'Our family for life, we love you': Teen daughter of Hillsong 牧師 Carl Lentz who baptised Justin Bieber 急ぐs to his defence after he was 解雇（する）d for cheating on his Australian wife

Pictured: Carl Lentz with his wife Laura,?who he married in 2003 after 会合 her at the church's International Leadership College in Sydney

Lentz's 16-year-old daughter Ava (pictured together) penned a message of support on Instagram on Friday for the 戦闘の準備を整えた ex-牧師's birthday

'Happy birthday Dad. I love you. Best friend, strongest man, drippiest, music is 解雇する／砲火／射撃, skinny ジーンズ legend, you've taught me everything I know!! Our family 4L we love you,' she wrote

'Happy birthday Dad. I love you. Best friend, strongest man, drippiest, music is 解雇する／砲火／射撃, skinny ジーンズ legend, you've taught me everything I know!! Our family 4L we love you,' she wrote.

The 十代の少年少女 also 地位，任命するd four intimate family photos that showed the father-daughter 二人組 riding a bike together when she was younger, laughing in a photo booth, and 持つ／拘留するing her as a baby.

Her mother Mrs Lentz is yet to 問題／発行する a public 声明. She last uploaded a 地位，任命する to her Instagram on October 28, 株ing an image of a 'rhythms for life' planner and 定期刊行物, と一緒に which she commented: '2020 has been やめる the year.'

But the couple were pictured together in New York City the day after the sensational 解雇（する）ing.

The 十代の少年少女 also 地位，任命するd four intimate family photos that showed the father-daughter 二人組

Pictured: 不名誉d Hillsong 牧師 Carl Lentz and his daughter Ava when she was a child

Pictured: Photos 株d by Ava Lentz to celebrate her father Carl Lentz's birthday on Friday

Pictured: 戦闘の準備を整えた ex 牧師?Carl Lentz teaching his daughter Ava, now 16, to ride a scooter

The father-of-three looked dejected as he sat on his $2,000 e-bike and fiddled with his diet coke and 軽食 while Mrs Lentz stood above him with her 武器 crossed.

At one point she seemed to fidget with her left 手渡す, as her wedding （犯罪の）一味 could not be seen and it was 不明瞭な if she was still wearing it.

Just hours later, Mr Lentz would 解放（する） his 声明 説: 'This 失敗 is on me, and me alone and I take 十分な 責任／義務 for my 活動／戦闘s.'

Lentz hinted that he and his wife will 試みる／企てる to work through his infidelity, 令状ing that he is 焦点（を合わせる）ing on '再構築するing 信用' with her and their three kids.???

Pictured:?Carl Lentz and his family, Ava Lentz, 16, Charlie Lentz, 14, Laura Lentz, 42 and Roman Lentz

The 41-year-old father-of-three looked dejected on Thursday in New York City as he sat on his $2,000 e-bike and fiddled with his diet coke and 軽食 while his wife Laura Lentz, 42, stood above him with her 武器 crossed

'[I am] taking real time to work on and 傷をいやす／和解させる my own life and 捜し出す out the help that I need,' he continued.

'We, the Lentz family, don't know what this next 一時期／支部 will look like, but we will walk into it together very 希望に満ちた and 感謝する for the grace of God.'??

The ex 牧師, who was born in Virginia Beach, did not 株 any その上の 詳細（に述べる）s about his infidelity, only pointing to the fact that his 行為 had not '栄誉（を受ける）d the church... and God'.?

'When you 受託する the calling of 存在 a 牧師, you must live in such a way that it 栄誉（を受ける）s the 委任統治（領）. That it 栄誉（を受ける）s the church, and that it 栄誉（を受ける）s God.?

'When that does not happen, a change needs to be made and has been made in this 事例／患者 to 確実にする that 基準 is upheld.'???

Lentz hinted that he and Laura, whom he married in 2003 after 会合 her while 熟考する／考慮するing at the Hillsong International Leadership College in Sydney, Australia, will 試みる／企てる to work through his infidelity, 令状ing that he is 焦点（を合わせる）ing on '再構築するing 信用' with her and their three kids

Carl Lentz became 井戸／弁護士席-known after his 関係 to Justin Bieber （機の）カム to light, famously baptizing him. He was spotted out on Thursday on his bike

Hours later, Lentz would 解放（する） a 声明 that 自白するd to cheating on Laura, 令状ing in an Instagram 地位，任命する: 'I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important 関係 in my life and held accountable for that.'??The couple have three children together: daughters Ava, 16, and Charlie, 14, and a son, Roman

It （機の）カム as popular Instagram account Deux Moi 地位，任命するd an unconfirmed 噂する that Lentz had been hooking up with a popular New York City-based podcaster.?

