This Hillsong higher-up is switching things up, as she downsizes to a downtown NYC apartment.Īmid the ongoing controversy and scandal surrounding Australia-based megachurch Hillsong, its chief operating officer is no longer renting her swanky Manhattan pad and has purchased a cheaper, smaller unit. Laura Lentz, wife of former Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz, just broke her months-long silence following the scandal that cost her husband his job. The Post can report that, according to property records, Hillsong COO and executive pastor Tolu Badders has listed her Upper West Side one-bedroom - which she rented for the past 12 years - to buy a simple studio in the West Village.Īccording to Reps for Badders, the Upper West Side home was rent stabilized and Mrs. The home’s owner has now listed it for sale at $925,000.īadders and her family have been searching for a new home since 2016. While her prior split-floor apartment boasted one-and-a-half baths in a full-service doorman building, her new unit features a single bathroom and a bedroom alcove tucked next to the kitchen sink. On November 4, 2020, Brian Houston, Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong announced through a church newsletter that he had fired Lentz. The married church leader - who rose in the ranks at Hillsong after volunteering for the New York branch in its fledgling years - purchased her new unit in late May for $800,000, property records show. Hillsong founder Brian Houston charged with hiding dad’s child sex crimes The Upper West Side apartment that is now for sale has two stories. Carl Lentz, the former celebrity pastor known for his gospel messages at mega celebrity church, Hillsong, has admitted to cheating on his wife with their family nanny while at the helm of the U.S.-based ministry.In an online bio, Badders describes her daily responsibilities as consisting of overseeing “the day-to-day running of church life” at Hillsong’s NYC branch, which was sent into turmoil along with the Christian institution’s reputation when former celebrity pastor Carl Lentz was fired for cheating on his wife in November.īefore news broke of Lentz’s scandal, the father of three and former friend of Justin Bieber sold his Montclair, New Jersey, home for $1.5 million. In a new FX docuseries, Lentz reveals the highs and lows that came with leading a successful congregation for nearly 10 years after Hillsong Church expanded from Australia into the United States. The claims were featured in a new TLC documentary about the church and the clergyman, which premiered on Wednesday. Lentz grew Hillsong’s name and his mega church had celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, U2 singer Bono and Kourtney Kardashian as members. EX-MEMBERS of disgraced pastor Carl Lentz's Hillsong Church have come forward about strict sex and dating rules. Ten years into Lentz’s pastorship, he shared an Instagram post in November 2020 to admit that his family was leaving the church after he had been “unfaithful” in his marriage with wife Laura. When you lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences.” He said himself, his wife and three children were leaving the church after he failed to “do an adequate job of protecting my own spirit, refilling my own soul and reaching out for the readily available help that is available. The pastor was accused of having an affair with a woman named Ranin Karim. Now, in a new trailer for “The Secrets of Hillsong,” which releases Friday, May 19, Lentz said “You do not want to be in this chair. Lentz could be seen wearing two gold chain necklaces that featured a pendant of a heart and another with a cross. Then his wife, Laura, remembered when Carl revealed the truth about his extramarital affair. “He said, ‘I have been unfaithful,’” she said as pictures from their wedding day flashed before the screen.ĭuring a video conference with Hillsong leaders prior to being fired – including Brian Houston who resigned in 2022 amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior” toward two women Lentz was also reportedly asked about a relationship with their family nanny, Leona Kimes.
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