Leaving Hillsong

Archbishops resigning over brutal oversights? Chocolate cake lover Mike Pilavachi was such a nice guy? Why IS everyone running away to Africa after their ministry scandal? LH co-host and UK informant, Matt "Drapps" Drapper joins us to update us on the failures and floundering of the even more failings by the C of E and The Soul Survivor movement and how odd it is that all the sleazy men use all the same sleazy excuses. Do come chat! Let's have a spot of tea!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura and Tanya bisect and disect the Brand/Lentz podcast situation and continue the hilarity and horror that is predatory pastors and their mates patting each other on the back Come on now, you know you can't look away.. come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura and Tanya dive face first into the narcissist face off between Carl Lentz and his mate of 3 seconds Russell Brand in the recent episode of Brand's podcast. It's a trainwreck of an offering and we're there to count the collateral damage. Or do the laughing and pointing that is so very needed at this point. We listen and react and go back for more. These boys are like rashes that keep coming back no matter how many trips you take to the clinic. At least you know, we'll be there to keep scratching at them. Come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Truth is stranger than the Bible and one day, Carl Lentz and Russell Brand made a podcast and I'm not lying but guess who is? Those people who make allegations about them! :( Join Laura and me for this special series looking at this horror because we couldn't look away. This is the intro. Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever played Whack-a-Mole? Well, evangelical churches are the same. No sooner than one mammoth gargoyle is smacked down, another one jumps right out at you. Join me and Jake Elliot from the Framework as he updates us on Bethel's sordid plans for the Land Down Under and the whole world really. My favourite part is about the Kansas City Chiefs prophecy. This is a main course of ridiculousness so come chat with us and you'll be up to speed with the new bosses. And the brand new revival they keep on promising! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk a lot about white supremacy in the churches and Christian nationalism. But we rarely hear what it's like for someone from a refugee background, with brown skin who has been in the congregation and willing to speak truth to power. Truth to power. An important concept for those who aren't the ones telling the stories usually, because they're not the ones with the power. I'm so excited to hear from the brave, smart, and peace seeking, Bee on what all those smilling faces in all those crowds may well be thinking, feeling and living with in a place like Australia, the so-called Lucky Country. What does it take to get some of that luck? Come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when a smart, young Hindu woman discovers Jesus?Bee faced a bunch of barriers before she even started school. Her family fled a civil war and found refuge in Australia.Then after a search for self, she got saved and wound up in a vibrant, multicultural church.Then she discovered truth.Her truth! so come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All good fraud operatives come to an end.Even mafia bosses have their day.So what happens now that BCH has no where to take his friends?Leaving Hillsong’s Source - the Sauce - is back to update us on the Giant Birthday Party and it’s not good news for BCH anyway.Pull up a trench coat, put your ear to the door or just come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the bodies are piling up,, the grown ups are rolling on the floor, or barking like dogs or crying hysterically and you're a 5 year old n church. WHERE CAN YOU RUN?How are you going to get your baby sister and brother out of there? Why won't dad do ANYTHING?Laura Hamilton was 5 when she had to plot her family's escape from a scary, scary place They got out... but it wasn't the end... Join me, Tanya and Laura to read and then explain her story about a childhood in the 90's that was not the normal order of things, but when you're a chiild,what do you know and more than that, what can you do??COME CHAT!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you get demons from incense? how do exvangelicals approach other cultures and their religions and spirituality? Why did Brian want such a young church? why were people so excited to go to conference?Grace is just that little bit younger than me, a generaation or 5 and her experiences, wide and vast, are widely, vastly different from my own. In the ssme cult. The impacts are the same and different. You can hear it in both of us. Join us as we display our traumas pretty much live and unedited and out for the world to see. What can I say? Come chat ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is Joel Houston Derangement Syndrome? How have evangelicals affected indigenous cultures?What is redress?GRACE IS BACK well she never really went anywhere but she called me a couple months ago and this is what she said: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do some people never know when enough is enough? How many times can you get knocked down and get back up again despite all good advice and caring professional input? When is a comeback a good idea and who knows? Will Pat Mesiti ever stop? Will Brian? What about those pesky Lentzes... And what about US? Come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura is a Leaving Hillsong pod guest, educator, artist, creator and some time film maker... you've met her before...today we start mammoth task of facing misogyny in the halls of Hillsong and well, right down to the altar call... Laura and Tanya discuss the narcissistic template for pentecostal boys and girls and how maleness is privileged, esteemed and honoured, while femaleness is subservient and ever diminished and minimised. It happened to Laura.. while researching for her latest project, she quickly became the object of obsession for one of the pentecostal peacocks.. a writer, a decent good Christian man, son of a minister... the kind of human the fundies love to think they are... until it becomes clear that they are very much nothing like that at all. It's terrifying and it's time to talk about it. ... so come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tanya and PCD continue on with their dissection of the show 'Prosper', particularly, well only, episode 1..in this short, sharp, episode.. what will happen next in this Australian drama within an Australian drama is anyone's guessCome watch and chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Prosper" is the Australian drama starring Rebecca Gibney and Richard Roxborough released Jan 2024.We thought we'd react/review and relate it to who and what we know... which is a fair bit... but who's the leak/s? Come join me and PCD as we talk action/drama/plot/themes and '''do you think...?"There's no official affiliation - PCD just loved it sooo much.. So come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David and Tanya continue their chat about his new book .. Mine Is The Kingdom and chat about Brian Houston's protege, former Aussie PM Scott Morrison, or was it the other way around? The divine rights of kings extends throughout the church and the state - What can we do about it? Anything ? Just a couple of eagles... bound for glory.. Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Veteran investigative journalist, and Walkely winner, David Hardaker, talks about his new book, Mine Is the Kingdom, the Rise and Fall of Brian Houston, which has just been released. The book details Houston's life as well as the inner workings, and tax breaks, of Hillsong. As an outsider without Pentecostal Traumatic Stress Disorder, David's work is thorough, in depth and with minimal personal bias...although he admits developing an unexpected fondness for an aspect of this research and you will be surprised too! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hillsong Boy, the show, starts this weekend!!!WE go backstage with the STAR Scott Parker to talk the how's, whys and wows of SHOWBIZ!Come chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

the effects of being in a program like Mercy Ministries/ Multiplied are long lasting.. and deep. Sarah and Britt outline life after getting out and away and the very real impacts of the terrifying and intense indoctrination that such places instil. It's the final ep for now.. but there's more and the best is always yet to come out!This one is a tough one and we talk hard times psychologically... and life on the other side!!Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mercy Ministries offered Sarah and Britt y health treatment in a faith based program. After arriving, they found it was very different, and that rather than treat their mental health concerns, the enclosed and punitive program made life so much worse. Sharing details of the daily lives, ways out and impacts of MM, these two women bring truth into the sun, but not before many years have brought them to this safer place and we are grateful for their voices. So come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.