Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: On deeply held belief
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Wed Nov 11, 2026 23:31

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  Re: Re: On deeply held belief
  By: Outatime to Boraxman on Tue Nov 10 2026 10:03 pm

 > B> Evangelicals are not a big thing here in Australia.  There are some, and
 > B> they've grown in the last couple of decades (thanks to US influence :(
 >
 > Your biggest evangelical church - Hillsong - has actually had an outsized
 > influence on the United States and globally. They are well known and their
 > music has been sung in any US church that uses modern music, for about 20 ye
 > or so.

I have heard of Hillsong.  They are a wierd exception, but to be honest I
didn't know they influenced the US that much.  I assumed it was the other way
around, they were copying the US.

Learn something new everyday!

It seems they are quite big.  I remember in the 2000s some politicians,
including the Prime Minister attended their church at least once, that was when
they got a bit of publicity.

To me though, this all seem just wierd and foreign.  I just don't associate
this type of Christianity with Australia.

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