Two High Profile Pastors Resign From Hillsong
During yesterday’s church service, Hillsong Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley announced the resignation of Peter & Laura Toganivalu (Toggs), the Global Pastors of Hillsong Young & Free, and also Brian and Bobbie Houston’s daughter and son-in-law.
According to their bios.
As well as youth pastoring, they seek to give a voice to this generation by leading our Y&F worship team – a collective of young people using their God-given talents to glorify Him.
The last few years have seen Pete inducted as an active member of the Hillsong Australia Church Board. And Laura pioneered ‘The Secret Garden TV’ – a space designed to reach & inspire young women by compelling them to dig deeper into the things that consume their hearts.
Explaining that he wanted to “honor” the couple moving on from the church, he brought them up on stage, describing Peter as a “legend over the last 12 months.” He says that Laura stepped down early this year, and Peter came to him a few months ago and told him he felt it was time to “step into a new season” outside of what they were doing at Hillsong church.
Reportedly, Laura and Peter have been very dissatisfied with the handling and revelations of the scandals over the last two years and are moving on for that reason, despite benefitting from some of the generous wages Hillsong paid staffers. The couple was making nearly $320,000 a year from Hillsong, not including honorariums, speaking fees, and another salary from the Shiloh ministries, which some sources peg at another $250,000. They live in a $1.3M dollar home in Glenhaven, one of the most desired neighborhoods in Sydney,
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