House passes defense bill in big win for McCarthy, House GOP ‘Historically strong’ El Niño possible: What it means for winterĮx-Secret Service agent ‘not surprised’ about White House cocaine incident Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. “We believe that this is part of what it looks like for the church to be the church,” McQuarters said. A leaked report, commissioned by Hillsong Global to look into the leadership of Hillsong East Coast, painted a picture of a church leadership rife with abuse, sexual misconduct and secrecy.Īt Transformation Church, McQuarters said they are praying for Lentz and his family to experience restoration and to, in turn, help others do the same, “by using their triumphs and failures to create resources for the body of Christ at large.” Soon after Lentz’s ouster, Ranin Karim, a Brooklyn jewelry designer, discussed her relationship with Lentz on “Good Morning America.” A few months later, Lentz’s former nanny, Leona Kimes, came forward with allegations that Lentz had subjected her to “bullying, abuse of power and sexual abuse,” which a legal representative for Lentz denied at the time. But since Lentz’s firing in November 2020, the NYC branch and Hillsong Global have been embroiled in parallel scandals, with revelations of indiscretions with women resulting in the resignation of Hillsong’s founding pastor Brian Houston last year, as well as ongoing allegations of financial misconduct by the church.
Dubbed Hillsong NYC, the church drew as many as 10,000 mostly young New Yorkers to its services at its height. Lentz, a native of North Carolina, was trained at Hillsong College in Sydney, Australia, before being sent to by the Pentecostal powerhouse to plant a Hillsong outpost in Manhattan in 2010. Todd and Transformation Church have become known in Tulsa for their community donations, including $200,000 to each of the three living survivors of the race massacre, part of a $1 million donation given by the church to commemorate the tragedy at its centennial. The arena, purchased by Transformation in 2019 for $10.5 million, was among the nearly $67 million in real estate properties the church has bought in the area in the past four years. The couple are certainly gonna get by with a little help from their celebrity friends.Transformation Church, founded in 1999 in the historically Black Greenwood District of Tulsa, home to the city’s 1921 race massacre, now meets in the nearby suburb of Bixby, at the 4,500-seat SpiritBank Event Center, which the church owns. Other A-list church buddies include Chris Pratt and several Kardashians.
“Tyler has been friends with Carl and his wife, Laura, for years and is sticking by them and their kids during this difficult time,” a source said. Lentz has reportedly been “leaning” on Perry for support, both financial and emotional. The U.K.’s Sun is reporting that Tyler Perry covered six months of rent, nearly $100,000, for the Lentz’s new five-bedroom mansion in Manhattan Beach.
Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong, added in the same conference that Lentz’s dismissal was also due to “general narcissistic behavior, manipulating, mistreating people,” as well as “breaches of trust connected to lying, and constantly lying.” In a statement to the Times, Houston said a number of issues throughout the years led to Lentz’s dismissal, including the time when Lentz was photographed doing shots with Justin Bieber.įollowing his termination, the Lentzs sold their home in Montclair, New Jersey, per the Times, and have moved into a luxurious Los Angeles rental, thanks to none other than Tyler Perry. (Karim confirmed to the Times that she and Lentz had been in a relationship since May.) A week and a half later, Lentz was fired. Per the Times, on October 22, a staff member found intimate text messages between Lentz and Ranin Karim, a Brooklyn-based jewelry designer, on Lentz’s work computer. In an article published December 5, the New York Times uncovered a recording of a private video conference with staff at Hillsong informing them that the church discovered “more than one” of Lentz’s affairs. The former Hillsong pastor is reportedly seeking treatment following his termination from the celebrity-loved megachurch for his “moral failures” according to “ Page Six.” Lentz is reportedly getting help at an outpatient facility that specializes in depression, anxiety, and “pastoral burnout.” He and his wife, Laura Lentz, are also reportedly in couples’ therapy, which makes sense given the New York Times report airing out their marital issues last week. Are you there, therapy? It’s me, Carl Lentz.
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