Has Hillsong become Scientologists?
In an article:
"You Can Be Depression-Free"
Hillso
Has Hillsong become Scientologists?
In an article:
"You Can Be Depression-Free"
Hillsong stated:
"The bottom line is: depression is a supernatural spirit of destruction straight from the devil, and as such, needs to be treated like an enemy. We must take a strong stand against it and deny it any power in our lives."
"Depression stems from an underlying root of unbelief in God's care, His goodness, His faithfulness, or even His ability to get you out of seemingly "impossible" situations."
These are the same people who take Government funding to fill vulnerable young peoples heads with this Scientology like rubbish.
This article was posted and removed as soon as public outrage started to grow.
it is documented here:
http://andrewbartlett.com/blog/?p=208
You can read what they do to their own ministers if they dare suffer from a human frailty such as depression when your parents die..they discard rather than support..
read about it here:
http://www.rickross.com/reference/hillsong/hillsong13.html
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The Sydney Morning Herald
They sought help, but got exorcism and the Bible
Ruth Pollar
The Sydney Morning Herald
They sought help, but got exorcism and the Bible
Ruth Pollard
March 17, 2008
A SECRETIVE ministry with direct links to Gloria Jean's Coffees and the Hillsong Church has been deceiving troubled young women into signing over months of their lives to a program that offers scant medical or psychiatric care, instead using Bible studies and exorcisms to treat mental illness.
Government agencies such as Centrelink have also been drawn into the controversy, as residents are required to transfer their benefits to Mercy Ministries. There are also allegations that the group receives a carers payment to look after the young women.
Mercy Ministries says 96 young women have "graduated" from its program since its inception in 2001. But many have been expelled without warning and with no follow up or support.
Three former residents who have felt the full force of Mercy's questionable programs are blowing the whistle on its emotionally cruel and medically unproven techniques, detailing abuse including exorcisms, "separation contracts" between girls who became friends, and harsh discipline for those who broke the rules.
Naomi Johnson, Rhiannon Canham-Wright and Megan Smith (Megan asked to use an assumed name) went into Mercy Ministries independent young women, and came out broken and suicidal, believing, as Mercy staff had told them repeatedly, that they were possessed by demons and that Satan controlled them.
Only careful psychological and psychiatric care over several years brought them back from the edge.
Taking in girls and women aged 16 to 28, Mercy Ministries claims to offer residents support from "psychologists, general practitioners, dietitians, social workers, [and] career counsellers". These claims are made on its website, and the programs are promoted through Gloria Jean's cafes throughout Australia.
But these former residents say no medical or psychological services were provided - just an occasional, monitored trip to a GP, where the consultation takes place in the presence of a Mercy Ministries staff member or volunteer.
Instead, the program is focused on prayer, Christian counselling and expelling demons from in and around the young women, who say they begged Mercy Ministries to let them get medical help for the conditions they were suffering, which included bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and anorexia.
When the Herald asked Mercy Ministries representatives whether they told young women that the symptoms of their mental illness or eating disorders were due to demonic activity and that residents were forced into exorcisms, they offered no denial.
Throughout its website, decorated in hot pink tones with images of happy young women who have been "saved", Mercy claims to offer its residential programs free. Yet the services are not free - young women on unemployment benefits are "asked" to sign them over to Mercy, while others are asked to make a donation for expenses.
Mostly funded by Gloria Jean's Coffee - which said last night it did not plan to change its sponsorship arrangements - and supported by the Hillsong Foundation, Mercy Ministries says it has a 90 per cent success rate, but when asked to provide evidence of the program's outcomes, Ms Watson said that research was under way and not yet available.
Ms Johnson spent nine months in the Mercy Ministries house in Glenhaven before she was expelled. Close to committing suicide and her eating disorder worse than ever, she was admitted to a psychiatric unit and has spent three years trying to recover from her ordeal.
Ms Canham-Wright and Ms Smith tell similar stories from their time in the Sunshine Coast house, and all continue to suffer from the effects of Mercy Ministries' unconventional program.
They are concerned that as more houses are due to open, more women will be put at risk, partly because there is a desperate shortage of affordable services for people with mental illness.
"This could be really dangerous .. Mercy has the potential to be inundated with people ... [who will] fall for the advertising and out of desperation reach for Mercy," Ms Johnson said.
The federal Minister for Human Services, Joe Ludwig, said the Government would investigate. "I am very concerned about these serious allegations, and I have asked Centrelink to investigate its payment arrangement," he said.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission and the Queensland Office of Fair Trading have also indicated they will investigate if they receive complaints from the women.
