WE CAN THANK HILLSONG BIBLE COLLEGE FOR HILLSONG’S NAKED COWBOY
We are hearing that people around the internet are not convinced that this footage was captured at Hillsong Conference. This Hillsong Conference was in the Theater at the Maddison Square Garden.
If you look at the original video footage in this article, you will see Hillsong pastors Bobbie Houston, Carl Lentz, Terry Crist and Ben Houston up on stage with the Naked Cowboy:
Family friendly Hillsong Includes the Dancing Naked Cowboy?
If you are still not convinced, in the image below, you will see Hillsong “Pastor” Ben Houston with the lone ranger.
SO WHO PLAYED THE NAKED COWBOY?
These were the “Christian” comments about the Naked Cowboy on Instagram:
kelleyamberLIGHT & SHADE. #colourconf
leonofkingsHahahahaha
ingridsgonzalez
my sister sent me a video of this!! To good!!
jennfromscratchIs that Diego with his shirt off?
michelleval@jennfromscratch his shirt wasn’t the only thing missing!! @diegosimilaaka “naked cowboy”!!
jennfromscratch@michelleval not surprised that it was @diegosimila
lindacpighillsWe did not have a naked cowboy in London ! Lol
Source: kelleyamber, Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/p/BFIIRFLP8bn/, Published 08/05/2016. (Accessed 28/05/2016.)
If you didn’t pick up on the person’s name as these “Christian” women were swooning over the Naked Cowboy, his name (as seen in the above picture) is Diego Simila.
… And he is Hillsong’s NY Youth Pastor
Hillsong Youth Pastor Diego Simila: Hillsong’s Naked Cowboy
Who is Diego Simila? He was a model living for a few weeks in New York. In that short amount of time, he was asked by Hillsong leadership to be the Youth Pastor of Hillsong New York City, way back in 2010. In other words, he was rushed into Hillsong leadership because of his body (that’s the sad truth – isn’t it Carl Lentz).
“Let me give you a bit of background of Diego. He was in California. He had a boy band… and actually he was about to make it big and God told him to go to Hillsong Sydney to Bible College.
He left it all to pursue God. It was a fork in the road. He knew if he were to take that route it would be selling out his soul in his case and so he went to Hillsong…
Left it all. God’s favour just guided him. Amazing how many relationships out of the gate just happened for him. And then he left there after graduation. Went back to California. Was involved in a local church there and was doing some modelling and he was about to blow it up in the modelling scene and God told him he needed to go to New York City.
He didn’t have a job. In fact they didn’t even know he was coming. He lived homeless there for about three weeks and he was just jumping from couch to couch. But he was faithful, and all of a sudden in a short, short time, he winds up being asked, being told to be the Youth Pastor of Hillsong New York City, started in 2010.
Today they are 14,000 people and if you know anything about New York City, planting a church there is crazy it isn’t like the mid-west…
Source: 20150913 DIEGO SIMILA 04, Vimeo, https://vimeo.com/139132810, Published 13/09/2015. (Accessed 28/05/2016.)
We are noticing a trend here in how Hillsong identifies people for ministry. If God hasn’t called you to ministry in Hillsong yet, use more hair gel.
Hillsong Church Watch 
Hillsong has an interesting promotion system. It has nothing to do with the Bible nor your knowledge of it, and everything to do with looks & popularity. It’s pathetic but the world loves it.
I will be the first to say I don’t condone Hillsong, I do not agree with the things they do, although I will not deny that they have written a few good songs. But isn’t having an ENTIRE website dedicated to calling out Hillsong on EVERY LITTLE THING they do kind of missing the point? Our focus as Christians is supposed to be on Jesus and Jesus only. Yes, if you see someone doing wrong. Call them out. But don’t DWELL on it. As Jesus said “He that is without sin, let him cast the first stone.” Or in Luke 6:42 where it says:
“Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
I’m not saying the things that Hillsong is doing only amount to a “speck” so to speak. But all of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. None of us are worthy to throw that first stone.
My point is: call them out once or twice, but you are not in a position to condemn them. pray for them, love them as Jesus loves. Then build a bridge and get over it.
We are not dwelling on it – we are factually recording their apostasy to warn people to get out of this cult. It’s nice when we get testimonies of people who left.
“but you are not in a position to condemn them… love them as Jesus loves. Then build a bridge and get over it. ”
Your point is invalid. What is valid is that Christ himself warns us of these people, and through his Apostles tells Christians to mark them and expel the wicked from among us.
What are site demonstrates is that Hillsong is a law unto themselves and destroys people to further their lawless movement. The Christian thing to do is to keep warning people with one hand and proclaim the gospel with the other hand.
If you are not familiar with this kind of love – you need to familiarise yourself with the love Jesus ministered from. He didn’t throw out flowers, blow kissses and encourage everyone to sing kumbayah. His love and grace offended people. It is true he restored broken lives – and believe it or not, this is what we have been doing behind the scenes of this site.
