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Sunday, February 18, 2018
The Aussie Invasion: Hillsong Hits America's Shores
February 18, 2018
By James Arlandson
The Australians in the form of the global Hillsong churches, are coming. Actually, they are already here.
Let's take stock.
Just after Memorial Day weekend 2016, the massive Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) invited Hillsong church to begin its own channel, calling it the Hillsong Channel. I have been watching them since then and lead global pastor Brian C. Houston's preaching for a number of years now on his own half-hour show. He is better than most TV preachers. For starters, his accent is charming, and he's needlessly a little defensive about it. He elides the "r," as in chu'ch, just as one example. It doesn't sound exactly British, but it is not American, either. It's proudly Australian. Houston is also positive – and here he is unusual for a man of English heritage. In my experience, Aussies, Kiwis, and Britons can be sour and negative among church folks. In contrast, Americans are optimistic and bubbly. And so his upbeat slogan fits an American outlook: "Your best is yet to come!" Finally, to match the slogan, he has a nice smile. Americans like big smiles.
The imaging and edits at Hillsong Channel are first-rate. The creative team behind their promos – cool trombones and syncopated drumbeats, guys! – is modern and upbeat. Their montages of white horses, people on beaches or in church with their hands raised, of the Christ statue in Brazil, of people smiling and dancing and leaping and hugging, and solemn worshipers – are all marvelous and attractive. It projects the youthful cool factor. And of course, their worship ministry, their mainstay, is of the highest quality. It is also a huge money-maker – $300 million is one figure thrown around. Their original programs are deep, but simple enough for the new convert to understand.
Is Hillsong political in the American sense? As far as I can tell from its TV broadcasts, it is not, and that's one of its most attractive features. I heard Pastor Houston only barely refer to Trump shortly after the election, and he merely said he was surprised that people reacted so strongly one way or the other. Wise. The Aussies appear to be blissfully naïve about such matters. Now we can watch them without feeling tense or angry.
I got a shock when for the first time I recently visited Hillsong, L.A., right in the degraded city center next to the tall showcase skyscrapers. In the foyer, I saw posters stapled to wooden sticks as if they could be used for marches. February is Black History Month, so the images on the posters were of black leaders throughout American history, like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. – and even extra-controversial and hard-left Jesse Jackson. I didn't look closely enough to see if hate-filled Malcolm X or anti-Semitic Muslim Louis Farrakhan were included. It is a good thing to honor men like Douglass and King (though one wonders whether King could withstand scrutiny in the current climate of anti-sexual harassment, since he committed adultery often enough). King's personal foibles aside, he and Douglass contributed nationally to improving black life. Fine.
By James Arlandson
The Australians in the form of the global Hillsong churches, are coming. Actually, they are already here.
Let's take stock.
Just after Memorial Day weekend 2016, the massive Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) invited Hillsong church to begin its own channel, calling it the Hillsong Channel. I have been watching them since then and lead global pastor Brian C. Houston's preaching for a number of years now on his own half-hour show. He is better than most TV preachers. For starters, his accent is charming, and he's needlessly a little defensive about it. He elides the "r," as in chu'ch, just as one example. It doesn't sound exactly British, but it is not American, either. It's proudly Australian. Houston is also positive – and here he is unusual for a man of English heritage. In my experience, Aussies, Kiwis, and Britons can be sour and negative among church folks. In contrast, Americans are optimistic and bubbly. And so his upbeat slogan fits an American outlook: "Your best is yet to come!" Finally, to match the slogan, he has a nice smile. Americans like big smiles.
The imaging and edits at Hillsong Channel are first-rate. The creative team behind their promos – cool trombones and syncopated drumbeats, guys! – is modern and upbeat. Their montages of white horses, people on beaches or in church with their hands raised, of the Christ statue in Brazil, of people smiling and dancing and leaping and hugging, and solemn worshipers – are all marvelous and attractive. It projects the youthful cool factor. And of course, their worship ministry, their mainstay, is of the highest quality. It is also a huge money-maker – $300 million is one figure thrown around. Their original programs are deep, but simple enough for the new convert to understand.
Is Hillsong political in the American sense? As far as I can tell from its TV broadcasts, it is not, and that's one of its most attractive features. I heard Pastor Houston only barely refer to Trump shortly after the election, and he merely said he was surprised that people reacted so strongly one way or the other. Wise. The Aussies appear to be blissfully naïve about such matters. Now we can watch them without feeling tense or angry.
