Carl Lentz, a pastor at famed Hillsong Church who counts celebrities like Chris Pratt. among his congregants and friends, has been fired from the megachurch for “moral failures,” according to a statement from its founder, Brian Houston.
He declined to go into details about what led to Lentz, once a close friend of Justin Bieber, leaving the church, only saying that it would “not be appropriate” to discuss publicly. “Today Hillsong Church East Coast advised our congregation that we have terminated the employment of Pastor Carl Lentz,” Houston said in his November 5 statement. “This action was not taken lightly and was done in the best interests of everyone, including Pastor Carl.” There have been “ongoing discussions in relation to
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