Planetshakers is a Christian youth movement in Australia, originally founded by Russell Evans at the Paradise Community Church ( AOG/ Pentecostal) in Adelaide.
The ministry is now based in Melbourne, part of Planetshakers City Church.
Planetshakers also has relationships with Australian Youth Alive events, which often promote the conference to tens of thousands of young people.
The Planetshakers movement runs annual conferences in most Australian states. The next conference period will see Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as venues. The first conference held in Adelaide in 1997 had 300 delegates, growing to reach 20,000 nation-wide by 2004. Planetshakers Conference 2006 marks the 10th anniversary. Melbourne, being the primary venue will host the conference in Vodafone Arena, part of Olympic Park.
Conference speakers have in the past included Glen Berteau, Jurgen Matthesius, Rich Wilkerson, Mal Fletcher, Pat Schazline, Matthew Barnett, Reggie Dabbs and Chris Hill. The speakers strive to create a sense of passion and expectation, and inspire young people in their Christian walk.
Growing internationally, Planetshakers now also runs conferences in Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa, with a desire to expand to the United States of America.
The band and ministry moved to Melbourne in 2004 to start the Planetshakers City Church, which currently meets in hired auditoriums throughout Central Melbourne. Pastors include Mike Guglielmucci and Sam and Russell Evans. The church has attendance of 2500, and throughout much of 2005 ran three services per weekend, commonly approaching capacity. 2006 will see the church make use of the Melbourne Town Hall with a single weekend service initially.
The church's youth ministry called "Boom" is led by pastors Mike and Amanda Guglielmucci, and runs Friday nights during school terms at various locations.