Brian Houston, founder and global senior pastor at Hillsong, told CNN vaccines are a 'personal decision for each individual to make with the counsel of medical professionals. “If you don’t have faith that God can heal me over your stupid ventilator then keep the hell out of my ICU room, there’s no room in here for fear or lack of faith. After a congregant of the Hillsong Church in California refused to get vaccinated and died from COVID-19 complications, its founder is not encouraging the shot. arranged in alphabetical order: Obituary Died: Melvin E. “Please pray y’all, they really want to intubate me and put me on a ventilator,” he wrote on Sunday. Hillsong East East Coast Pastor Carl Lentz Fired for Moral Failure, According to. His scepticism then turned to worry when his condition deteriorated and he developed pneumonia. Mr Harmon had reportedly refused to be vaccinated even when he was fighting the coronavirus in a Los Angeles hospital this month.īefore falling ill with covid, he had posted a parody of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems song on Twitter, saying: “If you’re having email problems, I feel bad for you, son. Mr Houston also told CNN that Covid-19 vaccines are a “personal decision for each individual to make with the counsel of medical professionals”.

“He was one of the most generous people I know and he had so much in front of him.” Arguably Hillsong’s most famous scandal stateside involved the downfall of Carl Lentz, the young, attractive pastor (dubbed a hypepriest by GQ) often spotted wearing luxury streetwear and. Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb has died from Covid-19 at the age of 64, his channel announced Tuesday, weeks after contracting the virus.

“Stephen was just a young man in his early 30s,” Mr Houston wrote. and served as head of the organization co-founded by the civil rights icon, died at home in Atlanta of natural causes Friday, July 17, 2020, his friend and business partner Don Rivers confirmed to The Associated Press.

A Hillsong church member who was vocal in his scepticism of Covid-19 vaccination has died from the virus.īrian Houston, founder of the Hillsong Church, took to social media to announce the passing of congregant Stephen Harmon, aged 34. (iStock) Brian Houston, Australian pastor and co-founder of international megachurch Hillsong, announced on Sunday that he will be stepping down. The founder of the multinational Hillsong Church says that COVID-19 vaccines are a personal decision after a congregant who publicly refused inoculation died of complications from the disease. Vivian, a civil rights veteran who worked alongside the Rev.

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