Ep. 110: Is Hillsong A Cult? (Pentacostal / Megachurch / Assebmblies of God / Charismatic / Contemporary Christian Music / Abuse / Control / Justin Bieber / Carl Lentz / Brian Houston / Christianity)
Leaving Eden Podcast
Leaving Eden LLC
4.5 • 744 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2022
⏱️ 119 minutes
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On Today's episode, Sadie and Gavir'el discuss the International Hillsong Megachurch. They discuss contemporary christian music, the Hillsong brand, the association with celebrities, and all of the various scandals surrounding the leadership, ministry, and seminary in order to determine whether or not Hillsong qualifies as a cult using Stephen Hassan's BITE model.
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| 1:04.7 | Welcome back to the Leaving Eden podcast. |
| 1:06.3 | We are here. |
| 1:07.3 | We are your hosts. |
| 1:09.6 | My name is Gabrielle Ha Cohen. |
| 1:11.6 | And I'm Sadie Carpenter. |
| 1:15.5 | We're here today to do an episode that we're really excited about doing. |
| 1:18.1 | Sadie, do you want to introduce the topic? |
| 1:28.2 | Yeah. So today we are going to do an overview of the Hillsong Mega church situation situations |
| 1:29.7 | all of them |
| 1:31.0 | yeah international |
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