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Hillsong, igreja das celebridades, chega ao Brasil

A Hillsong, fundada por pastores na Austrália, abriu a primeira filial em São Paulo com muita música e público jovem.

Por Gabriela Kimura
Atualizado em 21 jan 2020, 02h54 - Publicado em 31 out 2016, 15h48

No domingo (30), a igreja cristã australiana Hillsong, conhecida pelos famosos fiéis como Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez e Vanessa Hudgens, abriu as portas da primeira unidade, em São Paulo.

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Obrigado a todos que vieram na nossa abertura. Foi realmente um dia incrível e um ótimo início dessa nova etapa para nossa igreja. Nos vemos domingo que vem! ⠀ ⠀ Thank you to everyone who came to our launch. It was truly an incredible day and a great beginning of a new season for our church! See you next Sunday!

A post shared by Hillsong São Paulo (@hillsongsaopaulo) on Oct 31, 2016 at 6:58am PDT

Curiosamente, a filial brasileira está localizada na casa de eventos da Barra Funda, a Audio Club, que promove os encontros todos os domingos às 18h. De acordo com a Veja, a fila na abertura contou com bastante presença jovem, público-alvo da Igreja.

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Tivemos uma ótima primeira reunião com uma atmosfera incrível de fé! Mal podemos esperar pela segunda. logo!! ⠀ ⠀ We had a great first service with an incredible atmosphere of faith! We can't wait to see what God will do on the second one.

A post shared by Hillsong São Paulo (@hillsongsaopaulo) on Oct 30, 2016 at 3:28pm PDT

O cantor Justin Bieber é um dos fiéis mais conhecidos da descolada e influente Hillsong, que investiu bastante em entretenimento, principalmente na música como carro-chefe dos cultos. Desde 2014, o pastor tatuado e com pinta de rockstar Carl Lentz se tornou o guia do jovem.

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Excited to be speaking to our Kingdom Builders tonight @hillsongnyc… Some of the most consistent and faithful people I have ever been around! It takes many, to continue to promote the available grace of God, which is no respecter of persons. That's the tricky thing about life..We desperately want to classify people in our minds. The picture above, demonstrates this well. Because these individuals are "well known", immediately it will elicit reactions..mostly harsh, because it's easier/lazy to classify that which you can't fully understand, than to pursue depth and reasoning. Projecting insecurity and bad motives is a full time job for too many people..If they were not "well known"? Much more palatable for people! Why? Because we classify that as well and are not threatened by things that fit neatly into our ready made classification prism. My point? We can't dispense grace or love how WE WANT. We must as GOD SAYS! I for one, am grateful for that. Don't deserve an ounce of the ocean of grace God has given me…Somebody once told me "humility is the great mediator. It will always be the shortest distance between you and another human being." Should make it really easy for all of us who claim to follow Jesus, to show grace and love exactly how we were given it: freely and quickly, regardless of our SHARED, INHERENT "class". Sinners… grace?? It changes the story..Have a great Thursday! #occupyallstreets #weezyandbeezy #throwback #whatatimetobealive #idontwritebooks #justlongcaptions #feelsright

A post shared by Carl Lentz (@carllentz) on Apr 21, 2016 at 1:32pm PDT

Até mesmo Bruna Marquezine e o jogador David Luiz encontraram refúgio espiritual no lugar. E, pelo posts no Instagram, percebe-se que os eventos são animados e bastante parecidos com um show:

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YOUR LOVE IS RELENTLESS! @hillsong 😍🙏❤️ Chegamos um pouco atrasadas pra ouvir a palavra, mas cada minuto de oração e de louvor foi maravilhoso ! 😍😍😍

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I've already got the new @hillsongunited album!! What a gift, what a bless! #justmakesurethatyougetone #cantgetenough #empires #allaboutJesus #mercimapetite #sohappy

A post shared by David Luiz (@davidluiz_4) on May 26, 2015 at 3:23pm PDT

No Brasil, Chris e Lucy Mendez são os responsáveis pela Hillsong, sempre sob o comando de Bobbie e Brian Houston, os fundadores. Ambos são pastores já em Buenos Aires, a primeira filial da América Latina.