Justin Drew Bieber. (Courtesy Photo.)
Justin Bieber is reportedly studying to become a church minister.
A source told OK! Magazine that the pop star, who is a Christian, feels called to enter the ministry.
“Justin has never been happier or healthier and says he owes it to the church,” the source said.
“He doesn’t want to give up his music career, but feels there’s a bigger calling for him.”
For several years, Bieber made headlines for his run-ins with the law and his bad boy antics far more than he did for his music.
But that changed after he was baptized in a bathtub back in 2015 by the then NYC Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz, a close friend and mentor of Bieber’s who was dismissed at the end of last year over cheating scandals.
Bieber has attended Hillsong for many years as has his wife Hailey Bieber, a model and the daughter of actor and evangelist Stephen Baldwin.
They both regularly speak about their Christian faith and last year were baptized together in a lake during a road trip. The baptism was performed by Pastor Judah Smith, one of Bieber’s closest friends.
“This was one of most special moments of my life. Confessing our love and trust in Jesus publicly with our friends and family,” Bieber said at the time on Instagram.
Later, he shared another message on Instagram expressing his love for Jesus.
“Jesus is the answer to our shame, guilt, condemnation, jealousy, bitterness, unforgiveness, selfishness the list goes on..” he captioned a graphic that read, “Jesus is our hope.”
“Jesus came to bring healing!” he continued. “I don’t know what idea of Jesus you have but Jesus came to save us. He came to sacrifice himself on the cross so that you and I could have a way out. Jesus took the punishment of our wrongs so that we can walk with God with no insecurities or shame. So we can walk in the FULLNESS OF ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR US!!
“God has a full extraordinary life for you. Do you trust God enough to let go of some things? (greed, bitterness, unforgiveness etc) give it to God he welcomes us with open arms and he isn’t surprised by our mess. My hope is in a person and his name is Jesus.”
