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How Hillsong's Brian and Bobbi Houston started a worldwide megachurch | Australian Story (2005)

This story aired on ABC's Australian Story in August 2005.
A rare and revealing look at the family behind the worldwide megachurch, Hillsong.
When Bobbi and Brian Houston established their own tiny house of worship in the early 1980s, they didn’t dream they’d end up at the helm of one of the biggest independent churches in Australia.
Known for its chart-topping music and celebrity and political endorsement, Hillsong also divides observers.
Through it all, the Houstons have avoided personal media scrutiny.
n this 2005 documentary Brian and Bobbi Houston let cameras inside their home.
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