megachurch

Hillsong pastor who baptised Justin Bieber is sacked by the mega-church

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The Hillsong pastor who baptised Justin Bieber and was inseparable from the popstar during a tour of Australia has been fired by the Christian mega-church for alleged ‘breaches of trust’ and ‘a recent revelation of moral failures’.   Carl Lentz, who was connected to Hillsong in New York City, was sacked by the church’s founder Brian … Read more

French megachurch meeting is blamed for sparking the country’s biggest cluster of Covid-19 cases

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A five-day evangelical congregation at a French megachurch has been blamed for sparking the country’s biggest cluster of coronavirus infections. Worshippers at the Christian Open Door church in Mulhouse, near the Swiss border, had travelled across the world for the week-long event on February 18. The prayer meeting kicked off the biggest cluster of Covid-19 cases … Read more