“This resulted in him knocking on the door of a hotel room that was not his, entering this room and spending time with the female occupant,” read the statement. The Hillsong board statement said Houston had become “disoriented” after taking more than the prescribed dose of an anti-anxiety prescription, mixed with alcohol. The second incident reportedly took place during Hillsong’s annual conference in Qudos Bank Arena in Homebush, New South Wales, in 2019.
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“We also worked closely with Pastor Brian to ensure he received professional help to eliminate his dependency on this medication, and this was achieved successfully,” the statement read. The board’s statement said Houston apologized to the staff member, who had resigned because of the flirtation.
The first complaint, an accusation that Houston had flirted with a staff member in text messages a decade ago, the board attributed to Houston being under the influence of sleeping medication-“upon which he had developed a dependence,” it said. News of the complaints against Houston surfaced late last week in the Australian press and in a March 18 statement, the Hillsong board acknowledged it had been “dealing with two complaints made against Pastor Brian over the last 10 years,” and said each was investigated by a board member, or “a body appointed by the global board,” and dealt with confidentially. “Irrespective of the circumstances around this, we can all agree that Brian and Bobbie have served God faithfully over many decades and that their ministry has resulted in millions of people across the world being impacted by the power, grace, and love of Jesus Christ,” read the statement signed by the Hillsong Church Global and Australian boards. Hillsong’s music program has produced some of the most popular worship songs used in evangelical churches around the world, including “Oceans,” “What a Beautiful Name,” and “Shout to the Lord.” The Pentecostal powerhouse now boasts 30 locations around the world, with an average global attendance of 150,000 weekly. Houston, 68, a New Zealand native, founded Hillsong Church with his wife Bobbie in the suburbs of Sydney in 1983. In a statement posted on its website Wednesday (March 23), the board said it had accepted Houston’s resignation and acknowledged “there will be much emotion at this news.” Less than a week after the Hillsong board released a statement revealing its cofounder, Brian Houston, had sent inappropriate text messages to a staff member and spent time in a woman’s hotel room, the board of the global megachurch has announced the longtime global senior pastor has resigned.
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