When DailyMail.com 接触するd the woman 言及／関連d in the 地位，任命する asking for a comment on the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 事件／事情／状勢, she 辞退するd to comment on the 事柄.?

The woman has written stories about Lentz, 地位，任命するd how she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 会合，会う him and he also took a visit to her 井戸／弁護士席-known company's office in 最近の years.??They both follow each other on Instagram. The woman also follows Lentz's wife, but his wife does not follow her 支援する.

Hillsong leader Brian Houston 発表するd the bombshell news that Lentz had been 解雇する／砲火／射撃d in a 声明 on Wednesday.

'This 活動／戦闘 has been taken に引き続いて 現在進行中の discussions in relation to leadership 問題／発行するs and 違反s of 信用, 加える a 最近の 発覚 of moral 失敗s,' Houston 明らかにする／漏らすd.

But he （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it would 'not be appropriate' to 株 more 詳細（に述べる）s of Lentz's 申し立てられた／疑わしい offences.??

Lentz, who is の近くに friends with Justin Bieber (pictured in 2017) and even baptized the popstar in 2014, made his 自白 one day after he was sensationally 解雇（する）d by Hillsong's 創立者

Lentz is understood to have first met Bieber 支援する in 2008, when the popstar was just 14 years old, and the two formed a の近くに friendship, with Lentz serving as a 助言者 for the singer

Lentz 文書d the moment Bieber got 負かす／撃墜する on his 膝s, '荒廃させるd by loss' and sobbed: 'I want to know Jesus'. Pictured with Lentz's son

'They have a heart for people and we are 確信して that after a time of 残り／休憩（する） and 復古／返還, God will use Carl in another way outside of Hillsong church,' the 声明 continued.?

'In 終結させるing his 任期, we in no way want to 減らす the good work he did here.

'It would not be appropriate for us to go into 詳細（に述べる） about the events that led to this 決定／判定勝ち（する）. Our 焦点（を合わせる） at this time is to 栄誉（を受ける） God and pastorally care for our East Coast church community 同様に as the Lentz family.?

'...While I have no 疑問 that this is the 権利 course of 活動／戦闘, I must について言及する Bobbie's and my personal sadness, as we have known Laura her entire life and Carl for 井戸／弁護士席 over 20 years.'?

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Speaking out: Hillsong 創立者 Brian Houston 株d the news with church members in a letter sent on Wednesday (pictured). A 類似の 声明 was 問題／発行するd 公然と later that day

?In his letter sent to Hillsong East Coast members, which was 得るd by Instagram account Deux Moi, Houston 認める that people may still have questions about Lentz's 解雇／（訴訟の）却下, and 勧めるd them to email the mega-church's leadership team with any queries.?

'But as sudden as this feels to us, we must remember that it's not a shock to God, who birthed Hillsong NYC and already has planned for this time,' he continued, before 明らかにする／漏らすing that the church has not yet 設立する a 交替／補充 for the 解雇する／砲火／射撃d 牧師.?

Houston 追加するd that this course of 活動／戦闘 was 'not taken lightly and was done in the best 利益／興味s of everyone, 含むing 牧師 Carl'.

?In his 公式の／役人 声明, Houston paid 尊敬の印 to Lentz and his wife, 公式文書，認めるing that they have 'served faithfully and sacrificially'.?

Lentz first began working with Hillsong in Australia after relocating there from Los Angeles, where he spent time 熟考する／考慮するing at The King's College and Seminary.?

The father-of-three rose quickly within Hillsong's 階級s and formed a の近くに friendship with Houston and his son Joel while training at the church's International Leadership College in Sydney, where he met his wife.

In 2010, he moved 支援する to the US ーするために co-設立する the New York City 一時期／支部 of Hillsong, which soon amassed a major celebrity に引き続いて, with Lentz preaching to the likes of Bieber, Selena Gomez, Hailey Bieber, and several NBA 星／主役にするs 含むing Carmelo Anthony, David 物陰／風下, Kevin Durant, and Jeremy Lin.

However it was Lentz's の近くに 関係 with Bieber, now 26, that 伸び（る）d him the most notoriety, 特に after it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that the popstar had been baptized by the 牧師 in 2014, and even moved in with Lentz and his wife for six weeks in the same year.?

