Hillsong distancing itself from Mercy Ministries

One of my readers suggested I take a gander at the media release form Hillsong on Mercy Ministries, it is interesting to note that this release was apparently amended from earlier in the day -the previous release was apparently harsher.  I have inserted my comments below:
27 October 2009
I want to inform you of issues that [...]

Shine – The sickly sweet face of Hillsong Evangelism

I have written posts about Hillsong’s shine program before.  My view is that it is an underhanded, and calculated attempt to evangelise to children in state schools.  According to Hillsong:
 
“Shine is a nine-week personal development program designed by Hillsong CityCare to help young women tackle issues of self-esteem, value and self-worth.

SHINE is [...]

Nancy and Hillsong still in Love

As Nancy informs us Hillsong and Nancy are  still tighter then a fishes…
I just wanted to say hello to everyone from Sydney, Australia. I’m having a great time here at the Hillsong Conference! Yesterday we had a lot of fun catching up with old friends and just catching up with one another – it was [...]

Hillsong – Mercy Ministries no more?

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Hillsong has had an interesting link with Mercy Ministries for some time.  Previous Pastors at the Hillsong Darlene and Mark Zscheck were  the  ones responsible for opening that mercy ministries in Australia before moving on to things extra evangelical.
The has been tremendous support in kind (and I suspect  donations) with the Mercy Inmates [...]