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| The '''Potter's House Christian Fellowship''' (or '''Potter's House Christian Church''', or '''The Potter's House''') is |
The '''Potter's House Christian Fellowship''' (or '''Potter's House Christian Church''', or '''The Potter's House''') is an ] ] church. The group was founded in ] in ], but has since spread to other parts of Australia and to some other countries. They trace their founding back to another Pentecostal church in ], ]. | ||
| ] originally began his network of churches under the affiliation of the ] and continued this affiliation until having a disagreement with ] leaders concerning ordination requirements for new ministers. ] believed that a new pastor should be trained through "discipleship" rather than any sort of higher education such as bible college and by the mid '80's ] had a following of well over 100 "baby" churches, pastored by men who had been "discipled" under ] and then sent out with no further education or training. | |||
| In 1985 ] officially gave up his ] affilation and took up a practice under ], the church he had established in ]. When ] left ], most of his baby churches went with him and from this division ] was born. | |||
| The Potter's House Christian Fellowship, otherwise commonly known as The Door (]) has continued to grow and expand their presence into many parts of the world. As more has become known of ], it has increasingly been labeled as a "cult group" by many ex-members, including pastors long involved with the movement. One can find many internet resources concerning the practices and policies of ], most noteably the "slam the door" yahoo message group (linked below), created to help recovering survivors of ]. | |||
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The Potter's House Christian Fellowship (or Potter's House Christian Church, or The Potter's House) is an Australian Pentecostal church. The group was founded in 1978 in Perth, but has since spread to other parts of Australia and to some other countries. They trace their founding back to another Pentecostal church in Prescott, Arizona.