Todd BentleyOur Rising Sound

August 20 2008

Michael Guglielmucci, author of “Healer”, exposed as fraud

Tagged Under : Healer, Hillsong, Lakeland, Michael Guglielmucci, music, news, Todd Bentley, worship

This has been a rough couple weeks for the church. First we have Todd Bentley stepping down due to marital problems and now his sexual sin being exposed. I have not posted anything on Todd Bentley, not because I don’t have strong feelings about it, but because I want to frame it in context to worship. I don’t want to write another piece on how messed up the whole Lakeland “outpouring” situation is, that’s been done. I’m working on a post so stay tuned on that front.

Michael Buglielmucci Now comes news that Michael Guglielmucci totally lied and made up his story of terminal illness. I don’t know where Hillsong goes from here, but I think they have to obviously take a long hard look at how the evaluate those whom they put on their biggest stage. A story of terminal illness can’t be that hard to checkout unless he had a team of doctor’s in on the lie.

I haven’t really gathered my thoughts on this yet, I’m just currently very disappointed, saddened and frustrated for the hurt this has caused. I hope you join me in praying for Michael and his family, Hillsong church and the thousands of those who have been impacted by this song. I’ve heard from several worship leaders who will continue to play this song in worship and I think that’s a wonderful thing. This song isn’t a story about Michael’s sickness or lack thereof, it’s a story and proclamation of God’s power. Perhaps this situation will make it even more evident in this song of our need for God’s healing power.

UPDATE: Michael’s father releases statement of his son’s confession.