On a recent Sunday evening at London’s Dominion Theatre, I joined thousands of impeccably dressed, distressingly attractive twentysomethings milling in the glow of a huge “Welcome Home” sign projected onto the stage.
This wholesome and diverse crowd looked as though they could be a casting call for a Christmas commercial, but clutching their Miracle Meal pre-filled communion cups and wafer sets, they were there for something more meaningful.
If you want to spot a Premier League footballer in London, a service run by a Hillsong megachurch, of which there are now 12 in Britain, should be your first port of call. They are a snapshot of a huge and growing faith movement: an estimated 35,000 people in the world each day are converting to Pentecostal Christianity, of which Australia’s Hillsong is a leading international brand.
In January last year, Liverpool’s Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino was born again in his swimming pool with goalkeeper Alisson Becker weeping alongside him. “I gave you my failures and I will give you victories too,” the striker wrote afterwards on Instagram.
If you want to spot a Premier League footballer in London, a service run by a Hillsong megachurch, of which there are now 12 in Britain, should be your first port of call. They are a snapshot of a huge and growing faith movement: an estimated 35,000 people in the world each day are converting to Pentecostal Christianity, of which Australia’s Hillsong is a leading international brand.
In January last year, Liverpool’s Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino was born again in his swimming pool with goalkeeper Alisson Becker weeping alongside him. “I gave you my failures and I will give you victories too,” the striker wrote afterwards on Instagram.
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Hillsong was started up by the son of a pedophile, who refused to tell police what he knew of his fathers abuse. That alone makes it sullied in my eyes.
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