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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. | |||
| Stand on Bible Schools (Referenced from) We can take the Land by Ron Simpkins(ISBN 0918389003) Page 275 -276. This book is a standard potters house discipleship/New Pastors book with the Potters House Christian Fellowship, which gives the account and is freely available and has no copyright.<br><br> | |||
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| There is always an ] in the Fellowship's ] of ] as a ] for ]. The following are a few reasons for this: <br><br> | |||
| 1) Bible schools aren't ]. They are a ] ] left over from ], and are used in ] of the world.<br> | |||
| 2) ] ] can't do the job of ] ]. The world ] is growing at a rate of seventy million people a year. That means that every day 194,444 people are added to the population, over and above those who die, The cost of ] ] by ] ] is prohibitive. Even if ] were available, the Bible school method is slow and ] that the ] is not even able to keep pace with the risingpopulation, let alone reach the world.<br> | |||
| 3) The Bible school isolates the man of God from practical ], which is meant to come through the church, For most ], thee school begins to take the place of church ] and ]. This leads to bad habits of ] and isolates them from the very ] they are preparing to ] to.<br> | |||
| 4) All attempts to mass produce disciplines will ultimately fail. Men of God must be ] ].<br> | |||
| 5) The ] of Bible schools eliminate many who ] would use. The requirements of ], previous ], and ] would have ] ] and the twelve disciples.<br> | |||
| 6) The Bible school ] puts the church on a standard of "]" not "]" rewarding wrong ], and creating an ] ] of really having paid too high a price to reach the ]. | |||
| 7) Bible Schools tend to put those who can't pastor into the role of ] ].<br> | |||
| 8) The system ]s into the church a ]-laity mentality that denies the ] of the ], and others just need to be ].<br> | |||
| 9) (Editor says: Not in the Book see for yourself.)<br> | |||
| 10) Bible schools ] the church of ] it was meant to have in the preparing of workers and reaching a ] world.<br> | |||
| 11) They ] the ] ]. <br> | |||
| 12) Bible schools while not ] in themselves are not God's ] ].<br> | |||
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| The '''Potter's House Christian Fellowship''' is a ] (close to the original) Pentecostal, Bible believing, Disciple making, and relationship building type of church. The church members are ], full of energy in your face Christians who like to continually outreach and ] GOD wholly. There are biblical ] for ] and the ] believes in teaching by discipleship. There is a Conference in Prescott Arizona twice per year, and a ] 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 ] ] who seems to be making great ] towards ] ] in:<br> | |||
| '''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:<br> | |||
| '''Jeremiah 18:2''' ''Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.'' | |||
| And this ] below is ] quite ].<br> | |||
| ''You oh GOD are the ], and I am the ], ] me and ] me oh Lord.''<br><br> | |||
| The '''Potters House Christian Fellowship''' is also known for its Outreach Concerts, Witnessing, Movies and ]'s. There is at this time just over 100,000 ], 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 ] is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, ] over ], ] unto Headship, Pro Life, Biblical Moral Standards, ] the Lost to ] by continual outreach. This Church has a ] ] and refuses get caught up in the latest things like: ] ] and ] type Fads. | |||
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| When last ] almost all who dislike or ] The '''Potters House Christian Fellowship''', have trouble with submission, and seem quite ], and don’t to have ] Biblical principles in their lives, and although only a very small ] are quite ] on the ]. | |||
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| The ] of ] is that of thankfulness and that the congregation are glad to really know the truth and nearly all tell of a ] of how ] has ] them and ] them into ] people. It seems about 25% of the ] are ex ] Users or ] and all seem to of been set free indeed, some have been ] GOD for over 20 Years. | |||
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| The '''Potters House Christian Fellowship''' is NOT into Getting ] ] or Taking other congregations members, but into outreaching those who do not have a ] or who have never heard of the ] of ]. This ] has caused the church to ]. | |||
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| The '''Potters House Christian Fellowship''' embraces all ] and ], They have an ] ] in their outreach towards the ] class of ], and yet the Congregations are of mostly ], which goes to prove the change in peoples lives that this church's message has. There is ] ] of ] ] and Comradeship, and ] that mostly appear to be joyous and ]. | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: The Potter's House | |||
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Revision as of 04:15, 3 March 2005
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