Brian Houston’s New Online Church is Here
Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong who resigned after disclosing misconduct that happened with two women, has finally launched his new online church.
Back in November of 2023 Houston posted on X that he and his wife, Bobbie, were going to begin the next chapter in their ministry journey.
“Bobbie and I are starting a weekly online ministry and church in 2024. I’m excited about building this new community,” Houston wrote.
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The new online community is known as Jesus Followers TV. Houston says that if he ever sought to begin a new church, he wondered what it would be called, landing on the thought that he would ideally like it to be all about building up disciples of Jesus.
“We’re prepared to do the hard work of growing a community, building a community,” says Houston. “We’re starting online a prayer ministry and we’re going to start online people who help us build connect groups which we’ll probably do on Zoom.”
Houston spoke openly about what life was like during the time of his court case for supposedly concealing sexual abuse actions committed by his father. He says that he and Bobbie spent time staying at a hotel during the trial to avoid the influx of paparazzi showing up to their home. Houston was found not guilty, which he calls a day of victory.
“On that day, we conquered the lies and the opposition that had come against us,” Houston says. “You are not just a conqueror. The Bible describes you as more than a conqueror.”
Toward the end of their first message, Houston stated that he is praying for God to bring in a big army of people who will be generous to their ministry.
“I pray that God will give us a great army of people, a great body of people who plan to be generous to Jesus Followers Television and help us get this ministry to the world in Jesus’ name. And not only that, the Scripture says that in generosity that generous person will stand,” Houston states.
As Jesus Followers is just getting started, we will see how Houston resonates with a new, online audience.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
