Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed

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2022
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Features several ex-members of the church who share harrowing allegations of the trauma, abuse, homophobia and financial and labor exploitation that created a culture of chaos at Hillsong.

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Features several ex-members of the church who share harrowing allegations of the trauma, abuse, homophobia and financial and labor exploitation that created a culture of chaos at Hillsong.Features several ex-members of the church who share harrowing allegations of the trauma, abuse, homophobia and financial and labor exploitation that created a culture of chaos at Hillsong.Features several ex-members of the church who share harrowing allegations of the trauma, abuse, homophobia and financial and labor exploitation that created a culture of chaos at Hillsong.

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Troy Dillinger

Brian Houston

• 2022

Devin Halliwell

Musical Judge

• 2022

Michael G. Gabel

Carl Lentz

• 2022

Marie Finch

Bobbie Houston

• 2022

Tanya Levin

Self

• 2022

Kelsey McKinney

Self

• 2022

Ben Kirby

Self

• 2022

Brett Sengstock

Self

• 2022

Thomas VanDamme

Church goer…

• 2022

M@tch

Worship Team Guitarist; Congregant

• 2022

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5varodisimona

Where's the rest of it?

It feels incomplete. No info about how much money Carl, Brian or the church made. Is it exempt from taxes, if so, how did they manage and go about with the IRS? Nothing about Bonnie, Brian's wife or Carl's wife, how did these two profit from the church? Apparently Bonnie was preaching. Where is Carl these days, where did he end up and with what fortune? It's not very in depth. They idea was good, the beginning was promising and then it just felt like it lacked in information. It needed more.

RGreene23

Hilariously ironic that this doc is as contrived as the target

Certainly not a fan of Hillsong and the cowo style of worship. Church isn't where we go to be entertained, it is where we go to worship God. But I have to say this show comes across as extremely contrived. Just one example- Why stage the other woman in a church with all the smoke, lighting and dramatic music? Find it highly ironic that this doc is just as emotionally manipulative as Hillsong appears to be.

8mrscaddymc

Exposing a culture

This film details the dehumanizing descent of Hillsong's evangelical entrepreneurship journey, but it's not exposing a "scandal", it's simply revealing the culture within organized religion, over and over once again. Abuse, gaslighting, victim blaming, public shaming - all are elements within not only this mega church culture, but can also found within the smaller, localized, wannabe mega church. Because this is the model - the blueprint. The only thing sensational about this story is the name Hillsong and the fame of Carl Lentz.

3athoffman-80353

Kind of boring

I didn't feel like this documentary was very well put together. The people they interviewed was more about quantity and not quality.

When there was an interesting storyline, it quickly moved on to the next topic.

4curlyclub

Good in parts but a missed opportunity.

This documentary did a good job on the exploration of cases of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse and the subsequent appalling behaviour by the church. However there were hours of minor complaints and whining for reasons often never properly explained. I would have liked to see in-depth reporting on the mechanics of how the whole thing operates, the churches prosperity preaching techniques and how they extract $$$ from their parishioners among other things.