Australia-based Hillsong Church Sunday announced that it will conduct an independent investigation into its financial structure following allegations of fraud and financial misappropriation. Global ...

SYDNEY (RNS) The ubiquitous praise song “Shout to the Lord” can be found in many U.S. churches on any given Sunday. What fewer people probably realize is that it comes from a megachurch on the ...

Worship music in church often comes from what seems an exclusive group of songwriters that includes worship leaders Chris Tomlin, who grew up in Texas, and Matt Redman, who grew up in Britain, and ...

Brian Houston, the founder of Australian megachurch Hillsong, stepped down from his role as global senior pastor amid an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct towards two women, the ...

Brian Houston was accused of breaching the church’s code of conduct after two women said he had behaved inappropriately. By Natasha Frost MELBOURNE, Australia — Brian Houston, the founder of the ...

Australian police accused Hillsong co-founder Brian Houston of concealing the sexual abuse of a young boy. A government report in 2015 previously found that Houston failed to contact police after his ...

The board of the global megachurch, which got its start in Australia, apologized “unreservedly” to two women who had accused Mr. Houston of inappropriate behavior. By Damien Cave SYDNEY, Australia — ...

(RNS) — 'Our beautiful church is losing its soul,' Brian Houston concluded in an Instagram post Friday in response to Hillsong board's treatment of his wife and co-founding pastor, Bobbie Houston.

Influential church separates from Australia’s Assemblies of God. After more than three decades as the largest and best-known member of the Australian Christian Churches (ACC), Hillsong Church ...