Trauma & Recovery
Is There a Potter’s House Reddit Community for Former Members?
The Potter’s House Reddit community, r/PottersHouseCult, lets former members of CFM churches discuss their experiences without using their real names.
July 15, 2026
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Testimonies
The Potter’s House: Reviews by Former Members
The Potter’s House reviews by former members agree across four decades and three continents: total pastoral control, broken families, and a costly exit.
July 15, 2026
In the Media
“Sektarisch?”: What Does EO’s Episode on Joel Crosby’s 25 Years in De Deur Show?
Joel Crosby’s De Deur story in EO’s series Sektarisch?: 25 years inside the Zwolle church, an abuse cover-up, discipline, and the way out. In English.
April 6, 2026
In the Media
What Is the Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid Podcast?
The Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid Podcast gathers former Potter’s House members’ stories. Joel Crosby told his in full on it. What the show is and what he shared.
April 4, 2026
In the Media
What Did Joel Crosby Discuss on the Cultimatum Podcast?
On the Cultimatum podcast, outside hosts who study cults placed The Potter’s House beside the high-control groups they know. What the episode covered.
June 23, 2025
Testimonies
Why I Left The Potter’s House: A Former Member’s Eleven Reasons
My late brother-in-law Gert Jonker’s own account of why he left The Potter’s House, the Christian Fellowship Ministries church known as The Door, published here in full with his family’s permission.
October 29, 2020