![]() ![]() The couple went on to have three children Ava, 16, Charlie, 14, and Roman, 11. ![]() She followed him to New York after graduation, and the pair married in 2003. CANBERRA, Australia Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes. He met wife Laura, an Australian, at the Leadership College in 2000. The church quickly amassed a young following, with up to 8000 attendees able to fit in the building at any one time, and Lentz amassed a net worth of $2.5 million, according to The Wealth Record. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) NEW YORK Carl Lentz, a celebrity pastor and who brought the Hillsong global megachurch from Australia to the U.S., was fired from the church after he admitted that he cheated on his wife. He later became the lead pastor of the Manhattan branch of the church in New York, which he co-founded with his wife Laura and Brian Houston’s son, Joel, in 2010. He transferred his studies to the mega-church’s International Leadership College in Sydney and graduated in 2003. Lentz was born in Virginia, in the United States, and had studied at a California seminary college while working at a Gucci shop before discovering Hillsong. Justin has often been photographed out with the pastor and you can see how far back they go.But on Wednesday he was fired by Hillsong leader Brian Houston, who shared the news of his “moral failings” in an email to church members, which was quickly leaked and led to a public admission from Lentz that he had cheated on his wife. We, the Lentz family, don’t know what this next chapter will look like, but we will walk into it together very hopeful and grateful for the grace of God," he concluded. Thank you for your grace and kindness especially in this season, as you have done so much to protect and love us through this. To our pastors Brian and Bobbie, thank you for allowing us to lead, allowing us to thrive and giving us room to have a voice that you have never stifled or tried to silence. So to those people, I pray you can forgive me and that over time I can live a life where trust is earned again. I would have liked to say this with my voice, to you, in person because you are owed that. ![]() "I am deeply sorry for breaking the trust of many people who we have loved serving and understand that this news can be very hard and confusing for people to hear and process. I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need." This failure is on me, and me alone and I take full responsibility for my actions. I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that. Reed Bogard YouTube/Red Rocks Young Adults. He then revealed, "When you lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences. " Laura and I and our amazing children have given all that we have to serve and build this church and over the years I did not do an adequate job of protecting my own spirit, refilling my own soul and reaching out for the readily available help that is available," he continued. When that does not happen, a change needs to be made and has been made in this case to ensure that standard is upheld," he began on Instagram. That it honors the church, and that it honors God. When you accept the calling of being a pastor, you must live in such a way that it honors the mandate. Leading this church has been an honor in every sense of the word and it is impossible to articulate how much we have loved and will always love the amazing people in this church. This is a hard ending to what has been the most amazing, impacting and special chapter of our lives. "Our time at HillsongNYC has come to an end. The pastor, who was close with Justin and Hailey Bieber, revealed he was unfaithful to his wife Laura Lentz. Carl Lentz was fired from celeb-fave church Hillsong for "moral failures" and now we're learning more about what happened in his very own words. NEW YORK Carl Lentz, a celebrity pastor and who brought the Hillsong global megachurch from Australia to the U.S., was fired from the church after he admitted that he cheated on his wife. ![]()
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