Hillsong Church and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Launch New 24-Hour ‘Hillsong Channel’

Hillsong Church and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Launch New 24-Hour ‘Hillsong Channel’

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST News Service

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (ANS -- June 8, 2016) – Despite the recent passing of Jan Crouch, 78, co-founder of one of the world’s largest Christian broadcasting networks, who died early Tuesday (May 31, 2016) of a massive stroke in an Orlando, Florida hospital, the work of TBN continues to expand around the world.

ANS has just learned that Hillsong Church is partnering with the Trinity Broadcasting Network to create a 24/7 platform that will bring the best of global Hillsong content—including conferences, music, events and more—to viewers around the world.

According to a news release, for more than 30 years, Sydney-based Hillsong Church has ministered to people through the fellowship of the local church, Bible-based teaching and worship that draws people into the presence of God.

“It is my desire that Hillsong Channel would reflect the very nature of our local congregations around the world -- exalting the name of Jesus and empowering people to lead and influence in every sphere of life,” said Hillsong Church’s founder and global senior pastor Brian Houston. “I pray that this channel brings the hope, peace and power of the Gospel to life into homes all over the world.”

Viewers of this new digital and traditional broadcast channel will have a front-row seat to Hillsong’s numerous international conferences; powerful worship from the Hillsong, Hillsong United and Young & Free bands; Sisterhood, Bobbie Houston’s ministry for equipping and inspiring women; kids shows; documentaries and other new and exciting content.

In addition to worship, teaching and conferences, Hillsong Channel will feature live church services from Hillsong’s global campuses in Sydney; London; Cape Town, South Africa; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris; and Stockholm as well as Los Angeles and New York. Featuring faith leaders like Brian and Bobbie Houston, Carl Lentz, Ben Houston, Joel Houston, Reuben Morgan, Taya Smith and more. Hillsong Channel will also welcome inspirational content from renowned teachers such as Joyce Meyer, Jentezen Franklin, Joseph Prince, Beth Moore and Joel Osteen.

“We have an amazing opportunity to reach a whole new generation of viewers,” said Trinity Broadcasting Network’s chairman Matt Crouch. “We welcome the Hillsong Channel to the TBN Family of Networks.”

Viewers can find out where to watch Hillsong Channel on their TV provider’s lineup or for a limited time, watch the video stream online by visiting HillsongChannel.com.

About Hillsong Church

Hillsong is a global church movement positioned at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Founded by pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston, Hillsong Church began in 1983 in Sydney and has churches in city centers in 15 countries and on six continents with an average global attendance approaching 100,000 weekly. Each week, Hillsong’s music is sung by an estimated 50 million people in 60 languages and its sermons are broadcast around the globe. Through its college, conferences, podcasts, broadcasting and publishing, Hillsong trains and equips tens of thousands of Christian leaders and encourages countless others in their daily faith. To learn more about Hillsong and its global impact, visit Hillsong.com.

About Trinity Broadcasting Network

With more than thirty global networks, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is the world's largest faith-and-family television group, airing a broad range of church and ministry programming, Christian music, family-friendly movies, children's programming, and shows for teens and young adults 24 hours a day to every inhabited continent via 86 satellite channels and thousands of television and cable affiliates. In addition, TBN’s most popular global networks are available on digital devices, and over 40,000 entertaining and inspirational on-demand programs are accessible via TBN's innovative online network, iTBN.org. To find out more about the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks, log on to TBN.org.

For more information, please contact Janna Dawson, 678.787.0536, jdawson@demoss.com  

Photo captions: 1) A Hillsong service. 2) Bobbie and Brian Houston. 3) Logo. 4) Dan Wooding recording an interview.

About the writer: Dan Wooding, 75, is an award-winning winning author, broadcaster and journalist who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, and is now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for nearly 53 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren, who all live in the UK. Dan is the founder and international director of the ASSIST News Service (ANS), and the author or co-author of some 45 books, the latest is Mary My Story from Bethlehem to Calvary (http://marythebook.com). Dan has a weekly radio show and two TV programs all based in Southern California. Before moving to the US, Dan was a senior reporter with two of the UK’s largest circulation newspapers and was also an interviewer for BBC Radio One in London.

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