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‘It’s a Cult’: Ex-Hillsong Members Claim Church Demanded ‘Slave Labor’

December 23, 2020 by Staff

(New York Post) This House of God is run more like a corporation — or a sweat shop — than a place of worship.

So say former members of once celebrity-beloved megachurch Hillsong, who continue to come forward with stories slamming the institution as more “slave labor” than sanctuary after the bombshell firing of adulterous pastor Carl Lentz. 

“It’s like you work for a major company” — only worse, Nicole Herman, who helped found Hillsong LA in 2013, told The Post.

Herman alleges the “abuse of volunteers and real, amazing people” by Hillsong leadership to fulfill their “petty needs” (a practice called “honoring”) reminded her of instant Cup Noodles: Leaders think they can just add water, no emotional investment necessary, and get a flock of loyal, unpaid laborers. 

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