Pastor Michael Guglielmucci

Pastor Michael Guglielmucci

i believe most of you would have heard about him or know who he is. well, many of us had been praying for this man since 2 years ago when he announced that he had cancer. this man is one very talented youth pastor and he has written many songs especially for Planetshakers, a young and vibrant church that is booming in numbers.

now, here is the bad news....mind you, i was shocked when i found out too !!! no....he is not dead...apparently this cancer thingie is all a LIE. yes, you got me right, he has been lying about his cancer this whole time and this news really shocked the world man. many are angry coz they feel deceived, many are disappointed, many sad, many shocked and the worse i think is that the family including the wife also didn't know about this lie.

what would you do if you knew him and even helped him or prayed for him? i guess this is a hard question to answer. but do allow me to suggest something, i would say forgive him and pray for him....because to me, this incident tells me that mankind is not perfect...no matter how high and mighty you are even if you are a minister of God, the devil can still cause you to fall. it reminds me that only God is perfect and that we will never understand HIS higher ways.....so we better stick close to HIM and practice the love of God on our fellow believers.

as for songs that he has wrote, i personally think that it is ok to use it or to sing it coz i fully believe that it was written under anointing and it was intended to glorify God. remember what the Bible writes about anointing? even when one fall short or sin, God can still use him/her. one very good example would be King David or even King Saul.

there are a couple of places you can go to read more about this news for example.....search "Michael Guglielmucci" at www.news.com.au or go to Aussie News and Called2music, i will just put up one article, the rest you guys can click on the link....coz the stories are just too long. hope that all of you would not be overly disappointed after knowing this news but to continue to pray for him and his family......

this was an email that was sent out to members of Planetshakers Church

From: church@planetshakers.com

To: church@planetshakers.com

Subject: Important announcement regarding Michael Guglielmucci

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:14:15 +1000

Dear Church,

It is with great sadness that we send you this email. We wanted to tell you all in person but because others were being informed outside our church we felt it necessary to send you this correspondence. Michael Guglielmucci has informed us that he does not suffer from cancer, was never diagnosed with cancer, and has never suffered from the disease.

This admission has come as a great shock to everyone including his Wife and family who had no knowledge of the matter. We know this will shock and hurt many of you and we offer you our support and prayers.

Our pastoral team will be available to offer any assistance in regard to this situation. We are all saddened by this revelation and our prayers are with the Guglielmucci family. We would encourage you to take this situation to the Lord in prayer responding out of a heart of love, grace and truth.

While it is difficult for all of us to understand why this happened we would encourage you all to a closer personal walk with our Lord Jesus. On Sunday we will announce the news again to the church with other relevant information that may help you in dealing with this matter from a personal point of view.

We love you all dearly and would hate for this information to hurt you in any way. We are praying for you all. We want the best for you all.

All our love, Russell and Sam Evans