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Revision as of 04:15, 3 March 2005 by One Salient Oversight (talk | contribs) (Reverted to previous edition to force collaboration. All contributors need to read talk page.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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