Biblical Critique
Should Potter’s House Pastors Admit Their Own Faults?
Potter’s House pastors who left often recount the abuse they suffered but not the harm they caused. Scripture asks the powerful to account for both.
July 17, 2026
Spiritual abuse
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Understanding Cults
The Group Control Spectrum: Where the Cult Line Sits
Cultism is a spectrum, but a spectrum without a threshold warns no one. The Group Control Spectrum measures eight dimensions of control, sorts groups into six tiers, and draws the line with three conditions that must all be met.
July 11, 2026
Biblical Critique
Private Interpretation of Scripture: What 2 Peter 1:20 Settles
The dismissal that my case against The Fellowship is only interpretation is itself a theological claim. 2 Peter 1:20-21 tests it, grounds meaning in God, and binds the pastor as much as the reader.
July 10, 2026
How The Potter's House Operates
The Potter’s House Contracts: Control on Paper
The Potter’s House contracts, from Arizona to Australia to Zwolle, show central control behind a public claim of loose, autonomous, unaffiliated churches.
July 4, 2026
Biblical Critique
The Early Church Was Called a Sect in Acts 24. That Is Not the Same as a Cult
Acts 24 calls the early church a sect. Here is why that first-century word means something completely different from what we now call a cult.
June 28, 2026
In the Media
What Joel Crosby’s Interview with Leaving The Message Shows About Life Inside The Potter’s House
Joel Crosby discusses childhood, family control, mental health, marriage, faith, and leaving The Door in this Potter’s House survivor interview.
June 27, 2026
Documented Cases
Suicide in the Potter’s House: A Documented Pattern
Former members documented a pattern of Potter’s House suicides that the church treated as spiritual failure. Archived accounts and the movement’s own books, which call mental illness a demon and discourage professional help, reveal a pattern worth naming.
June 25, 2026
Documented Cases
The Potter’s House and the Eastern Freeway Tragedy
On 22 April 2020, four Victoria Police officers died in the Potter’s House Eastern Freeway tragedy. Court evidence and the church’s own healing books show the doctrine behind the decision that sent an unfit driver onto the road.
June 25, 2026
Dennis Crosby on “Leaving the Message”: 37 Years Inside the Potter’s House
Dennis Crosby, thirty-seven years in the Potter’s House, tells John Collins how a fellowship of friends became a controlling organization, how it split his family, and how copying the Greek New Testament by hand set him free.
June 19, 2026
History
Thomas Cunningham’s 2023 Withdrawal Letter From The Fellowship
In 2023 Pastor Thomas Cunningham withdrew his Ohio church from Christian Fellowship Ministries, alleging accusation without evidence, shunning, and legal pressure in the Joe Stephens case. His letter in full, with analysis and the other side noted.
April 4, 2026
History
Rudy van Diermen’s 2003 Letter: “It Is Not a Fellowship Anymore”
In 2003 Pastor Rudy van Diermen warned the fellowship’s pastors that The Potter’s House had become a business organisation, with a notarized contract to keep them in line. The letter and contract, in full, with analysis.
March 28, 2026
History
Larry Neville’s 1990 Letter: “Structure Is Not Divine”
In October 1990, missionary pastor Larry Neville resigned his CFM eldership rather than shun the men Wayman Mitchell had cut off. His letter, in full, with analysis.
March 21, 2026