Hillsong’s first black pastors, Sam and Toni Collier, embroiled in a cheating and abuse scandal.

The first Black pastor of Hillsong, who just came aboard in June 2021, is running for the hills less than a year later.

The leader of the Australia-based global megachurch Hillsong is stepping down to fight a charge of covering up child sex offenses committed by his father, he announced Sunday.

The founder of the Sydney-based global Hillsong Church Brian Houston has stepped down from the board as he faces charges for concealing his late father’s sexual abuse of a child.