Ep. - 463 - HILLSONG: A MEGACHURCH EXPOSED
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Discovery+’s three-part docuseries “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed,” is an investigation into the church made famous by its celebrity congregation, such as Justin Bieber, various Kardashians and other stars. The series explores the rise of Hillsong, which was founded in Australia by Brian Houston as an offshoot of his father Frank’s Sydney-based Pentecostal church. Hillsong stood out by putting an emphasis on music as a part of worship. Later, Houston decided to export Hillsong internationally, and recruited pastor Carl Lentz to lead its New York City chapter. Lentz became famous in his own right — and was often photographed alongside Bieber and other celebrity congregants — until Houston fired him in November 2020 for “moral failures,” among other issues.
Kate discusses the series, the Hillsong scandals, and the greed behind some megachurches with Hannah Frishberg from New York Post and Ben Kirby, author of PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities, both featured in the series.
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| 0:17.3 | A League Amazing Kate Casey |
| 0:23.9 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. |
| 0:26.5 | Hope that you've had a great week so far. |
| 0:28.4 | Make sure that you check out my episode on Wednesday. |
| 0:30.6 | I interviewed the director of the Missing Children, which is an extraordinary documentary. |
| 0:35.0 | You can find it on Amazon Prime or on Apple TV. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm assuming you also watch Real Housewives of New Jersey this week. |
| 0:42.9 | It's been really good this entire season. |
| 0:45.2 | This week's episode in particular was really good. |
| 0:48.2 | Jennifer and Margaret sat down to discuss the fallout from Margaret revealing early this |
| 0:52.4 | season that Jennifer's husband, Bill, had an affair. |
| 0:56.7 | One that Jennifer explained happened during her fourth pregnancy. |
| 0:59.9 | Jennifer and Bill have five children. |
| 1:02.2 | This affair happened well into her fourth pregnancy. |
| 1:04.8 | As I've said before, I believe there's a place in hell for someone that cheats on a pregnant |
| 1:08.9 | woman. |
| 1:09.9 | What's interesting is that there are two other cast members on the show with husbands who |
| 1:14.4 | cheated while a woman was pregnant. |
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