The Secrets of Hillsong

Synopsis

With fresh reporting and analysis from journalists, historians and policymakers, go beyond the sensational headlines and behind the velvet rope to examine the church's long pattern of covering up misconduct to protect itself.

First Air Date: 2023-05-19

Last Air Date: 2023-05-26

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: FX

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Top Cast

Carl Lentz as Self - Former Lead Pastor
Alex French as Self - Vanity Fair
Dan Adler as Self - Vanity Fair
Brian Houston as Self - Hillsong Church Founder (archive footage)
Bobbie Houston as Self - Hillsong Church Founder (archive footage)
Tiff Perez as Self - NYC Congregant (2012-18)
Josh Canfield as Self - NYC Congregant (2010-16)
Mike Cosper as Self - Writer & Podcaster
Kristin Kobes Du Mez as Self - Religious Historian
Lech Blaine as Self - Journalist

Seasons

Miniseries (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Church in the Wild (2023-05-19)

In 2015, a young pastor named Carl Lentz lands in NYC to spread the Word of Hillsong, an ascendant Australian megachurch. But allegations of volunteer exploitation, racism, sexual abuse and homophobia explode. Lentz is fired and disappears until now.
Ep. 2: The Prodigal Son (2023-05-19)

In their first interviews since expulsion from the church, Carl and Laura Lentz guide viewers into the inner sanctum of Hillsong, detailing the building the church’s congregation and the response from church leadership when it deemed Carl a liability.
Ep. 3: Sins of the Father (2023-05-26)

As a group of international reporters examine Hillsong’s global network, it becomes clear that long before Carl Lentz’s transgressions, Hillsong’s founding father, Frank Houston, laid the groundwork for the church’s pattern of covering up misconduct with non-disclosure agreements and hush money. And his son, Brian Houston, has allegedly been trying to cover up his father’s predatory past for decades.
Ep. 4: False Prophets (2023-05-26)

Shortly after Carl Lentz’s expulsion from Hillsong, Brian Houston is formally charged with concealing his father’s crimes and banished from Hillsong after allegations of his own misconduct are made public. Carl, Laura and a multigenerational group of former Hillsong congregants examine the rubble and collectively attempt to answer the ultimate question: What do you do when you discover the shepherd is the problem?