The Secrets of Hillsong Season 1
With fresh reporting and analysis from journalists, historians and policymakers, go beyond the sensational headlines and behind the velvet rope to examine the church's long pattern of covering up misconduct to protect itself.
Episodes
E1In 2015, a young pastor named Carl Lentz lands in NYC to spread the Word of Hillsong, an ascendant Australian megachurch. But allegations of volunteer exploitation, racism, sexual abuse and homophobia explode. Lentz is…
E2In their first interviews since expulsion from the church, Carl and Laura Lentz guide viewers into the inner sanctum of Hillsong, detailing the building the church’s congregation and the response from church leadership…
As a group of international reporters examine Hillsong’s global network, it becomes clear that long before Carl Lentz’s transgressions, Hillsong’s founding father, Frank Houston, laid the groundwork for the church’s…
Shortly after Carl Lentz’s expulsion from Hillsong, Brian Houston is formally charged with concealing his father’s crimes and banished from Hillsong after allegations of his own misconduct are made public. Carl, Laura…