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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Use Australian English|date=April 2011Refimprove|date=May 2008Planetshakers is a youth movement that began as an annual conference and grew into a ministry and church in Melbourne , Australia .
Conferences
Planetshakers runs annual conferences in several Australian states.
The 2007 conference period saw Perth, Western Australia|Perth , Brisbane, Queensland|Brisbane , Sydney, New South Wales|Sydney and Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne as venues, and marking the 11th anniversary. Melbourne, being the primary venue, hosted the conference in Hisense Arena (formerly Vodafone arena), part of Olympic Park, Melbourne|Olympic Park .
The conferences were held in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth in January 2008. Melbourne at Hisense Arena from 2–5 January 2008; Brisbane 7–10 January 2008 at Brisbane Convention Centre ; Sydney 9–12 January 2008 at Sydney Olympic Park in the Sports Centre (formerly State Sports Centre); and finally Perth on 15–18 January at Challenge Stadium .
The 2009 Planetshakers conference was moved to April, instead of January as in all past years. It was themed 'ONE' as the 4 conferences in the 4 venues were merged to become one major conference in the Hisense Arena from 13 to 16 April 2009.
Conference speakers have in the past included Glen Berteau , Jurgen Matthesius , Rich Wilkerson, Mal Fletcher , Pat Schazline, Jude Fouquier, Matthew Barnett , Judah Smith (pastor)|Judah Smith , Reinhard Bonnke , Reggie Dabbs , John Bevere and Chris Hill Disambiguation needed|date=March 2012.
Growing internationally, Planetshakers now also runs conferences in Malaysia , Singapore and South Africa , with a desire to expand to the United States of America . They ministered at Singapore's Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore Expo 's max Pavilion in 2006.
Internationally in 2007, Planetshakers band played at events in Hong Kong , the United States , the United Kingdom , New Zealand , Malaysia , Singapore and South Africa .
Planetshakers also has relationships with Australian Youth Alive events, which often cross-promotes the conference and college to tens of thousands of young people.
City Church
Planetshakers City Church (formerly Melbourne City Church ) is a Pentecostalism|Pentecostal Christianity|Christian church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches , the Assemblies of God in Australia. The church started when the Planetshakers band and ministry moved to Melbourne in 2004, and currently meets in hired auditoriums throughout Central Melbourne. The church is pastored by Russell and Sam Evans and has attendance over 6000, and throughout most of 2005 it ran three services per weekend, commonly approaching capacity. Currently, the church is held at the Dallas Brooks Centre . There is also a Geelong Campus and a North East campus (previously Yarra Plenty Church). The City campus also made use of the Arrow building for baptism services but due to the increased attendance the baptism services have been moved to Richmond AOG Church in Melbourne.
The youth ministry has become so successful that the Catholic and Anglican churches are looking at adopting Planetshakers' methods. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/young-believers-pray-and-sway-to-a-new-beat/2007/04/07/1175366538300.html? page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Young believers pray and sway to a new beat - The Age (8 April 2007)
The church also runs a children's ministry called "Planetkids", which is held concurrently with the main church service. Planetkids runs an annual children's conference at the same time as Planetshakers Conference. Planetshakers has also created a children's resources aimed at reaching children and training leaders, branded '4 Store'.
"planetUNI" is the church's university students ministry and comprises local and international students as well as recent graduates being active in the group. In addition to fortnightly meetings (Urban Life groups), a new outreach event will be held once a month on a Friday night aiming to attract university students.
"Urban Life" groups (basically cell group s) are run fortnightly in homes spread around all parts of Melbourne. They include different age areas, such as kids (held in the Church service each week), teenagers (PlanetBoom), university students (planetUNI), young adults and adults.
There are also various other ministries serving and reaching out to women (Beautiful Woman), men (Mighty Men) and business people (Kingdom Life).
College
Planetshakers Ministries have set up a bible school named, Planetshakers College . There are several campuses running in most major Australian states. In Perth (WA), Brisbane (QLD) and Melbourne (VIC). The college is affiliated with Southern Cross College and emphasizes on impartation, not academic learning. They offer a fully accredited course for the Certificate IV in Contemporary Leadership which runs as a year long course. Students can then choose to go on and complete a Diploma version for a second year. The aim of the college is the same as the Planetshakers movement, "empowering a generation, to win a generation". Many well known individuals associated with the Planetshakers conference including Henry Seeley , Russell and Sam Evans, and Martin Steele serve as guest lecturers during the course of the year.
