Disgraced former Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz has revealed the “new chapter” of his life he’s about to embark on, announcing in an Instagram Post that he is launching a new podcast, ending speculation (for now) that he is about to return to the ministry.
Lentz was famously ousted from the pastorate of Hillsong NY, after it was revealed that he was having an adulterous affair with a New York City-based designer named Ranin Karim.
Though this bombshell got him fired, it was only one of many affairs, with multiple instances of adultery and accusations of grooming and clergy sexual abuse being raised against him, most of which he has admitted to. Following his canning, he spent some time out of the public eye altogether until he took a job as a “church strategist at Transformation Church, where he has remained low-key until now.
Lentz revealed in a new Instagram post that he’s launching a new podcast show on June 4, titled “Lights on with Carl Lentz,” explaining the concept:
My choices, and the road toward recovery taught me how helpful it is to have people share vulnerably the impact of their bad choices, the pain they caused, and the pain they suffered that led them to make those choices, and what they’ve discovered can be helpful and healing.
My hope is that in sharing those things from my story and asking others to share theirs, it will be helpful, hopeful and healing.
Lentz added that he’s “thankful” for where he is today, that he’s “confident of the future, content in the present and healed enough to speak to the past is miraculous.”
