3/ what's life been life like since? For former pastors Craig and Sam Wood, life has been fantastic. but it was rough at the start, when they first left Hillsong and went out into the world. Stripped of their daily support systems and employment, Sam and Craig had to start from scratch. What did they do? Where did they turn and how did they make it through? We talk faith, life and relationships on Leaving Hillsong part 3 with this incredible couple! Come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Apr 09, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Pastor Craig had a question for Pastor Brian Houston when he ran into him. The answer changed the course of the Woods family's lives FOREVER...So what was so important and then what did Craig and Sam do once they were handed the answer in a way only BCH gives answers? Find out on Part 2 of outta the woods!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Former Hillsong pastors talk for the first time about 8 years spent in the leadership roles after many years before at church and in ministry. Then along came Brian Houston. And in minutes, everything changed. Join us for this next-level chat about what it's like to start, run, pioneer and lead only for it to come crashing down and the whole family has to start from the beginning! #pastors #hillsong #leavinghillsong #exvangelical #evangelical #pods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Apr 07, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 30
What about Uncle Sam and #Hillsong? Does the IRS want to know about these gifts and honoraria? Is Brian supposed to pay tax on the money he collects overseas and are his mates supposed to pay tax on the tax deducted money that is tax exempt that is given to THEM when they hit Aussie shores? Barry Bown, chief investigator of Leaving Hillsong but usually the Trinity Foundation has been thrilled by the Whistleblower Documents dropped by Andrew Wilkie, MP, in Canberra March 9. He's here to show us t...
Apr 03, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 29
THE SOURCE IS BACK. Saucy Source gives us the lowdown on tax loopholes which are gaping wide if you are a pastor, or his spouse or his kids or his car or house. Life is good when you pay no tax on anything but it also involves a lot of gift giving and we jump into that. The Sauce is undercover and disguised his voice but he's got A LOT to tell you about honoraria and cash and gifts and life as a pastor and his accountant. We also cover a little Gary Clark history from the good old days #horrible...
Apr 02, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 28
What kind of people spend $12,000 to change a flight? What kind of people are these big spenders in the name of God? S.J. got in touch and wanted to go through the Whistleblower Docs on the pod so we sat down and had a good old chat about hankies, and phones, phone cases, Shady and Freddy from J.C. Travel (yes, it is what you think) , private jets, mouth ulcer ointment and every expenditure she found horrific and hilarious. Come join me, Tanya, and S.J., a Leaver from way back, as we dive again ...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Blow those whistles, everyone, cos the report is OUT! Grab your copy from the Leaving Hillsong Instagram and facebook links and come laugh along at the people who... well you these people! We rip the report up and defame every name we can so that you don't have to! Laugh or cry it's up to you! We chose to point and giggle. And we hope you can join us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Glen and I talk change in the megachurch and say 'the megachurch must die' a bunch of times. Glen continues to stress his faith over his church and we discuss the heartache and tough times after leaving a place like Hillsong. Uncertainty and injustice are themes in the Moses family's lives and Glen talks openly about how they've managed the losses and realisations that come with #leavinghillsong so don't miss The One with Glen Moses.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 12, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Glen Moses attended Hillsong for 6 years before they parted ways. In that time Glen and his wife Natalie saw many things that concerned them and Glen shares that with us today. He started a Youtube called the Megachurch Must Die and he's here to explain why that is... what alternatives he sees and why he still loves God. So come chat about The One with Glen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 11, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 24
What do you get when the UK meets Sydney meets Baton Rouge, Louisiana? THIS CHAT! De, Drapps and I continue to wade through life's most uncomfortable questions: Can you be Christian and gay? What's the difference between church and hypnosis? Is God just a drug? Come join us for this special #lgbt #worldpride #recap as De gives us his POV on and sundry and why the further he gets away from church...? Well you'll have to find out! Talk soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Mar 05, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 23
De'Vannon, Drapps and I talked last June for #pride but the interview never made the month De's story is too great to miss so I saved it up and here we are with worldpride and this conversation is still so rich and so relevant. De'Vannon grew up in the South of the USA in a faith based home and community and has seen his own trials and tribulations, literally. He's been in Lakewood Church serving under Joel Osteen, he's been in prison, and now he's just into podcasts and being his own pastor. Jo...
Mar 04, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 22
OUR resident mental health expert James and me Tanya carry on for a bit about Bobbie Houston, her husband, her marriage, but most of all her thoughts when creating the social media posts that she does. We're basically lost for words but we do our best and well, just come chat with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 02, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 21
"Hey Tanya" the SMS said. "Do you think it's Hubris Syndrome or Narcissism?" James, our resident mental health professional was asking me about the recent posts by former #Hillsong #leader #Bobbie Houston. So we decided to take a closer look.. Come read Case Notes with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 26, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Laura discusses her final days at #Hillsong Bible College and what life's been like since. She also discusses the statements Hillsong made in response to her interview with Business Insider's Rich McHugh from their #newsroom. Laura talks about the pressures from all sides to fit the Hillsong model and make it big... and what happens when you speak up against a place that size! Come chat with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Laura Hamilton is the 2nd former #Hillsong #college student named in the article named here followinng the interview Yolandi Bosch (last week's episode) and she gave with Rich McHugh and Business Insider in 2020 . If you have a #Hillsong story, #leavinghillsong is the place to tell it, and Laura explains the circumstances that lead to her enrolment and eventual 'depersonalisation', career crisis, and financial desperation. We've heard so much of what these big corporations have to say. It's grea...
