Marc Fennell faces his Pentecostal past in The Kingdom: ‘it was quite weird and uncomfortable’

Journalist Marc Fennell delves into new territory in his latest SBS doco The Kingdom, which means opening up about his past in the Pentecostal church.

SBS’s latest documentary The Kingdom sees journalist Marc Fennell facing his most personal story yet.

The doco also takes cameras inside the up-and-coming Pentecostal megachurches that are attempting to fill the gap the crumbling Hillsong empire is leaving behind.

It’s a very privileged situation to be in, by the way, which I’ve never been in before. A lot of people don’t get this opportunity, which is why I treat it with great responsibility and am trying to use it to bring light to other people’s experiences.

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Silvi Vann-Wall is a Melbourne-based journalist, podcaster, critic and filmmaker who loves frogs and improv comedy. They were the ScreenHub Film Content Lead from 2022 to 2025. Twitter (X): @SilviReports / Bluesky: @silvi.bsky.social‬ / Website: silvireports.com