Alcohol, prescription drugs and the 40 minutes in a woman’s room. Inappropriate texts offering a ‘kiss and a cuddle” to a female staffer. A payoff made. Revelations at an extraordinary meeting of Hillsong staff now threaten Brian Houston’s hold on the global megachurch he has built over two decades. In this Crikey exclusive series David Hardaker has the inside story on the tumble – and possible fall – of the man who has dominated pentecostal christianity in Australia, and the fallout on the organisation.