Feb 12, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Yolandi B was accused of 'concerning behaviour' as a student of Hillsong college. In Part 2 she responds to this lurid term and tells her story. Bible college is the golden goose of any church, if it wants to save on those nasty taxes. But what happens when students don't produce the gold? What happens if they get sick? Is 20 hours a week reasonable for toilet cleaning as a practical element of a course you've paid thousands to attend? Grab your bag and your books and come listen in and take not...
Feb 08, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Yolandi Bosch is a former Hillsong student who worked hard to get to the college and even harder to get away from it when the rug was pulled from under her. Recently she found a response to an interview she was in from #hillsong's "newsroom" and it got her a little upset. Join Yolandi and I as we review this article, the college, visas for international students and what, if any, the costs of speaking out have been. Was it worth it? Find out #college #aog #pentecostal #biblecollege #exvangelical...
Feb 05, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Grace and Tanya talk about pastors turning into life coaches and #nepobabies also called career advancement in #Hillsong as well as many other nuggets of info that Grace is famous here for dropping into conversation. This is Part 3 and it's the final so come on over and chat with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 15
The talk continues about philosophical crises and education or lack thereof in the hallowed Pentecostal halls. Grace has lots more to say and it's always such an interesting iceberg to chip away at. So come talk with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2023•20 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Grace went to #Hillsong for #Christmas and reports back on what that was like. I play various clips of preaching that can be picked apart. We discuss all kinds of hypocrisies and questions left over while everything is left dangling in the air over this once hugely influential megachurch. So grab your snacks and your beanbags and come gossip with us tonight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 29, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 13
The surprise sale of the Houston family belongings on Instagram made for an even happier new year for people wanting to know where their tithes ended up. Brian and Bobbie are selling up and moving out and moving on up or somewhere who knows? Join Matthew Drapper and me, Tanya Levin for an irreverent and bemusing look at the items that the #Hillsong people have posted willingly online, from slippers to cushions to that jacket! So come chat and laugh! we're all weeping on the inside. it's fine! Ho...
Jan 27, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 12
London's #Hillsong seemed exciting to Catherine and an opportunity to further her walk with God through a church where she might use her talents. There was only one problem - the rest of her life, including her work, got in the way. Catherine attended Hillsong for years, despite her limited capacity to 'serve' but eventually, she left, and only relatively recently to this recording. Find out why and how this Christian still has her faith even after #leavinghillsong! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. S...
Jan 22, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Hi there! Welcome back to Leaving Hillsong and The Court Case of Brian Charles Houston on one count of concealing a serious indictable offence, namely his father's child sexual abuse of a nearly 8 year old boy in 1970. Jake Elliot from @the_framew0rk (insta and FB) and me, Tanya Levin, combed through our notes fresh out of court. And this is what we got. It's such a fascinating case that it truly is worth keeping up and taking notes and week 2 is a bombshell and more. So grab your snacks and you...
Jan 15, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Jake Elliot from @the_framew0rk and Tanya from LH carry on with whatever sense can be made of the story so far in Week 1. The DPP is laying out an extensive and intricate case and neither of us know shorthand so we're doing our best with our notes. It's proving to be the highest theatre in the Downing Centre in Sydney for the trial of Brian Charles Houston, the former Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong for the singular count of concealing a serious indictable offence that being the assault of a bo...
Dec 18, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Grace speaks openly about looking back on her years at Hillsong as a young woman who had invested so much and now is recovering from the losses and reflecting on the gains. She offers practical tips on coping with immediate triggers, running into old church associates in public and how to respond in the kindest way possible to YOURSELF. Grace is awesome and so is this final part of this super cool chat. It's such a helpful episode. Come chat! Producer: Kimberly Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Dec 13, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Jake Elliot from @the_framew0rk and Tanya Levin of @leaving.hillsong attended the trial of Brian Houston on a single count of Conceal a Serious Indictable Offence under Section 316 of the Crimes Act for the first 5 days at the Downing Centre in Sydney's CBD. We recorded notes as best we could, Jake on his iPad and me by hand. This is Part 1 of our note comparison of the events that unfolded over those 5 days. This episode covers day 1 and some of day 2 . More of the opening statements will be re...
Dec 11, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Grace and Tanya shooting more breeze with: - that prayer for B and B by Rob Ferguson - facing the impact of the Hillsong volcano - trauma at HS and the response.. Come chat! Producer: Kimberly Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 10, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Grace and Tanya talk court. Part 1 - BCH stuff -Updates from last week's court chat from our legal assistant, Nic - Queen Natalie's response to Hillsong's attempt at a defence - and the prayers of the desperate Come chat! Producer : Kimberly Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 04, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Why is Hillsong's Brian Houston going to court? What is this case about? Why do Australian lawyers wear wigs and who the heck is 'R'? What's a Royal Commission? Councillor Nathan Zamprogno joins me, Tanya Levin, to discuss the court case that will start in Sydney's local court on December 2, 2022, We are not here to speculate or opine, merely to outline the processes that have taken place leading to this court appearance. So join us, in the pursuit of the understanding of how criminal justice mi...
Nov 27, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 4
How do you deal with the trauma a narcissist inflicts? How do you recover from abuse that you were taught was love? How do you stop blaming yourself for what you loved and believed in to be true? Whether you were in Hillsong, a regular cult, a domestic violence relationship, or the subject of any trauma, especially where your boundaries were violated and your good faith exploited, THIS POD is for YOU. Tiffany Wylder has a background in psychology and trauma recovery and she talks with us about h...
Nov 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 3
