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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 part of a ] ] movement known as ](]). The group was started in the early '70's by ] in ] ] and has since spread throughout the USA and into many other countries under many different names such as The Door, Victory Chapel, Christian Center, Crossroads Chapel, and De Puerta. | ||
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| ] 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 is a Fundamental (close to the original) Pentecostal, Bible believing, Disciple making, and relationship building type of church. The church members are enthusiastic, full of energy in your face Christians who like to continually outreach and worship GOD wholly. There are biblical standards for ministry and the Fellowship believes in teaching by discipleship. There is a Conference in Prescott Arizona twice per year, and a Conference in Perth Australia once per year. There are approx. 1400 Churches belonging to the Fellowship world wide from the mother church in Prescott Arizona US. The Potters House is a church planting New Testament Church who seems to be making great progress towards the biblical goal in: | |||
| Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. | |||
| 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 ]. | |||
| The Name seems to come from the bible in: | |||
| Jeremiah 18:2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.' | |||
| And this phrase below is coined quite frequently. | |||
| You oh GOD are the Potter, and I am the Clay, Mould me and Make me oh Lord. | |||
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| The Potters House Christian Fellowship is also known for its Outreach Concerts, Witnessing, Movies and Drama's. There is at this time just over 100,000 members, who also come under the Potters House name through these ministries - The Door(CFC), Victory Chappell, 'CFM' Christian Fellowship Ministries. | |||
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| The Doctrine is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Truth over Relationship, Submission unto Headship, Pro Life, Biblical Moral Standards, Winning the Lost to Christ by continual outreach. This Church appears to have a modest attitude and does NOT seem to get caught up in the latest things of the type of, Laughing Spirit or Pensacola type Fads. | |||
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| When last researched almost all who dislike or protest The Potters House Christian Fellowship, have trouble with submission, and seem quite bitter, and don’t seem to have True Biblical principles in their lives, and although only a very small minority seem to be quite vocal. | |||
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| The majority of experience is that of thankfulness and that the congregation are glad to really know the truth and nearly all tell of a Testimony of how Jesus Christ has touched them and changed them into better people. It seems about 25% of the congregation are ex Drug Users or Alcoholics and all seem to of been set free indeed, some have been serving GOD for over 20 Years. | |||
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| It appears that the Potters House Christian Fellowship is NOT into Getting Religious Folk or Taking other congregations members, but into outreaching those who do not have a church or who have never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This attitude is probably why the church has flourished so much. | |||
| The Potters House Christian Fellowship is NOT bigoted or racist but seem to embrace all Nationalities and Class, They do have an extra focus in their outreach towards the lower class of society, and yet the Congregations are of mostly Middle Class, which appears to show the change in peoples lives that this church has. There is strong sense of Team spirit and Comradeship, and the Faces seem endlessly smiling, and I the Author have enjoyed the experience of seeing the Love that is emanated out to all those who go in. It certainly is not for everyone but those who are seeking truth and are not afraid to make some changes should go to one of the Fellowship services. | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: The Potter's House | |||
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The Potter's House Christian Fellowship (or Potter's House Christian Church, or The Potter's House) is part of a charismatic Pentecostal movement known as Christian Fellowship Ministries(CFM). The group was started in the early '70's by Wayman Mitchell in Prescott Arizona and has since spread throughout the USA and into many other countries under many different names such as The Door, Victory Chapel, Christian Center, Crossroads Chapel, and De Puerta.
Wayman Mitchell originally began his network of churches under the affiliation of the Church of the Foursquare Gospel and continued this affiliation until having a disagreement with Church of the Foursquare Gospel leaders concerning ordination requirements for new ministers. Wayman Mitchell 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 Wayman Mitchell had a following of well over 100 "baby" churches, pastored by men who had been "discipled" under Wayman Mitchell and then sent out with no further education or training.
In 1985 Wayman Mitchell officially gave up his Church of the Foursquare Gospel affilation and took up a practice under CFM, the church he had established in Prescott. When Wayman Mitchell left Church of the Foursquare Gospel, most of his baby churches went with him and from this division CFM was born.
The Potter's House Christian Fellowship, otherwise commonly known as The Door (CFM) has continued to grow and expand their presence into many parts of the world. As more has become known of CFM, 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 CFM, most noteably the "slam the door" yahoo message group (linked below), created to help recovering survivors of CFM.
External links
- A Place for Survivors of Christian Fellowship Ministries
- Slam The Door
- Factnet.org: Cults/Potters_House
- "A Cult in Prescott?"
- CFM - religious cults and sects
- Pastor charged over shop carolling incident
- Examining The Potters House
References
CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: The Potter's House