No one is interested in the reality show being pitched by the disgraced pastor.
He is looking for investors for a new church and promises he can still bring in the big money.
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Carl Lentz’s replacement John Termini leaves Hillsong to start church in Hawaii
Yet another pastor is out at scandal-plagued Hillsong megachurch.
After a decade working at the Australia-based church, John Termini — who temporarily served as lead pastor for Hillsong’s NYC branch in the wake of Carl Lentz’s adulterous fall from grace — is leaving and embarking for sunnier shores, to set up his own religious institution in Hawaii.
“My family and I will be moving to Hawaii in August, where I will begin the process of planting a local church close to where my brother lives with his beautiful wife and little boy,” Termini, 38, said in an Instagram post Thursday, before launching into praise for Hillsong founders Brian and Bobbie Houston.
Since Hillsong began an internal investigation in response to Lentz’s firing — and the onslaught of allegations that followed — a slew of pastors has left the church under unclear circumstances. Termini, however, insists that his departure is not only amicable but that he has Hillsong leaders’ best wishes in his new venture.
“I am fortunate to have Pastor Brian’s blessing and I am thankful for our relationship moving forward,” he wrote in the announcement, formatted as the image caption on a photo of himself, his wife and their two children in front of a red surfboard. “Hillsong church, I love you.”
Despite formerly being Lentz’s “right-hand guy,” the post makes no mention of him, nor the past year’s worth of turmoil at the megachurch, including claims of financial abuse by pastors and accusations that members were indoctrinated into an alleged cult that demanded they perform “slave labor.” – Source
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