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When I'm presenting on Independent Charismatics & the Trump Admin, I frequently get asked (by ppl w/ little experience in this arena): Why does anyone join these churches? Well, I strongly recommend watching the new FX #SecretsOfHillsong documentary. 1/
The series (3 of 4 episodes have aired so far) tracks the implosion of #Hillsong, a globally networked, massive Independent Charismatic church originating in Australia. themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/feb… @ellehardy has also done some excellent journalism on Hillsong's inner workings. 2/
While my own research focuses on the New Apostolic Reformation – another influential Independent Charismatic network that was instrumental to the US Capitol Riot – the Hillsong documentary is great at capturing the magnetic qualities of these churches. icjs.org/charismatic-re… 3/
The burden of autism.
All the names, they stay with me. Connections upon connections - sometimes, it is useful. For organisations like #Hillsong.
I talked about current Hillsong Board member Stephen Crouch earlier today. And then I looked, and looked again. And saw this.
All the names, they stay with me. Connections upon connections - sometimes, it is useful. For organisations like #Hillsong.
I talked about current Hillsong Board member Stephen Crouch earlier today. And then I looked, and looked again. And saw this.
2/ Dr Crouch, who if you remember, was found by the ACCC to be liable for issues around Mercy Ministries, has quite the insurance business. And he is surrounded by names that are recently familiar. Because I read about them in bodies connected to Hillsong and Hillsong directors.
3/ A Christian insurer who also loans money to churches. That's quite an achievement. acsfinancial.com.au/about-us/
Dr Crouch. Michael Eadie. Craig Kellock. Scott Conway.
I read all those names earlier today.
Dr Crouch has quite the list of Hillsong Board appointments.
Dr Crouch. Michael Eadie. Craig Kellock. Scott Conway.
I read all those names earlier today.
Dr Crouch has quite the list of Hillsong Board appointments.
2. In “Hang on for the Ride” Fiona drew pictures of her abuse and named some high level abusers. cathyfox.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/my-… #fionabarnett #csa #childabuse #sra
3. Hang on For the Ride was a revelation back in 2015 and still is - not just child abuse, but ritual abuse, mind control programming, armed forces, international, high level. Names, places, programmes id'd. Irrefutable and in easy to understand drawings. cathyfox.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/my-…
This piece (in @ConversationEDU) asks whether churches like #Hillsong are unexpectedly shrinking in Australia. It suggests this based on a 2021 census that found “Pentecostal” identfication declined slightly (2%) from 2016 to 2021. I have questions... 1/ theconversation.com/were-told-pent…
1st a caveat that I’m not an expert in Australian #Pentecostalism or on #Hillsong, & I’d welcome comments/thoughts from experts/insiders there. So on to my questioning: Is Hillsong “Pentecostal”? Colloquially, sure, it’s Pentecostal-Charismatic & emerged out of Pentecostalism. 2/
In 2018, Hillsong announced that it was forming it’s own “denomination” in Australia hillsong.com/collected/blog… and officially separating from the Australian Christian Churches (the Australian branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship), a global Pentecostal denomination. 3/
At the end of the last episode, the preacher sneaker guy says something to the effect of ‘it’s frustrating because the majority of Christians and churches aren’t like this but because Hillsong is so famous…’
My dude… wake the fuck up.
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#YouDontKnowEvangelicals
My dude… wake the fuck up.
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#Hillsong
#YouDontKnowEvangelicals
Those former volunteers and students could have literally been talking about any mega church in the US. Because every single one abuses ppls time, and finances and emotionally manipulates in the Same. Exact. Way.
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#EmptyThePews
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#EmptyThePews
#Hillsong is not an anomaly. It is in fact Best Practices for the rest of white evangelical churches. They wrote the book. They laid the foundation. And every spirit filled, Bible believing church in this country has enthusiastically replicated the same system.
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Last night around 745pm, 3 NSW #Police officers banged on my door. When I answered, they placed me under arrest for taking a photograph in a court room.
I was not cuffed but I was told to remove my jewellery and any strings and I was body searched outside my home.
I was not cuffed but I was told to remove my jewellery and any strings and I was body searched outside my home.
I was put in the back of the police van and driven to the station. I was told that they could detain me for 6 hours. I was put in a cell in the custody department.
I was asked if I wanted to be interviewed.
I declined. I was told it would be done anyway.
I was asked if I wanted to be interviewed.
I declined. I was told it would be done anyway.
Before we left my house, an officer stormed in and walked into my kitchen while filming. I asked him if he had a warrant. He said that as I was under arrest "there could be knives or scissors and I don't want one plunged into my neck."
I said but it's a photo charge. #auspol
I said but it's a photo charge. #auspol
#Hillsong
Putting a list together of what I experienced in my time as a member of a small Pentecostal group (I refuse to call it a church). There will be multiple pages...
My hair was dyed blonde & permed. I was told (by the pastor & "elders") that was vanity in its worst
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Putting a list together of what I experienced in my time as a member of a small Pentecostal group (I refuse to call it a church). There will be multiple pages...
My hair was dyed blonde & permed. I was told (by the pastor & "elders") that was vanity in its worst
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Form as I had done this purely for attention from men.
I was told my skirts/dresses had be 3inches below the knee & anything more than a kitten heel was walking the line of being a prostitute. Only women with NO morals wear high heels... for male attention, ofc
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I was told my skirts/dresses had be 3inches below the knee & anything more than a kitten heel was walking the line of being a prostitute. Only women with NO morals wear high heels... for male attention, ofc
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My tops/shirts/dresses weren't to be sleeveless & nor should the neck be more than half an inch under my collar bones.
When I go off for a smoke, I cannot be with a member of the opposite sex UNLESS another female is there. This is promiscuous behaviour.
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When I go off for a smoke, I cannot be with a member of the opposite sex UNLESS another female is there. This is promiscuous behaviour.
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A Thread: SATANISTS RULE THE WORLD says QAnon nutter & ScoMo's bestie, Tim Stewart. Crikey today: "Morrison’s focus on China’s handling of coronavirus has garnered support of Aust's leading proponent of QAnon, Burn Notice, @burnedspy34." Read here: tinyurl.com/yabj9pca
ScoMo's mate Tim (@burnedspy34) and his son Jesse (@jesse_onya_m8) support many disturbed QAnon people. Lynelle and Tim are Morrison's besties. Lynelle and Jenni were each other's bridesmaids. It was the Stewarts they holidayed in Hawaii with. Lynelle worked at Kirribilli House.
US-based QAnon conspiracy theorists believe the US is controlled by Satan-worshipping paedophiles acting as a "deep state" and that Trump is the "annointed one" (by Jesus, who else?) to cleanse the world thru the coming of "the storm". Still with me? Let's continue ....
A public service reminder of :
a)what #demonicpossession
looks like, AND
b) #FionaBarnett right AGAIN!!
#HILLSONG 😱👇
a)what #demonicpossession
looks like, AND
b) #FionaBarnett right AGAIN!!
#HILLSONG 😱👇
@CarolynAndLoren @RMagnussonDavis @NotUnderBondage @OutoftheG8TE @FionaBarnettEy1 @frmalachi @ruseriousrtnw
@CarolynAndLoren @RMagnussonDavis @NotUnderBondage @OutoftheG8TE @FionaBarnettEy1 @frmalachi @ruseriousrtnw
This is the first time I had ever witnessed demonic posession of a crowd at the hands of...what?! (see at ~4:10)
#Hillsong
This is the first time I had ever witnessed demonic posession of a crowd at the hands of...what?! (see at ~4:10)
#Hillsong