Do you go to Hillsong? You’re coming across like a Hillsong Apologist spouting all their typical bible-twisting mantras:
“Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye…”
“all of us have sinned…”
“throw that first stone…”
“… you are not in a position to condemn them.”
“Then build a bridge and get over it.”
This is the typical tyrannical rubbish that Hillsong brainwashes their members to spout. Jesus didn’t build a bridge and get over this. He confronted the wicked leaders in his day and so did his Apostles. Why are you twisting the word to defend wicked and lawless institutions?
“…Every little thing…” There sure seem to an awful lot of “little things” to call out, and not just “little things” either. And you’re not disturbed by that?
I am not here to argue, in fact I agree with you point that Jesus did tell us to keep our eyes open for false prophets. And I applaud you for helping people get away from the whole messy system. My point was that there are other more pressing things to be focused on then seemingly only focusing on a singing group. and I’m going to be honest: when I first stumbled across your website I was trying to research Hillsong from a completely unbiased viewpoint and your website came across as more of a form of slamming them. Not trying to be harsh.
And yes I am well aware the Jesus didn’t blow kisses to the world and encourage everyone to sing “kumbayah”. If I truly thought that, I wouldn’t have bothered commenting at all.
I’m only cautioning against letting this become a more of a vendetta than a warning that comes from true christian love & concern.
Hi Phebe – no community or family tolerate cults in their neighbourhood. As the cult expert Walter Martin said, the cults have declared war on the church. So we admit: we are biased. We are against cults who destroy people and churches. The Christian thing to do is fight back. Equipping Christians to mature in the scriptures, contend for the place and expel the cults that are destroying us.
“My point was that there are other more pressing things to be focused on then seemingly only focusing on a singing group.”
The only way Hillsong has been able to take over churches and convert Christians to their Hillsong movement is through their music.
Their music has played a significant role in dumbing down the Christian faith and redefining it to suit their ecumenical agenda. Don’t take our word for it. That is what Hillsong leadership has said.
From: http://richvermillion.com/2012/05/14/judging-hypocritical-vs-biblical/
“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?“
(Matthew 23:16-19, NKJV, Words of Christ in red)
The thing to note about Jesus’ use of that phrase above is that He applied it specifically to a group of people who invented their own doctrines in OPPOSITION to the Truth of God’s Word. Similarly, many of those who contact us have either invented their own twisted doctrines, or alternately, have embraced the twisted doctrines of others. So in their “folly” and “blindness” they consider themselves “experts” on the subjects that they address — just like the “fools and blind” that Jesus rebuked above — while all the while, their doctrines are unbiblical and full of logical fallacies.
Inevitably a divisive church like Hillsong forces a person to choose a side i.e. biblical church versus Sensitive-Seeker church. For this topic try looking at the big picture first.
Since you type like you’re genuinely curious:
General:
Research biblical Gospel first, then compare Seeker sensitive one. What is same? What is different? e.g. http://www.gotquestions.org/seeker-sensitive-church.html
Research justification (faith in Jesus alone -> salvation): what does bible teach must be done for a person to be saved? What does a Seeker Sensitive church teach?
More specific:
Research sanctification (growth in holiness over Christian’s lifetime *as a result* of being born again) – What does Hillsong teach? What does Hillsong do to prove they believe in growth in personal holiness over genuine believers’ lives? How holy are Hillsong church leader’s lives?
Research repentance (metanoia) – what does bible teach about repentance of sin? What does Hillsong teach? What is Hillsong’s track record when sin has been committed by people in positions of power in their church? Do they confess it as sin or is sin minimized/ excused/ hidden?
Research Jesus saying we are hated by the world because we are not of the world (John 17:14) – what does Hillsong teach? What does Hillsong do? Does the (unsaved) world love or hate Hillsong?
Research how the apostles preached the Gospels in Book of Acts – did they have any entertainment/ musical performances to set the mood for preaching? Did they need to warm up the crowds to make them “open” to receiving their message (like Hillsong has literally made it essential for their meetings)?
What do the latest blog entries on Hillsongchurchwatch show about Hillsong’s conduct and moral standards compared to what the bible commands Christians to do/ be?
If you do the above study you’ll see why some online Christians know Hillsong’s problems cannot be dismissed like you suggest. Hillsong’s conduct is heresy “in practice”.
I agree with you in that we must be careful and watchful for the wolves in sheep’s clothing and yes, warn others. As I said. I do not condone them.
Also I don’t go to Hillsong, I have never stepped a foot into their church, I’m not even a fan of their music and I rarely listen to it and when I do hear it. It is over the radio. (No brain washing here. I have had little to nothing to do with them).)