Controversy
It was reported in 2006 that former bass player Michael Guglielmucci , had fraudulently claimed he was dying of cancer.Cite news | last = Smith | first = Sharon | title = Chart-topping pastor's cancer lie | pages = 1 | current affairs show = Today Tonight | location = Adelaide | date = 29 August 2008 | url = http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/4972420/consumer/chart-topping-pastor-cancer-lie | accessdate = Cite news | last = Wheatley | first = Kim | title = Go to police, church tells lying pastor; praise to the fraud | pages = 1–2 | newspaper = The Advertiser | location = Adelaide | date = 22 August 2008 | url = | accessdate = During this time Guglielmucci received money from supporters who believed his illness was real. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/porn-pastor-unlikely-to-face-charges/story-e6frea83-1111117460461 Guglielmucci also released the hit song Healer, an anthem of faith for believers who were suffering from cancer.cite news| url= http://www.theage.com.au/national/thats-sir-conman-to-you-copper-2008s-bizarre-rap-sheet-20081115-67pd.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=That's Sir Conman to you, copper: 2008's bizarre rap sheet | first=Mark | last=Russell | date=16 November 2008 Guglielmucci explained his actions as being a result of a long term addiction to pornography . http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/24/2344811.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345377.htm
Music
Infobox musical artist | name = Planet Shakers | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Adelaide , Australia | genre = Worship music Contemporary Christian Christian Rock | years_active = 2000 & ndash; present | label = Integrity Music | website = http://www.planetshakers.com | current_members =
The Planetshakers band is an Australian Rock music|rock and worship band, a part of Planetshakers's ministry. Their music is a contemporary style of praise and worship tempered with mainstream rock and pop.
The Planetshakers band is the central part of their events. The 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian was also a part of the Planetshakers band for several years, taking both lead and backup vocal parts on the 2002 and 2003 albums and conferences. http://rhemadev.co.za/september/worship.html Rhema on Planetshakers Many of the musicians originated from Youth Alive South Australia, which also released CDs. Some of the songs written by current band members for the Youth Alive albums, such as 'Phenomena' and 'God of Miracles' (from Youth Alive Western Australia) have also featured on Planetshakers earlier albums.
In 2004, their compact disc|CD Open Up The Gates was nominated for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for the Dove Awards .Citation needed|date=April 2009 Planetshakers announced at their 2008 conference that they would begin to release tracks via subscription to the "Planetshakers Revolution" - an online music/resource distribution system designed to consolidate and build upon different products that they had previously offered. "Revolution" was then discontinued on June 2010, with Planetshakers informing users they planned to move to other mediums to distribute their resources.
Discography
When the Planet Rocked (2000) Recorded live at conference.
So Amazing (2001) Recorded live at conference.
Phenomena (2001) Compilation. (International release - live recording)
Reflector (2002) Recorded live at conference.
Open Up The Gates (2002) Studio recording.
My King (2003) Recorded live at conference.
Rain Down (2003) Studio recording.
All That I Want (2004) Recorded live at conference.
Decade: Lift Up Your Eyes (2005) Special 10th Anniversary Compilation.
Arise (2006) Studio Recording.
Pick It Up (2006) Recorded live at the 10th anniversary conference.
Praise Him (2006) Compilation of 25 greatest Praise anthems.
Worship Him (2006) Compilation of 25 greatest Worship anthems.
Never Stop (2007) Studio recording
Saviour of the World (2007) Recorded live at conference.
Free (2008) Recorded live at Planetshakers City Church.
All for Love (2008) Recorded live at conference.
Beautiful Saviour (2008) Recorded live at Planetshakers City Church.
Deeper (2009) Recorded live at Planetshakers City Church.
One (2009) Recorded live at conference.
Even Greater (2010) Recorded Live at Planetshakers City Church
Nothing Is Impossible (2011) Studio Album - DVD Recorded Live at Planetshakers Conference 2010
Heal Our Land (2012) Recorded live at conference.
See also
Australian Christian Churches
References
External links
Australian
http://www.planetshakers.com/ Official website
News Articles
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/heart-cry-of-a-generation-as-young-christians-jump-for-jesus/2006/01/12/1136956303499.html Heart Cry of a Generation as Young Christians Jump for Jesus - article in the Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/mosh-pit-crowd-jumping-for-jesus/2007/01/02/1167500124395.html Mosh pit crowd jumping for Jesus - article in The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/the-idol-edge/2006/11/01/1162339911453.html The Idol Edge - article in The Age
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1825436.htm Praise pit to faith - Transcript from feature in the 7:30 Report (Current affairs program on the ABC channel)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/young-believers-pray-and-sway-to-a-new-beat/2007/04/07/1175366538300.html? page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Young believers pray and sway to a new beat - article in The Age
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