Mine is the Kingdom: The rise and fall of Brian Houston and the Hillsong Church

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In 2023 the curtain finally came down on Brian Houston. The rock star of Pentecostalism, former Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, was acquitted of concealing his father's sexual abuse of a minor, but it was too late. His glittering megachurch had disowned him. How had it come to this And how did Hillsong, the brightest star of international evangelical Christianity, fall to earth so spectacularly



Following in his father Frank's footsteps, Brian had supercharged Hillsong to become the nation's biggest and loudest Pentecostal church, built on the millions donated by its followers. He would hold audiences of 20,000 in the palm of his hand with a powerful message from God: You need more money.


Houston took his church worldwide, and even made it into the White House. Justin Bieber and several Kardashians were Hillsong regulars. Politicians courted Hillsong, with its magnetic appeal to aspirational Australians, and its story became entwined with that of Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister, Scott Morrison, who looked to Brian Houston as a key spiritual influence.


But just as Brian Houston's kingdom was at the very height of its powers it dramatically fell apart when the church's dirty secrets came tumbling out. Behind the scenes a secret insurrection, led by young Christian women, had mobilised. Journalist David Hardaker had been investigating the Hillsong phenomenon for several years, gaining unparalleled access to former insiders, when he received a tip-off. Something big was going down . . .

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David Hardakeris an experienced Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist who has worked for Four Corners, 7.30, Foreign Correspondent, Crikeyand 60 Minutes.