Still Believe Hillsong Is Doing God’s Work? – Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz: ‘Churches Might Be One of the Biggest Propagators of Racist Ideology’ By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire
GNN Note – Last year I published an article about Mr Lentz’s stance on abortion. He stated abortion was fine and then redacted his statement. It was too late – the cat was out of the bag. There were several people that are close to the GNN and warned that I may be making a misstep with by republishing those older accounts, especially since Mr. Lentz had “crossed his fingers” when he made the statement – he didn’t actually mean it, he just said it because… Now, we see another layer to the story. Mr. Lentz should contact the Vatican as he would fit-right-in.
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Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong East Coast, said recently he believes the Christian church may be “one of the biggest propagators of racist ideology in our country.”
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“There’s a difference between your principle and your practical,” explained Lentz during the latest episode of his podcast “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” “So if my principle at Hillsong, New York City, is ‘we value all people,’ practically speaking, you should be able to see that.”
Lentz was talking with former NFL linebacker and ESPN sports analyst Emmanuel Acho, who said “the most powerful person in America is a religious white man.”
Acho pointed out that, though segregation legally ended in the 1960s, Sunday mornings have remained ethnically separated.
“It’s hard to listen to a preacher preach if you know that that preacher believes in systems that are hurting people,” said Lentz. “So it’s safer sometimes to go to a black church … [because] I don’t know if I can trust somebody who claims to love Jesus and professes to teach me about this man, yet you’re silent on issue that hurt my people.”