I was only giving you feedback on how your approach to the subject looks harsh and unchristlike. And how you should take a second look at it. But I that is only my perspective of it and I will be the first to say that I am not perfect and don’t have everything right. (I can only rely on God’s grace for my many mistakes.) If you feel clear with God to go on. Then by all means do it. That’s what really matters. Thank you for your time!
Do you approve of the youth pastor portraying the Naked Cowboy character?
If you consider our reporting of an actual event “harsh and unchristlike”, isn’t it “unchristlike” of a youth pastor to represent himself as such an unsavoury character?
Cheers, Team ChurchWatch.
Hi Phoebe, I know where you’re coming from but I really believe we need sites like these as we are closer to the last days. Deception and false teachings are huge in the church, and getting worse. These sites help Christians to wake up from their slumber and be alert. In the end times the bible says there will be a great falling away. I truly believe that’s what’s happening now with seeker sensitive churches, especially at Hillsong. This site helped me to be aware of the similar type teachings at my church that we’re going on. We were able to find a church that teaches from God’s Word and doesn’t spin it to mean something to suit our fleshly desires. Christians need sites like this.
The Hillsong defenders are so pathetic. They will spend zero time defending the Bible (the Word of God!), but go and defend the Hillsong cult. They’re telling you what they believe. And what they believe, is not the Bible.
hillsong should call their buds at william morris endeavor to see if they have any model-types available to fake it as pastors. and get super apostle furtick over to rock out on his ‘tar. that would make the hillsong party even more groooovy baby!
Don’t be jealous just because Hillsong is impacting culture and all you’re impacting is your own ego. The statements you make against someone for their appearance are sad. Guess what, young people care about their appearance. They dress nice and style their hair according to trends. It would be hard to find a youth pastor who didn’t do this. The Bible says to know them by their fruit, and Hillsong has an abundance of that to show. What’s your fruit? Who are you impacting?
“The statements you make against someone for their appearance are sad. Guess what, young people care about their appearance. They dress nice and style their hair according to trends.”
anybody with that many big ugly tattoos across their chest as diego doesnt care one hoot about their appearance. its your theories that are sad. because frankly i am in a lot better condition than diego anyway. and diego dresses and styles like a twit havent you noticed? diego bragging about his boy band and modeling ‘career’ show whos really got the ego (him). so jealous? dont think so!
The “churches” that focus on the cool and trendy – they are the one’s that haven’t stopped finger-pointing at Christianity, claiming that it looks “dead” and “beige” and boring. Now that is carnally minded.
So if these churches want to claim the higher aesthetic ground, then they have opened themselves up for scrutiny. We encourage people to nitpick these aesthetic-driven people – it means these “churches” can put their money where their mouth is.
“They dress nice and style their hair according to trends. It would be hard to find a youth pastor who didn’t do this.”
Most of the youth pastors I ever knew didn’t care much about appearance, but none of the youth under them cared about that. All the youth cared about was that their youth pastor was real and biblical and cared. Being “relevant” in a worldly sense had not a thing to do with it. They were Christians with their set of values correctly based on the Bible, not incorrectly based on societal expectations which is what Hillsong always does in its vain quest to try to be “relevant”.
1 Samuel 16:7. But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Hillsong gets everything completely in reverse from the Scriptures.
I don’t think Hillsong has an abundance of fruit. What fruit do they have? Once people ‘give their heart to God’ they don’t change from their former self. They’re still ok with sleeping around, idolatry, vanity drunkedness, pornography. How do I know? I know lots of people who attend that church who are ok with that lifestyle, especially young adults. We aren’t called to be like the culture of this world. Hillsong doesn’t impact this culture, it allows the culture to impact them. Why don’t you go over to Syria and see if the Christians over there would care if their youth pastor was cool or trendy. They would care more that he was able to encourage them to stay strong in their faith and not to lose hope in Christ.
There is nothing wrong with cool, attractiveness, money, crowds or even sexiness per se, but when these things are paraded in the pulpit or on a Christian stage as the fruit of the Spirit.. well it’s just blasphemy.
“when these things are paraded in the pulpit or on a Christian stage”
And even worse Hillsong promises these things to you by twisting Scriptures. That’s blasphemy X 2.
no comment, it was bad idéa, and we can say what ever we want, to condamne or juge is not better.
do not focus only on the bad things because they do a lot of good things as well. yes we have to tell them if it’s not correct, the bible ask us to tell it if that, but if we start to go in judgment, we play a bad game.
I trust that God is light and He will bring light in this. let him bring light in our life true is spirit and his word.
Love God, Love Jésus… i’am so not perfect as well, that I canot judge other but just love them and pray.
be bless brother and sister
a french christian
Mik – Jesus has already judged Brian Houston the way Jesus has judged his father, Frank Houston. And yet Brian is refusing to believe the gospel and repent of his sins.
We’re not playing God – or playing judge. Brian is.