envious. but this, this is church. and some new yorkers can t seem to get enough of their unlikely pastor, carl lentz. . i take a realize reporter: carl lentz looks more like a rock star than the head of a rock star church. the lord is my shepherd and i lack nothing. one, two, three! reporter: this 35-year-old basketball fanatic, a walk-on at nc state who calls himself the unofficial chaplain for the new york nicks, is a pastor, the lead pastor of a church, hillsong nyc. if you ran from church your whole life because you didn t like the organization, we meet in the club and not going to sing the song you re used to hearing and not going to preach
i will not say though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i take a look at my life, i realize it s sudden death. reporter: with the leather and body ink, he looks more like a rock star than the pastor of a pent coastal church. the lord is my shepherd and i lack nothing. reporter: this 35-year-old basketball fanatic, a walk-on at nc state calling himself the unofficial chaplain for the new york knicks is a pastor. the lead pastor of a church. hill song nyc. you ran from church your whole life you didn t like the organization, we meet in a club and not going to sing the songs you re used to and preach a message you think you ll hear. you take issue when people call this religion. i do. you can be religious about being a car thief, religious criminal. but we have a relationship with god. i will dwell in the house of the lord forever.
on three, one, two, three. reporter: this 35-year-old basketball fanatic, a walk-on at nc state, calling himself the unofficial chaplain for the new york knicks, is a pastor. the lead pastor of a church, hill song nyc. you ran from church your whole life you didn t like the organization, we meet in a club and not going to sing the songs you re used to and preach a message you think you ll hear. you take issue when people call this religion. i do. you can be religious about being a car thief. you can be religious, criminal. but we have a relationship with god. i will dwell in the house of the lord forever. come on, somebody. that is worth a pentecostal shoutdown. reporter: this is the american branch of the australian branch megachurch hill song boasting 75,000 members in 12 countries. lentz and wife laura started hill song nyc three years ago
the music, the light, the crowds. it looks like a rock concert. the lines around the block are enough to make any nightclub enve envieou envieous. this is church. and some new yorkers can t seem to get enough of their unlikely pastor. i will not say though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i take a look at my life with his leather jackets and body ink, he looks more like the head of a biker gang. the lord is my shepherd and i lack nothing. one two three, huslers. but this 35-year-old basketball fanatic. a walk on at nc state who calls himself the unofficial chaplain for the new york niknicks is a
p pentecostal church. but this 35-year-old basketball fanatic, a walk on nc state who calls him the unofficial chaplain for the new york knicks is a pastor. if you ran from church your whole life because you don t like the organization we meet in the club and won t sing the songs you are used to sing. you take issue when people call this religion. do i. it can be religious about being a car thief. you can be religious, you know, criminal. but we have a relationship with god. i would dwell in the house of the lord forever. come on, somebody, that s worth a pentecostal shout down. reporter: this is the american branch of the australian mega churchill song which boasts some 75,000 members in 12 countries. lenz and his wife started hill