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What Universal Music Group’s catalog removal means for our favorites from Hillsong, Kari Jobe, Chris Tomlin, and more.

Complaints about the emerging genre may have to do with the discomfort with monoculture surrounding it.

An Australian court found Brian Houston may have had a reasonable excuse not to call police about his father’s crimes.

Was the Hillsong founder covering up sexual abuse or trying to care for a survivor?

The Spirit is at work, but so are the mechanisms around high-production sets.

One formed me. The other entertained me.

With corporate consolidation in worship music, more entities are invested in the songs sung on Sunday mornings. How will their financial incentives shape the church?

New revelations will require increased accountability, but pastor wants to look to the future.

The Premier League winger known for his faith was killed in the earthquake in Turkey.

And other news briefs from around the world.

An Australian court is weighing whether Brian Houston had a “reasonable excuse” not to report his father's sexual abuse to the police.

As big-label collaborations dominate church setlists, fewer Christian women are penning hits than 30 years ago.

When the megachurch’s former pastors are in the news with allegations of scandal and abuse, what a contentious name it is.

Brian Houston’s resignation reminds us we need godly pastors, not just gifted ones.

Founder takes leave of absence for 2022 in order to prepare for trial on charges that he concealed alleged child abuse by his father.

Sam Collier, Hillsong’s first African American senior pastor, calls for revival in the birthplace of civil rights.

Australian worship movement flourishes in both post-communist Budapest and post-church Seattle because it confronts the historical establishment.

Influential church separates from Australia’s Assemblies of God.

(UPDATED) Debate continues over how long pastoral restoration should take.