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
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Biblical Critique
The Placement Doctrine: Can a Pastor Undo What God Did? (1 Corinthians 12:18)
The Placement Doctrine reads 1 Corinthians 12:18 to say God fixed you in one Potter’s House church, so leaving is rebellion. Then how can a pastor expel you?
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
Door McAllen Hamilton Scandal: The Full Timeline
A Texas church staged Hamilton without a license, rewrote the lyrics to preach Jesus, and ended with an anti-LGBTQ sermon. The full timeline, with sources.
June 24, 2026
Documented Cases
Evert Valk and the Abuse Scandal at The Door, Zwolle
Pastor Evert Valk was removed from The Door in Zwolle after a years-long abuse scandal, then tried and acquitted on a technicality. Why an acquittal is not innocence.
June 24, 2026
Money & Finances
What Happened to the Insurance Money at The Door El Paso?
The Door El Paso got a Nationwide roof settlement. Pastor Angel Medina asked where the money went and was removed from ministry. The record, documented.
April 11, 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 Does Pointer’s Documentary About De Deur (The Door) Show?
Pointer’s De Deur documentary (KRO-NCRV, 2025): 25 former members describe control and isolation in The Door. An English guide to what the film shows.
November 6, 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
Biblical Critique
The Unbiblical Foundations of CFM’s Pastoral Authority
Every cult needs a doctrine that explains why one person’s word overrides everyone else’s. Inside Christian
October 8, 2020
Safeguarding
Flip the Script: The Potter’s House and Victim Blaming
Christian Fellowship Ministries runs on a script that protects abusers and blames survivors. Here is how that script works, and how to flip it.
October 7, 2020
History
The Contested Founding of Christian Fellowship Ministries
Bill Tubbs’s insider letter, Foursquare’s own history, and a 1978 newspaper give three accounts of the founding of Christian Fellowship Ministries. Here is what the records establish, and what they do not.
October 6, 2020