Hillsong NYC or Hillsong Church NYC is a

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-based Christian church that is part of

Hillsong Church Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a global Evangelical charismatic movement, charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia. The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New ...

based in Australia.

History

It was officially launched on October 17, 2010. It started meeting at

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near

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Joel Houston Joel Timothy Houston (born 19 September 1979) is an Australian musician, songwriter, pastor, and leader in the Sydney-based band Hillsong United, a worship band of Hillsong Church. He was co-pastor at Hillsong NYC between 2010 and 2017. He i ...

, the eldest son of Global Senior Pastors

Brian Houston Brian Charles Houston ( ; born 17 February 1954) is a New Zealand-Australian former pastor and evangelist. He was the founder and senior pastor at Hillsong Church, based in Sydney with locations around the world. He was the national president ...

and

Bobbie Houston Roberta Lee Houston (born 16 January 1957), better known as Bobbie Houston, is a New Zealand-born Australian of Tongan descent and a Pentecostalism, Pentecostal pastor in the Assemblies of God in Australia, Australian Christian Churches. Hous ...

, was involved in the development of the church location. The church was thrown into the spotlight with the November 2020 firing of former pastor

Carl Lentz Stephen Carl Lentz (born November 6, 1978) is an American former pastor, notable for being a celebrity pastor, spiritual advisor to celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Kendall Jenner, and Selena Gomez and categorized as a hype-priest by '' GQ'' ...

relating to infidelity and other areas of misconduct. The annual

Hillsong Conference Hillsong Conference is a mid-year week-long annual Christian conference hosted in Sydney, Australia, with a smaller three-day event held in London later each year. It is the largest annual conference in Australia of any kind. The event is hosted ...

s was held for the first time in New York in 2013, and annually since, using

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in Brooklyn, with a seating capacity of 17,000. In February 2021, pastors Chrishan Jeyaratnam and Danielle Jeyaratnam were announced as the incoming new lead pastors, moving from their previous role as Western Australian state oversight, based in Perth.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillsong nyc Hillsong Church Evangelical megachurches in the United States Megachurches in New York (state) Churches in Manhattan Christian organizations established in 2010 2010 establishments in New York City