Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) From humble beginnings in a suburban Sydney warehouse to an international pentecostal powerhouse, Hillsong has changed the world around it, counting politicians, business tycoons and A-list celebrities among its true believers. Talking to one of those who has since turned her back on Hillsong, reporter Stephen Drill found himself asking: How did the church get so powerful? And is Hillsong really everything it claims to be? On his journey to find out the truth, Stephen follows the money, exposing disturbing claims of worker exploitation, complicated consensual sexual relationships and a culture where women are allegedly told to physically submit to their husbands.
A ground-breaking eight-part investigation, Faith on Trial: Hillsong will leave you asking what you can believe in.
Faith on Trial is hosted, written and produced by Stephen Drill and Andrea Thiis-Evensen. The executive producer is Dan Box.
Go to faithontrial.com.au (http://faithontrial.com.au/) for more.
Theme song: The Jordan Singers, By His Grace, 2022.
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17 Aug 2023
Not Guilty
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18 Apr 2023
The Verdict
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) Inside the courtroom where Brian Houston has pleaded not guilty to a charge of concealing his own father's child sex abuse.
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11 Apr 2023
Submit
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) What Hillsong teaches its young female students about sex.
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4 Apr 2023
The Missing 40 Minutes
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) What really happened in the Pullman Hotel when Brian Houston knocked on the wrong room door.
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28 Mar 2023
The Affairs
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) What happened when a New York pastor met a girl, ruining his own life and rocking the faith of his followers.
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21 Mar 2023
Miracles tonight
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) What it’s like to lose yourself inside a Hillsong service.
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16 Mar 2023
First fruits
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) God wants you to be rich, according to Hillsong. He also wants you to give 10 per cent of your money to the church.
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14 Mar 2023
Slave Labour-ish
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) Are Hillsong's faithful willing volunteers or simply being exploited?
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9 Mar 2023
The Big Eagle
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. (https://www.apple.co/crimex) Hillsong's rise to global megachurch - or how Hillsong founder Brian Houston took over the world.
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21 Feb 2023
Introducing - Faith on Trial: Hillsong
From humble beginnings in a suburban Sydney warehouse to an international pentecostal powerhouse, Hillsong has changed the world around it, filling stadiums with screaming congregations and counting politicians, business tycoons and A-list celebrities among its true believers.
Talking to one of those believers, who's since turned her back on Hillsong, reporter Stephen Drill found himself asking: How did the church get so powerful? And is Hillsong really everything it claims to be?
On his journey to find out the truth, Stephen follows the money, exposing disturbing claims of worker exploitation, complicated consensual sexual relationships and a culture where women are allegedly told to physically submit to their husbands.
A ground-breaking eight-part investigation, Hillsong: faith on trial will leave you asking what you can believe in.
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
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