A TEEN God squad that claims to have healed hundreds of people on the streets using the miracle power of Jesus says it has received death threats.

Grant Shaw, who leads the Pentecostal group Culture Shifters in Brisbane, said threatening emails would be forwarded by church members to police.



The Sunday Mail last week revealed children as young as 13 from the group at Bridgeman Downs Christian Outreach Centre claimed to have healed broken bones, cancer and the injuries of an entire football team.



"I've had people say (in emails), 'If I see you out on the street I'm going to kill you','' Mr Shaw said.



"I understand why some people are upset ... but we forgive them.''



Parents and doctors were alarmed at YouTube videos, with members praying and touching people on the streets.



Mr Shaw said the group had halted its weekly street healings until teenage members had consent forms signed by their parents.



University of Queensland medical ethics professor Malcolm Parker called the group's claims "outlandish'' and said claims of faith healing were "based on absolutely no evidence whatsoever''.



"Although they're well-intentioned, they're conducting highly unethical and inappropriate activities with potentially very serious harm,'' he said.



He said if people believed they had been healed and hadn't, they would be less likely to seek traditional medical treatment, putting their health in jeopardy.



Last week the church's website crashed after it reached its bandwidth limit.



But the youth group set up another site in an attempt to widen its search for medical proof of miracles.



"If you are sick in your body, make sure you see your doctors,'' Mr Shaw said in a video uploaded on the site.



"If you have received healing in your body, make sure to go back to your doctor and have them verify it with a clean bill of health.''



The church has not reported the threats to the police.

Originally published as Death threats to teen 'miracle healers'