Planetshakers Church, Contemporary Christian church in Southbank, Melbourne, Australia.
Planetshakers Church is a modern religious building on City Road in Southbank that holds several thousand people during worship gatherings. The structure includes multiple halls and meeting areas designed to serve a large congregation.
Planetshakers began in 1997 as a conference and band within Paradise Community Church in Adelaide, South Australia. The band and ministry moved to Melbourne in 2004, where the church was established as Melbourne City Church. Russell Evans, son of longtime pastor Andrew Evans, and his wife Samantha are the senior pastors of the Melbourne church.
The name comes from the Planetshakers band created for the first Planetshakers conference; the church's music arm has released over 30 albums, and its songs have been translated and reinterpreted in evangelical churches worldwide. The youth branch Planetboom, aimed at high school students, released its first album, Jesus Over Everything, in 2019.
The main Melbourne campus sits on City Road in Southbank, with further campuses in the city's north, northeast and southeast and in Geelong. Services run across these sites, and the church also lists international campuses in Austin, Cape Town, Singapore and Geneva. Check the website for which campus and gathering suits your visit.
The worship band Planetshakers grew out of the first Planetshakers conference and has released more than 30 albums, with songs later translated and re-sung in evangelical churches worldwide. Its youth branch, Planetboom, issued its first four singles in 2018 and the album Jesus Over Everything in 2019.
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