HILLSONG founder Brian Houston has appealed to his new flock at Garden City Christian Church to hold the faith.
Mr Houston said he hoped the community would hold-off passing judgment following his appointment to lead the 1000-strong Mt Gravatt church.
“Give it time and just see the real effect on people’s life,” Mr Houston pleaded.
More than 20,000 people attend Hillsong on Sunday in Sydney and Mr Houston says he is hoping that his Mt Gravatt ministry will be able to connect with people in Brisbane.
Mr Houston refers to last month’s takeover of Garden City Christian Church by Hillsong as a partnership.
He said the Rover St church, now known as Hillsong’s Brisbane campus, is its own legal identity, has its own assets and will decide its own future, but its faithful and the sign on the door belong to Hillsong.
Mr Houston says he has no problem with concerns that older long-time members of the former GCCC do not fit the perceived demographics of Hillsong.
“My experience in life is people come and people go and they are allowed to do that and I think the answer to that is it will come down to different individuals,” he said.
“At the end of the day you can only build a church on people who want to be there and want to be part of it.
“There is no doubt there is a lot of young people at our church, at Hillsong Church, but there is a good mix of people.”
When questioned about controversy that goes hand in hand with mentioning Hillsong, Mr Houston said: “We are an easy target.”
Mr Houston and his wife will continue to live in Sydney, and Pastor Steve Dixon is the local campus pastor at the Mt Gravatt church. Mr Houston said Mr Dixon’s position as the local campus pastor had no time frame.
“To me. the way it works is basically to work with lots of people and empower a great team of people and by empowering I mean really work with people on the ground and I fully intend to do everything I can to be here often and really put in ourselves.”Source
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