![]() Lentz, who was one of Hillsong Church’s most highly paid staffers, recently joined Transformation Church led by Pastor Michael Todd in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a “strategist.” “I am so proud of my husband & for the responsibility he’s taken! Mostly I’m grateful for a man who humbled himself & didn’t try to defend himself, he has kept quiet publicly and he has remained focused on the one thing that matters most - our family!” “I look forward to sharing our story, how I came to that conclusion, and I think it’s going to help a lot of people,” she added. ![]() Former Hillsong Church NYC pastor, Carl Lentz. ![]() “Yep, it has been challenging and hell yeah, it’s taken a LOT of work the past 22 months (but who’s counting) to make our marriage what it has become, & we will never stop working on ourselves, for this marriage and for our kids! I know there are many that don’t or would never do what I chose to do, and that’s ok, it’s not for everyone!!,” she wrote on Instagram. In September 2022, after spending nearly two years out of the limelight, Laura Lentz said her husband had “humbled” himself, taken responsibility and was getting ready to tell his story. It was unclear Thursday if the producers of the docuseries - Scout Productions, Vanity Fair Studios or FX - paid for the Lentzes for their appearance. ET with two episodes, followed by two more episodes on May 26, comes months after it was rumored that Lentz and his wife, Laura, were intent on getting paid for their story and had been shopping an exclusive interview. The docuseries, which will premiere on FX on May 19 at 10 p.m. Speaking in a just over two-minute teaser released by FX Networks for the new docuseries set to premiere this month called “The Secrets of Hillsong,” Lentz delivers two other lines in the clip including “The truth doesn’t go anywhere just because you cover it up,” and, “You do not want to be in this chair. | YouTube/FX NetworksĪddressing his scandalous exit from Hillsong Church publicly for the first time since his firing in November 2020 from Hillsong Church NYC over a sex and leadership scandal, disgraced celebrity pastor Carl Lentz says he “had some major lies” in his life. It’s understood a new TV docu-series due to be published in May about the myriad of scandals that have faced Hillsong over the last years will include Lentz’s first interview since 2020.Former Hillsong Church NYC pastor, Carl Lentz. My deepest thanks to our friends and family that have shown us such unconditional love and grace when we have desperately needed it. Not sure what the future holds for us, but we do know that we face it as a family and for that I am so thankful. He said: “It’s been a challenging road but we are alive, we are at peace and thanks to the grace of God we are TOGETHER. We believe that this is part of what it looks like for the church to be the church.”įollowing two years of silence since his sacking, Lentz took to social media last September to share he had restored his marriage. She continued: “We pray that Carl, Laura, and their family experience not only their own restoration, but help others experience restoration by using their triumphs and failures to create resources for the body of Christ at large. ![]() We believe in Carl, his marriage, his skill set, and his restoration.” Tammy McQuarters, Transformation Church’s executive operations pastor, told Religion News Service: “After two years of Carl being in his own discovery and healing process, he has shown readiness to use his God-given gifts towards the local church again. ![]() Led by Pastor Michael Todd, Transformation Church has made headlines for donating significant sums of money to their community, including a $200,000 (£161,000) donation to each of the three living survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, a two-day-long atrocity that saw white people attacking black neighborhoods in 1921. It’s understood this is Lentz’s first job as a church staff member since he was made redundant from Hillsong in 2020 for having an extramarital affair.Īs confirmed to Religious News Service by email, Lentz has joined the church’s staff to help with “strategy” as they continue to pursue their “vast vision” The former leader of Hillsong New York, Carl Lentz, has found new employment with Transformation Church, a nondenominational megachurch in the US state of Oklahoma. ![]()
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