![]() ![]() The global church announced in November that it launched an independent investigation "into the inner workings of Hillsong NYC/ East Coast" after hearing concerns from people affiliated with those churches. branch of the Australia-based church Wednesday morning but officials did not immediately respond. The Christian Post reached out to the U.S. Herman said her ex-husband was the CFO of Hillsong LA, “so everything on the PEX cards had to be refilled through him.” She said “none of that money was coming from anywhere else.” Church staff like former Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz, who was fired last November over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife, also received their own Hillsong credit cards. The cards, which were reloadable, were given to volunteers to make purchases for the church and pastors, said Herman. “We had a team count the tithes after every service and they would allocate X amount of money for the PEX cards.” “I was instructed to fill them,” said Herman, who helped found Hillsong’s California branch in 2013. Herman, who left the church two years ago, told the publication that she personally loaded the funds onto the PEX cards as directed by leaders. ![]() Months on the heels of a sex scandal that rocked its Hillsong NYC location, Hillsong Church is now facing allegations of financial abuse as a number of former members accuse pastors of splurging tithe money on lavish expenses.įormer members of the church, including Hillsong LA Service Pastor Nicole Herman, told the New York Post that many pastors at Hillsong NYC frequently used tithe money loaded on debit-like “PEX” (pre-paid expense) cards on things like expensive restaurant meals, designer clothes and weekly manicures while living in a high-priced building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 16-18, 2014, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Carl Lentz, pastor of Hillsong NYC, speaks during the Hillsong Conference in New York City held Oct. ![]()
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