â??Hillsong.â? Never heard of Hillsong, the Australian Pentecostal megachurch? Readers of the New York Times have no excuse to be in the dark, thanks to the (Sept. 9) headlined story, â??Megachurch with a Beat Lures a Young Flock.â?
The Timesâ?? main religion reporter, Michael Paulson, by concentrating on Hillsong Los Angeles, Hillsongâ??s first church-plant on the West Coast, gave a glimpse of the now world-wide initiative. Anything which attracts young people, â??millennialsâ? and all, to religion of any sort is likely to draw attention, given the easy-to-gain perception that the numbers who are serious about religion are declining in Western Europe and North America.
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