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Time and time again we have caught Brian Houston lying. We have caught him lying in his sermons, lying about God, lying about what the bible says, lying about what the gospel is, lying to the media about his church, lying about us and his critics, lying at the Royal Commission and lying in his media statements. (And Brian Houston wonders why no one understands him and his movement?)
So when we read his media statement regarding him supposedly dropping Mark Driscoll from speaking at his annual Hillsong Conference 2015, we saw right through his word games. We knew he was getting Mark Driscoll to speak somehow.
Reviewing Houston’s second statement on Driscoll: Is Mark Driscoll speaking at Hillsong Church?
Now that Houston was publicly exposed of lying and not advertising Driscoll speaking at his conference, there is a new protest happening outside Hillsong Church, Melbourne this Sunday. This flyer gives more details.
The organiser of this protest writes,
Please bring protest signs. We will be protesting peacefully!
Under enormous pressure from pro women groups and others, Hillsong senior pastor Brian Houston was very deceptive about cancelling an interview with misogynist and abuser Mark Driscoll at Hillsong Conference. We demand that Brian Houston publicly fully admit his intentional deceit and publicly apologise both for his deceit as well as for giving a gigantic platform to abusive power monger Mark Driscoll.
Source: Ben Ady, Protest Brian Houston’s Deception Regarding Mark Driscoll, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/events/1635129876744676/, Accessed
As people can see, placards are being made for this event.
This information is also supplied from the Facebook page,
We’re here protesting today because Hillsong’s senior pastor, Brian Houston, deceived protestors and world-wide media about interviewing abusive and arrogant ex-pastor Mark Driscoll at Hillsong Conference in Sydney!
“And don’t say anything you don’t mean. This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions. You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk … You don’t make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong”
~Jesus, in Matthew 5:33-37, The Message
Under enormous pressure from pro-women groups and others, Hillsong senior pastor Brian Houston was very deceptive about cancelling an interview with misogynist and abuser Mark Driscoll at Hillsong Conference. We humbly request that Brian Houston publicly fully admit his intentional deceit and publicly apologise both for his deceit as well as for giving a gigantic platform to abusive power-monger Mark Driscoll.
Brian Houston’s deceptive statement can be found here: http://hillsong.com/media/statement-from-pastor-brian-houston-hillsong-church/
Worldwide media reporting on this statement made it obvious that everyone understood this to mean that Mr. Driscoll would no longer be appearing at all at Hillsong’s Sydney Conference. However, Brian Houston deceitfully went ahead and interviewed Mr. Driscoll on camera and broadcast it at Hillsong Conference anyway, going back on the obvious intent and spirit of his statement. Mr. Houston allowed Mr. Driscoll to re-iterate Mr. Driscoll’s previous lie that most of his critics have been anonymous.
Read more:
http://burningreligion.com/2015/07/07/my-experience-of-being-deceived-by-australias-most-powerful-celebrity-pastor/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2015/06/29/hillsongs-brian-houston-interviewed-mark-and-grace-driscoll-after-all/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2015/06/30/hillsong-church-campaigners-feel-betrayed-by-brian-houstons-interview-with-mark-london-protest-planned/
Helpful Resources about why Mark Driscoll shouldn’t be given a platform.
http://joyfulexiles.com/
http://repentantpastor.com/
http://welovemarshill.com/
Petition: https://www.change.org/p/hillsong-remove-mark-driscoll-from-hillsong-europe-conference
Lateline Segment: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4250054.htm
Who Would Jesus Smack Down? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11punk-t.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/houston-mark-driscoll-megachurch-meltdown/382487/
Why the Church Welcomes Bullies and How to Stop It http://www.amazon.com/Question-Mark-Church-Welcomes-Bullies-ebook/dp/B00UCJMRSW
On behalf of people from various churches around Melbourne and others protesting here today, and people throughout the world who’ve told us they wish they could be here, thank you for taking the time to read this, Benjamin Ady — peopleagainstfundamentalism@gmail.com
Source: Handout Hillsong Mark Driscoll 2, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GYQHcbO4mmqq9OTkPY3ShF4fpWCHeHd7vgjzOd1h75I/edit, Accessed 11/07/2015.
