A worship leader with Hillsong Worship
was hospitalized after suffering a brain
aneurysm, but is recovering following a
nine-hour surgery.
Chelsea Taylor, a member of the worship
team at the Hills campus based in Sydney,
Australia, suffered the aneurysm soon after
worship on Sunday and was transported to
the hospital.
In a statement posted to Instagram ,
Hillsong described Taylor as “a worshiper,
a lover of Jesus and one of the purest
hearts ever” and told followers that she
“could do with your prayers.”
“She has just come through a 9 hour brain
surgery and we are believing for no more
bleeds complete healing and miracles in
Jesus name — we are not out of the woods
by any means — tonight she is in ICU but
we believe in Jesus, his resurrection power
and for hope to appear,” Hillsong stated.
Hillsong’s Cass Langton posted an update
from Taylor’s mother about the worship
leader’s condition on Tuesday, explaining
that the singer was recovering.
“Chelsea pulled the life-support out last
night. She is talking and trying to get out of
bed. Honestly this is a miracle,” read the
statement posted by Langton.
“I just told her the whole church is praying
and fasting all over the world and she
smiled and said thanks mum,” she added,
noting that Taylor was being moved out of
intensive care.
Langton described the situation as
“miracles in motion,” explaining in her
Instagram post that “from Costa Rica to
Sydney, Melbourne to France, Redding to
San Fransisco [sic] we have been praying.”
“… this morning we gathered in the creative
west wing as a creative team and al hills
campus team and we received communion,
worshiped and prayed for chels,” she
added .
News of Taylor’s medical emergency
comes as another worship figure
connected to Hillsong, music writer Marty
Sampson, gained headlines for explaining
that his Christian beliefs were on
“incredibly shaky ground.”
Sampson, known for penning lyrics for
Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Delirious
and Young & Free, made headlines earlier
this month after announcing in a since-
deleted post on Instagram that he was
“genuinely losing my faith.”
Later, in comments posted to The Christian
Post’s Facebook page in response to an
opinion column by Michael Brown, he
explained that he had not yet “renounced”
Christianity.
“I have and continue to analyze the
arguments of prominent Christian
apologists and biblical scholars, and am
open minded enough to consider the
arguments of atheist debaters and
debaters from other religions,” wrote
Sampson .
“If the truth is true, it will remain so
regardless of my understanding of it. If I
search it out, surely it will become even
more clearly seen as the truth that it is.
Examining a diamond more closer reveals
the quality of the diamond. As I am still
breathing, I am still learning.”
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