I went there on going for four years..non stop without missing a service..(even come when you are sick they say..) which isnt always a good thing..I vomited once on the way.
They ask for Tithes 10% of your wage..love offerings (to show the guest pastors that visit the church you are grateful and love them) and then Gift Offerings..A gift to God, ontop of your 10% tithe..and love offering..as you OWE god your tithe..and SHOULD give a love offering..but you now have a wonderful opportunity to give a "gift" to the Lord.
After that.....there was nothing left. I was bled dry. When people would come up to me homeless on the street...I wanted to give to them too (buy a meal for example) as I know it is with people that Jesus' heart is...not at music concerts! However I would still try and give them money too..so I starving at one point.......
However ontop of all this asking, they also remind you to buy conference tickets for your friends and relatives.......
ALL YOUR MONEY GOES TO THEM........NOT GOD.............BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THAT CHURCH ARE HOMELESS AND STARVING LIVING ON FOOD VOUCHERS and they are building "Planetshaker" Campuses in Geelong and South Africa!! Is this right? To ignore the people sitting infront of you struggling, but to help people overseas?
I have come from a very bad traumatic background and the Main Pastor made a comment of people "going back to their caravans". Are all people who live in caravans trash? Is this what Jesus would say? Would Jesus say Go back to your caravan if you didnt do what he said?
No..Jesus would never do that.
Once at one of the conferences.......The same pastor made a comment about his wife not needing a face lift (lovely and true) however he was targeting Joyce Meyers, a world preacher who is healing millions of people due to abuse in their life! Who could possibly bag out Joyce Meyers?? She had a facelift...GET OVER IT.......look at the good she is doing!!
Whe I first started going to Planetshakers..I got an email saying something along the lines of "we are sorry to inform you Mike Guglimucci previous pastor did not have cancer!" I couldnt help but think it was a wonderful thing that he didnt have cancer (whoever he was)....... Very strange wording considering it was good news!
On top of that....I know 100% that they would have discerned this guglimucci guy was not right.....but because they are hanging onto things of the world..such as money, power, fame and vanity..they did not care! And this is what happened.......Many girls always did their hair and make up in the bathrooms.....
come on guys?? IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? It wasnt about jesus.........it was a concert........
I felt sad there all the time.........but now i am gone..
did anyone else feel this way?