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Lessons From Hillsong NYC

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Jun 03, 2025
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Here’s a section of a rough chapter from a book on Hillsong NYC I’ve been working on. I’ve got three chapters to go and then we go into edits.

This section describes how Black Lives Matter decimated the church I was a part of.

It’s my story—my vantage point—how I saw things happen.

I’m probably a tad inflammatory here, I’ll probably dial back the beatdown at edits.

This latter half of the chapter discusses Carl’s Beefcake Club: the genetically blessed guys he chose as his disciples. I then begin to talk about BLM and how it infiltrated our church, and how externals and trends in Manhattan seemingly set the pace for many decisions that were made.

Let me know what you think in the comments:

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