NetworksĪddressing his scandalous exit from Hillsong Church publicly for the first time since his firing in November 2020 from Hillsong Church NYC over a sex and leadership scandal, disgraced celebrity pastor Carl Lentz says he “had some major lies” in his life. ![]() Lentz previously lived a high-profile lifestyle while pastor of New York’s Hillsong East Coast, frequently rubbing shoulders with celebrities and athletes like Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, and Kevin Durant, and Tyson Chandler.Former Hillsong Church NYC pastor, Carl Lentz. We believe that this is part of what it looks like for the church to be the church.” We pray that Carl, Laura, and their family experience not only their own restoration, but help others experience restoration by using their triumphs and failures to create resources for the body of Christ at large. We believe in Carl, his marriage, his skill set, and his restoration. McQuarters told 2 News Oklahoma that “after two years of Carl being in his own discovery and healing process, he has shown readiness to use his God-given gifts towards the local church again. In an email sent to Religion News Service, Executive Pastor Tammy McQuarters said, “We gladly welcome Carl Lentz to our Transformation Church staff, helping TC with strategy as we continue to move forward in our vast vision.” ![]()
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