“I came to a place,” Bieber reflected, “where I just was like, ‘God, if you’re real, I need you to help me, because I can’t do this on my own. The singer recalled how, after he put an end to all the partying in his early 20s, he turned to Smith, who recently rebaptized both Bieber and his wife and officiated their 2019 wedding, for spiritual guidance. And so I was just attracted to a family that eats dinners together, laughs together, talks together.” “It was something I always dreamed of because my family was broken,” Bieber said. The “Peaches” singer, who recently released a Gospel album, shared how Churchome Pastor Judah Smith, who he met when he was 15, always “put our relationship first” and modeled the kind of home life he hopes he and his wife, Hailey Bieber, will have one day.

The reality is, every human being has the same access to God,” Bieber stressed. “And it’s basically, church can be surrounded around the man, the pastor, the guy, and it’s like, ‘This guy has this ultimate relationship with God that we all want but we can’t get because we’re not this guy.’ That’s not the reality, though. Without mentioning Lentz by name, Bieber said he’s seen “so many pastors put themselves on this pedestal” in the church, with devastating consequences. In a recent interview with GQ magazine, Bieber, who distanced himself from disgraced former Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz after the latter was fired over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife, weighed in on how he’s seen celebrity worship invade the church.

Justin Bieber weighed in on 'celebrity pastor' culture and criticized those who use religion and their platform to boost their own fame, stressing that every human being, regardless of their status, “has the same access to God.” Justin Bieber speaks in 'Seasons.' | Justin Bieber

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