I got a shock when for the first time I recently visited Hillsong, L.A., right in the degraded city center next to the tall showcase skyscrapers. In the foyer, I saw posters stapled to wooden sticks as if they could be used for marches. February is Black History Month, so the images on the posters were of black leaders throughout American history, like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. – and even extra-controversial and hard-left Jesse Jackson. I didn't look closely enough to see if hate-filled Malcolm X or anti-Semitic Muslim Louis Farrakhan were included. It is a good thing to honor men like Douglass and King (though one wonders whether King could withstand scrutiny in the current climate of anti-sexual harassment, since he committed adultery often enough). King's personal foibles aside, he and Douglass contributed nationally to improving black life. Fine.
Sunday, June 05, 2016
Naked Cowboy Entertains Hillsong Church NYC Women's Conference Attendees
FAITH
BY JOHN ELLIS JUNE 2, 2016
Image: YouTube Screenshot
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. 2 Timothy 4:3
In the words of my editor, Hillsong Church is a hot mess. Unfortunately, their hot mess is being swallowed hook, line, and sinker by throngs of deceived seekers. Preying on the hurt, confusion, and longing that swirls around people attempting to navigate these uncertain times, Hillsong has managed to make the broad path even wider and smoother. Among other major errors, Hillsong has created a toxic religiosity that slurps on a heretical soup seasoned with Word of Faith teaching (the prosperity gospel) and a rejection of the Bible’s teaching on sexuality.
For those unfamiliar with the global church network, Hillsong Church began in Australia in 1983 and quickly grew into a multi-site church. Since its Australian beginnings, Hillsong has spread its tentacles throughout the world. With churches in fifteen countries, Hillsong’s impact and influence is large. Add their weekly church attendees to the millions who love Hillsong’s platinum-selling music ministry, and criticizing Hillsong steps on many toes, generating rousing defenses of the ministry that “has blessed me greatly.” Hopefully, Hillsong New York City’s recent action will begin to open people’s eyes to the dangerous apostasy that is Hillsong Church.
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. 2 Timothy 4:3
In the words of my editor, Hillsong Church is a hot mess. Unfortunately, their hot mess is being swallowed hook, line, and sinker by throngs of deceived seekers. Preying on the hurt, confusion, and longing that swirls around people attempting to navigate these uncertain times, Hillsong has managed to make the broad path even wider and smoother. Among other major errors, Hillsong has created a toxic religiosity that slurps on a heretical soup seasoned with Word of Faith teaching (the prosperity gospel) and a rejection of the Bible’s teaching on sexuality.
For those unfamiliar with the global church network, Hillsong Church began in Australia in 1983 and quickly grew into a multi-site church. Since its Australian beginnings, Hillsong has spread its tentacles throughout the world. With churches in fifteen countries, Hillsong’s impact and influence is large. Add their weekly church attendees to the millions who love Hillsong’s platinum-selling music ministry, and criticizing Hillsong steps on many toes, generating rousing defenses of the ministry that “has blessed me greatly.” Hopefully, Hillsong New York City’s recent action will begin to open people’s eyes to the dangerous apostasy that is Hillsong Church.
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My Strict Fundamentalist Parents and Youth Group Were a Blessing
At a recent women’s Colour Conference, the brain trust at Hillsong NYC put on a performance celebrating New York City. The performance featured people holding American flags, men dressed as firefighters, and a variety of iconic NYC images, all dancing to a cover of Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” So far, it sounds silly and not really edifying, but not worth writing an article about. However, one of the iconic NYC images prancing on Hillsong’s stage was the Times Square Naked Cowboy.
To be clear, the actual Times Square Naked Cowboy, Robert John Burck, was not in attendance at the Hillsong women’s Colour Conference. Instead, one of the church’s youth pastors stripped down to his skivvies, donned a cowboy hat and boots, and danced on the stage in front of a large crowd of shrieking women. Yes, you read that correctly. A youth pastor, wearing nothing but his underwear, danced on the Hillsong stage for the enjoyment of those attending the Hillsong New York City women’s Colour Conference.
Source:
https://pjmedia.com/faith/2016/06/02/naked-cowboy-entertains-hillsong-nyc-womens-conference-attendees/
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Saturday, May 07, 2011
Temple City SDA Church Youth Praise & Worship Band - One Way (Hillsong United)
Uploaded by coolair2545 on Jan 13, 2010
This is the Temple City SDA Church Youth Praise & Worship Band playing at a Youth Night Program in the Youth Chapel at the Temple City Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Temple City, California. (Southern California).
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