"Both the federal Trade Practices Act and the relevant state fair trading acts would seem to apply to the situation since income is being received by Mercy Ministries. Both laws prohibit misleading and deceptive conduct."
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/16/1205602195048.html
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Brian Houston has twisted Jesus' message of sacrifice and humility into a celebration of a
Brian Houston has twisted Jesus' message of sacrifice and humility into a celebration of avarice and greed...
Luke 18:23-28
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
2Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1Tim 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
2Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
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Hillsong is changing Gods word into something thats insipid tasteless and easy to swallow.
Hillsong is changing Gods word into something thats insipid tasteless and easy to swallow..
Hillsong is selling Mc Jesus to the world.
Why work for salvation when for the cost of a offering you can hear that selfish greed is a sign of a blessing and self obsession is healthy reflection..
and that doing very little for others is a lot..
If people question you they do the work of the devil..
Hillsong is a Cult of personality with no depth
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'Fraudster' blames Hillsong
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22303984-501340
'Fraudster' blames Hillsong
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22303984-5013404 ,00.html
Anthony Klan | August 25, 2007
ROBERT Orehek admits he did the wrong thing but claims it was the materialistic ethos of the pentecostal Hillsong Church that made him do it.
The 45-year-old former property developer is the man known for "fleecing" $25million from investors -- predominantly members of the Hillsong congregation -- to fund a property empire that failed spectacularly in 2003.
Mr Orehek faced the NSW District Court yesterday on four counts of fraud -- to which he has pleaded guilty -- but his trial has placed the spotlight on the "greed is good" mantra of the Hillsong empire, which preaches that material wealth is a badge of God's favour.
Mr Orehek strenuously denies the portrayals of him as an evil property developer intent on embezzling investor funds.
And he has an unlikely ally. Consumer advocate and real estate novelist Neil Jenman -- who has built a reputation for fighting unscrupulous property spruikers -- yesterday took to the witness box in defence of Mr Orehek.
Mr Orehek, Mr Jenman said, was a "dreadfully inept businessman" and "not particularly intelligent" but not someone who had set out to deceive investors.
In 1998, Mr Orehek was a small-time property developer, building single houses and "dual-occupancy" apartments. He had been worshiping at Hillsong twice a week for five years but had made "very few friends".
That changed in 1998 when parishioners discovered Mr Orehek was a "property developer". Suddenly he was contacted by "more than 100" members of the congregation seeking to invest in his developments.
Among those church members to invest were Hillsong pastor David Crafts and executive pastor Joel A'Bell, who poured in a combined $540,000.
The churchgoers were chasing returns of 25 per cent on their investments that Mr Orehek said he could deliver because he intended making 100 per cent on all equity invested, and "didn't want to be too greedy and keep all the profits myself".
Mr Orehek's workload of two small-scale developments suddenly grew to more than 10 major projects. The group unsurprisingly fell into liquidation in 2003.
But before the crash Mr Orehek, who believed he was "blessed to make money", started spending big, moving into a multi-million-dollar apartment and buying a Porsche and a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Following the collapse, a suicidal and "deeply remorseful" Mr Orehek was banned from worshipping at Hillsong.
On behalf of Hillsong management, elder Kevin Brett wrote to Mr Orehek in February 2004 threatening to call the police if hereturned.
"I was in shock. I thought it was a public place, I didn't think they could stop you going to public places," Mr Orehek said.
Hillsong refused repeated requests for an interview, but in a written statement the group's founder Brian Houston -- who had been a neighbour of Mr Orehek in the late 1990s -- defended the move to ban the failed developer.
"We maintain our right to ask anyone displaying predatory behaviour to cease attending our church, and it was our leadership's belief that there was a good reason to do so in this situation," Mr Houston said.
In court yesterday judge James Bennett said Mr Orehek's actions as his company crumbled reflected someone who believed "perhaps with a little of trust in God it will all work out at the end of the month".
Mr Orehek has been charged with four counts of fraud over the use of investor funds for different property development projects to which they were prescribed. He is also accused of using $150,000 of investor funds to pay a deposit on an apartment in Sydney's exclusive Balmoral.
He is expected to be sentenced on September 5
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Hillsong claim that their prosperity is an act of God. They twist Gods words to justify gr
Hillsong claim that their prosperity is an act of God. They twist Gods words to justify greed and self interest
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