{"id":26273,"date":"2023-06-28T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26273"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:06:39","slug":"lecrae-says-the-new-hillsong-documentary-reminds-us-to-prioritize-spiritual-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/06\/lecrae-says-the-new-hillsong-documentary-reminds-us-to-prioritize-spiritual-growth.html","title":{"rendered":"Lecrae Says the New Hillsong Documentary Reminds Us to Prioritize Spiritual Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26294\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/06\/lacrea-hillsong_credit-the-come-up-show-flickr_inset-FX-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26294\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/06\/lacrea-hillsong_credit-the-come-up-show-flickr_inset-FX-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Come Up Show \/ Flickr | Inset: FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christian songwriter and rapper Lecrae recently shared his thoughts on social media on the new FX docuseries \u201cThe Secrets of Hillsong.\u201d In an Instagram post, Lecrae stated that the documentary reminds us to prioritize spiritual growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CtccfJzNslp\/\">The Christian rapper said of the documentary<\/a>, \u201cI have been minding my business and staying out of trouble and want to continue to do so. I just wanted to share a few thoughts I hope are helpful. I am not anti-mega church. It can be done well. I\u2019ve experienced it. But I am PRO spiritual growth. This doc reminded me how important it is to foster a community of people around journeying with Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secrets of Hillsong,\u201d released in May, centers on the controversies surrounding the global megachurch in recent years and includes Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz\u2019s first interview since being fired in 2020. The series explains the scandal surrounding Hillsong founder Brian Houston, who has been accused of hiding his father\u2019s sex abuse crimes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zerZb1FuesA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lecrae explained, \u201cLet me give you my two cents. I think, personally, that megachurches create some crazy challenges for people in terms of spiritual formation, discipleship, and pastoral care. I mentor a lot of younger believers, and right now, I notice that they are far more influenced by the social majority, social media, and cloud culture than they are by a consistent community of believers that are integrated into their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAs long as they show up on Sunday\u2026amongst 2,000 other people, it appears like they\u2019re good. The modern church follows the structure of an American business institution\u2014more than it is a community shepherded by leaders and sharpened by a community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapper went on to describe the focal point of the megachurch is a having \u00a0\u201cgreat day of presentation, oratory speeches, and musical production. He continued, \u201cAnd, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that\u2014but it\u2019s usually just that and not a consistent community of people who are walking through life together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have anything against the megachurch,\u201d Lecrae concluded. \u201cI just think it presents some crazy challenges because, oftentimes, when you\u2019re trying to build a business\u2014the end goal is capital growth. But, when you\u2019re trying to build a church, it\u2019s spiritual growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian songwriter and rapper Lecrae recently shared his thoughts on social media on the new FX docuseries \u201cThe Secrets of Hillsong.\u201d In an Instagram post, Lecrae stated that the documentary reminds us to prioritize spiritual growth. The Christian rapper said of the documentary, \u201cI have been minding my business and staying out of trouble and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":26294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4299,5636],"class_list":["post-26273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television","tag-lecrae","tag-secrets-of-hillsong"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lecrae Says the New Hillsong Documentary Reminds Us to Prioritize Spiritual Growth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christian rapper and songwriter recently shared his thoughts on the new Hillsong documentary, saying it shows why we need spiritual growth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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