Hillsong issued this statement, presumably in response to rumours surrounding the legal battle being fought by Gloria Jeans:
19 April 2010
Hillsong Church does not own or operate Gloria Jeans and has no legal or financial ties to the company.
Gloria Jeans is a privately owned business.
The owners of Gloria Jeans have publically acknowledged that they attend Hillsong [...]
In April I commented on the interesting news that Jireh, parent company of Gloria Jeans Coffee had landed itself in court over unpaid commissions to another company. Well to give you an update I’ll hand you over to Ruth Pollard of the Sydney Morning Herald:
THE parent company of Gloria Jeans Coffee, co-owned by the Hillsong [...]
For new readers you can follow the start of the latest Mercy Ministries debacle in my posts here, here and here. For those with a bit of time on your hands click the link at the bottom of this post to read about the 2 year long struggle against this rather dubious biblical ministry.
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In the post we learnt that the Privacy Commissioner had decided to carry out a preliminary investigation of the situation surrounding the refusal of Mercy Ministries Australia to hand over client files to past clients.
In a letter received by one of the complainants, a few days ago, the Assistant Privacy Commissioner has advised:
So Mercy Ministries [...]
This email was forwarded to me, by an ex-mercy member who has lodged a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner. This followers from the refusal by Mercy to release client information on request to previous residents. It is reproduced with permission and names and contact details removed.
Dear <name removed>
PRIVACY COMPLAINT AGAINST MERCY MINISTRIES
Thank you for [...]