Speaking to the GQ in 2015, Lentz - who first met Bieber in 2008, when the singer was just 14 - 解任するd the moment Bieber got 負かす／撃墜する on his 膝s, '荒廃させるd by loss' and sobbed, telling the 牧師: 'I want to know Jesus'.???

によれば the magazine account, the baptism finished with Bieber 'wet and sobbing against 牧師 Carl's chest... born もう一度'.?

It played a central 役割 in transforming Bieber's image from a partying ladies' man to a clean-削減（する） Christian 充てる.?

His wife, Hailey Bieber, is also a 信奉者, and the two are frequently spotted in church together.?

In 2017, it was 報告（する）／憶測d by?People?that Lentz had been enlisted by Bieber and his ex-girlfriend Gomez to 申し込む／申し出 spiritual 指導／手引 and counselling about their 関係 after they 簡潔に 再燃するd their romance.?

Lentz's celebrity 関係s and の近くに friendship with Bieber have helped him to become something of a 星／主役にする in his own 権利, 急上昇するing him to prominence on Instagram, where he 誇るs more than 679,000 信奉者s.???

His sudden 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing therefore 誘発するd a flurry of 憶測 on social マスコミ, with many calling for Hillsong to 明らかにする／漏らす more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about Lentz's 申し立てられた／疑わしい offences.?

Lentz 明らかにする／漏らすd in March that he had 実験（する）d 肯定的な for COVID-19, having 誘発するd 乱暴／暴力を加える just days earlier by 持つ／拘留するing a 200-person Hillsong NYC service, にもかかわらず churches at the time 存在 discouraged to 持つ／拘留する large in-person 会合s in an 試みる／企てる to stop the spread of the ウイルス.?

Carl Lentz (pictured with his wife Laura) 明らかにする／漏らすd in March that he had 実験（する）d 肯定的な for COVID-19

It is not known how many attendees may have been 感染させるd, nor how many people were 実験（する）d for the ウイルス after the service - which was also broadcast to church members at home - took place.?

Hillsong, which 述べるs itself as a '同時代の Christian church' was first 設立するd by Houston in Australia in 1983, and it was 初めは known as the Hills Christian Life Centre.??

The mega-church now 誇るs 場所s in 21 countries around the world, 含むing the US, UK, Indonesia, and イスラエル. It has 28 場所s across Australia in places like New South むちの跡s, Queensland, and Tasmania.?

によれば Hillsong's website, the church 誇るs an '普通の／平均（する） 全世界の 出席' of 150,000 every week - however this number has likely been altered, and perhaps 増加するd, as a result of the church moving its services online まっただ中に the coronavirus pandemic.????

声明 from Hillsong 創立者 Brian Houston

Houston (pictured)?said it 'would not be appropriate' to 供給する 詳細（に述べる）s on the events which led to the church's 決定／判定勝ち（する）

Today Hillsong Church East Coast advised our congregation that we have 終結させるd the 雇用 of 牧師 Carl Lentz. This 活動／戦闘 was not taken lightly and was done in the best 利益／興味s of everyone, 含むing 牧師 Carl.

We thank 牧師s Carl and Laura for the way they have served faithfully and sacrificially since the start of Hillsong NYC and for 与える／捧げるing so 意味ありげに to the countless lives that have been transformed for Jesus Christ through this 省.?

They have a heart for people and we are 確信して that after a time of 残り／休憩（する） and 復古／返還, God will use Carl in another way outside of Hillsong church. In 終結させるing his 任期, we in no way want to 減らす the good work he did here.

This 活動／戦闘 has been taken に引き続いて 現在進行中の discussions in relation to leadership 問題／発行するs and 違反s of 信用, 加える a 最近の 発覚 of moral 失敗s.

It would not be appropriate for us to go into 詳細（に述べる） about the events that led to this 決定／判定勝ち（する）. Our 焦点（を合わせる） at this time is to 栄誉（を受ける） God and pastorally care for our East Coast church community 同様に as the Lentz family.

While I have no 疑問 that this is the 権利 course of 活動／戦闘, I must について言及する Bobbie's and my personal sadness, as we have known Laura her entire life and Carl for 井戸／弁護士席 over 20 years.

Hillsong East Coast services and all of our 省s will proceed as usual, and we will continue to be a place of hope, love and 約束 through the powerful and transforming message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a message our nation and the world need to hear more than ever during a time of such 不安定 and 不確定.

I 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the 広大な／多数の／重要な team of people who serve here, and as we 乗る，着手する on the 過程 of selecting new leadership, we are praying that God would bring about an exciting new season for our church and this 地域.

Hills ong Church will not be making その上の public comments on this 事柄.