Planetshakers' man Michael Guglielmucci faked battle with cancer
ADELAIDE pastor, musician and songwriter Michael Guglielmucci, who rose to prominence with the Planetshakers youth movement and whose song "Healer" is featured on the latest Hillsong album, has been exposed for faking a battle with terminal cancer. In one church performance that attracted 300,000 hits on YouTube, he performed his hit song with an oxygen tube in his nose. The clip has now been pulled.
Wrote Hillsong general manager George Aghajanian in an email to his congregation, "This news has come as a great shock to everyone including, it seems, his own wife and family. Michael has confirmed that he is not suffering with a terminal illness and is seeking professional help in Adelaide with the support of his family. We are asking our church to pray for the Guglielmucci family during this difficult time."
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I don't actually care what Mike has done so far, what he's doing, or what he will do. Fact is, he's a human, just like you, just like me. He isn't perfect. He sins. Yes it is understandable that some should feel hurt or betrayed by what happened, but he's publicly apologized, I accept his apology, and have forgiven him. And in my opinion, Healer is one of his greatest songs he's ever written. It's a song you can sing from the very depth of your heart. And it does have to power to affect. I have a personal testimony of the healing power of simply singing along with it. I had a very severe pain in my ear, I got prayed for, then I sat down and listened to this very song. Within the first few minutes, I could feel the pain leaving. By the end of the song, the pain had gone altogether. If I had the opportunity, I would go and give Mike a big hug and say thanks for being such a perfect example of a typical human, and for writing the song that has manifest it's power in me.
I am hoping and believing, sure as fire, that there are other people out there in this world that can share a testimony similar to mine. I also believe that God allowed this to happen to wake us up to who Mike really was: another human just like us. To be honest, I never would have expected something like this to happen. Ever. But it did. And I believe God has done a great work through it. Just remember people: Give GOD all the glory