Hillsong Church To Revamp Global Board To At Least 40% Female

September 1, 2022224 views0

Hillsong Church To Revamp Global Board To At Least 40% Female

2022-09-01T15:37:27+01:00

By Church News

The Australian megachurch Hillsong has announced recently that it will perform a serious overhaul of its current global board to include more women. The church’s goal is for the board to comprise of at least 40% women.Interim pastor Philip Dooley and chairman of the board Stephen Crouch shared the changes during a meeting with the congregation at the Hillsong headquarters in Australia.Crouch, who stepped in as the chairman of the board following Brian Houston’s departure in March, said he was “confident” the church would work together “through the largest transition we’ve ever faced as a church”.Houston served as both the lead pastor and the chairman of the board – two roles that will now be separate under the changes Crouch and pastor Dooley announced.Pastor Dooley said, “I’m so grateful for that, I really am because I’ve had enough to do and having a separate chair is really helpful to carry the weight because there’s a lot of weight to what we are doing and what we are all about in the responsibilities of leading our church well.”Changes to the structure of the board were also announced.Longtime Hillsong General Manager, George Aghajanian, Hillsong London lead pastor Gary Clark, property development company Hillscorp executive director Phillip Denton and Gloria Jean’s Coffee chairman Nabi Saleh have all “transitioned” from their roles on the board leaving only five members left.Those include Pastor Philip Dooley, Stephen Crouch, Sibo Nxumalo of Hillsong Africa, Russell Dacre of Hillsong UK and deputy board chair and Tolu Badders, Hillsong NYC’s chief operating officer and executive pastor – she is also the only woman among the five.Crouch said they want to create a board more diverse in “age, geography, and racial background, more reflective of our church community” and made up of at least 40% women. ALSO READ Faith-Based Musical ‘The Way’ Hits Theatres