Article 5YDZX Hillsong: scathing internal letter denounces church response to Brian Houston’s ‘unhealthy’ leadership

Hillsong: scathing internal letter denounces church response to Brian Houston’s ‘unhealthy’ leadership

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Elle Hardy
from World news | The Guardian on (#5YDZX)

Exclusive: Senior manager says church indulged Houston's distinct lack of personal accountability' over many years and board members should consider resigning

A senior member of the Hillsong church has written an explosive letter to the church's global board criticising the handling of complaints against its former head Brian Houston and his leadership style.

John Mays, the church's head of people and development, recommended in the letter dated 19 March that Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, should be permanently sacked from Hillsong, saying Brian Houston considered himself beyond disciplinary boundaries" and defied them without further recourse from those responsible for his discipline".

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