22 Facts About Brian Houston

Brian Charles Houston is a New Zealand-Australian former pastor and evangelist.

Brian Houston was the founder and senior pastor at Hillsong Church, based in Sydney with locations around the world.

Brian Houston was the national president of Australian Christian Churches, the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God, from 1997 to 2009.

Brian Charles Houston was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 February 1954.

When Brian Houston was three his parents joined the Assemblies of God in New Zealand and began pastoring a church in Lower Hutt, near Wellington, where Brian Houston and his brother and three sisters spent their childhood.

In 1983, Brian Houston hired the Baulkham Hills Public School hall in Sydney's north-western suburbs to start a new church, the Hills Christian Life Centre.

In May 1997, Brian Houston was elected the president of the Assemblies of God in Australia after the retirement of Andrew Evans.

In February 2000, Brian Houston helped to create the Australian Christian Churches network of Pentecostal churches.

Brian Houston is a member of the Australian Pentecostal Ministers Fellowship.

Brian Houston founded Hillsong Music Australia, the music ministry of Hillsong Church.

Brian Houston was in the United States at the time of being charged and resigned from the church's board as a result of his arrest.

In March 2022, Brian Houston resigned his position as senior global pastor after an internal investigation into his conduct with two women connected to the church.

In December 2023, Brian Houston announced plans for starting a new community and church in 2024.

Brian Houston has made public comments on homosexuality and same-sex marriage:.

Brian Houston said that Frank "appeared rushed" to hand his church to him.

Brian Houston reportedly forced his father into retirement and did not go to the police.

Brian Houston was in the United States at the time of being charged and resigned from the church's board as a result of his arrest.

Brian Houston was charged with concealing a serious indictable offence.

Brian Houston stood trial at Downing Centre Local Court and pleaded not guilty.

The magistrate determined Brian Houston had a "reasonable excuse" for not reporting his father as Brian Houston believed the victim did not want the allegations reported to the police the victim testified at trial that he did not make this request.

Brian Houston has been friends with Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, who described Brian Houston as a mentor during his maiden address to parliament in 2008.

Morrison has distanced himself from Brian Houston following the circumstances of Brian Houston's resignation from Hillsong Church.