Hillsong has played an interview with controversial US pastor Mark Driscoll at its national conference on a giant screen in Sydney this week despite Church organisers saying they had cancelled his appearance.

Hillsong founder Pastor Brian Houston announced he had cancelled Mr Driscoll's visit to the megachurch's conference in Homebush after the once-disgraced pastor's attendance sparked a fierce public backlash.

Mr Driscoll caused outrage ahead of his planned trip to Australia for a number of his sermons dubbed "more macho than thou" and online missives deemed demeaning to women and people who did not conform to traditional gender roles.

But video footage captured by a conference attendee shows a pre-recorded interview with Mr Driscoll and his wife facilitated by Mr Houston was displayed on a massive screen at a packed Allphones Arena on Tuesday.