Hillsong Church Watch 
Let’s make a protest to make Jesus’ name known, what about it?
Sad.
Go for it. It’s a good time to protest and introduce people to Jesus.
Jesus loves you guys. Jesus is love.
We know. Share that love with Brian Houston and Hillsong. They don’t seem to know that.
Your continual siding with rabid atheists to gang up against Hillsong says a lot about you. Graham Richardson wrote a book called “Whatever it takes”. Richo’s ethos defines churchwatch – you will do whatever it takes to bring down Hillsong even if it means sleeping with the devil, which you have already done.
“even if it means sleeping with the devil, which you have already done.”
Supporting Brian Houston, what do you believe you’re doing? Hypocrite.
Further more I doubt Ben and Tanya appreciate being referred to as “the devil.” You yourself will undoubtedly never reach any unchurched.
Actually, the fact that you have sided with Brian Houston means you do not know the truth, so in reality you are the one who is “sleeping with the devil.”
Brian Houston has proven himself to be a liar by teaching for shameful gain what he ought not to teach. He does NOT preach Christ crucified for the forgiveness of sins, nor does he preach Law and Gospel, sin and grace, repentance and the forgiveness of sins. He teaches that you can “come as you are,” and that “finding your purpose” is what Christianity is all about when it’s not.
“rabid”, “devil”. teehee =P
Are you guys completely obsessed?
Thanks guys. The atheists, anti-church groups, and gay activists will love you.
You sure are demonstrating the power of the Internet – but unfortunately in the wrong way.
By the way, isn’t the conference over?
You DO realise that the anti-fundamentalists and women’s groups think you are mental don’t you?
I’ve lost any respect I ever had for any of you.
“The atheists, anti-church groups, and gay activists will love you. ”
We are hoping that Christians would actually attend these rallies to give a CHRISTIAN voice. We are also trying to give a voice to Christians so that even non-Christians can see that the church does care about the dishonest and immoral leadership at Hillsong.
Sadly, it is the non-believers who are taking to the streets, quoting Jesus, and calling Hillsong to be accountable to the Words of JESUS. The question needs to be asked, why aren’t Christians doing this?
The church of Australia should have dealt with Hillsong a long time ago.
A few years ago there was a anti-Hillsong float in the gay Mardi Gras in Sydney. If someone decides to have another Hillsong float in the next parade will all you guys put on your best Village People leather and join in? The way you’re going, you will.
Newtaste! Mate! Tracking the projectory of Hillsong, it’s more likely that they’ll be invited to participate in a near future Mardi Gras! You’re quite welcome to join us as we protest from the roadside.
Cheers, Team ChurchWatch.
“If someone decides to have another Hillsong float in the next parade will all you guys put on your best Village People leather and join in?”
that comment came from a very worldly Hellsongish mind, not the mind of Christ….
by the way…. most assuredly before long the Village People in leather will be singing and dancing in your Hellsong New York City choir….
and, most assuredly you will remain a Hellsong cheerleader….
“Village People leather”. teehee. Perfect =P
@ Really – interesting how Hillsong “Christians” demonstrate concern for the lost, the Tanya Levin’s of this world. You guys would have “crucified” the apostle Paul before his conversion, given the opportunity.
So are you implying that Tanya Levin is up for being converted back to Christianity but Hillsong is somehow denying her that opportunity? Exactly how are you showing the love of Jesus to her? Have you invited her to church? I haven’t noticed anything on her Facebook that she has been invited to church, and she is fairly open about her life, so the answer would be no. If you did invite her what do you think the chances of her saying yes would be?
modernflavour–why do you believe the best/primary way to show love to someone is to invite them to church? Or do you believe that?
Let oversea’s companies protest Hillsong because I want to see the epic battle! (etc. China, Korea and Singapore vs Hillsong = Tax free wars)