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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Elias Visontay

Hillsong founder Brian Houston says megachurch ‘losing its soul’ after it makes his wife redundant

Brian Houston
The founder of Hillsong, Brian Houston, said in an Instagram post that the megachurch was ‘losing its soul’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AP

The founder of Hillsong, Brian Houston, has accused the megachurch of “losing its soul” and says his wife has been made redundant by the church’s board “through no choice of her own”.

Houston resigned last month from the megachurch he founded in Sydney two decades ago after internal investigations found he had engaged in inappropriate conduct of “serious concern” with two women.

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