There are also many different leadership styles. Authoritative, dictatorial, democratic, serving. And there are so many types of leadership in life. We grow up in families, with parents. In some cases, it may be other guardians. We go to school and have teachers. We get jobs and have bosses. We join sports teams and have …
In a recent article I mentioned the reasons I had for leaving the church I attended. It is a church in the Netherlands called Evangelie Gemeente de Deur (Gospel Church the Door). It is part of the Christian Fellowship Ministries (CFM), who have churches around the world, also called Potter’s House, and Victory Chapel (not to …
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I recently watched one of Nomdo’s online damage control sessions. It followed the series of articles in the Reformatorisch Dagblad that exposed the Valk cover-up. Nomdo quoted this text:Psa 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in …
I am proud to feature the work of Dr. Nancy Murphy on my blog today. Dr. Murphy is a professor, Executive director of Northwest Family Life, and runs www.DVtraining.net to help educate churches in navigating issues of Domestic Violence. She has been my teacher and supervisor for the past 10 years and has greatly shaped my views on …
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The information in this post was published to WaymanMitchell.com My exact position on the Potter’s House While many speculate about exactly who I am or why I do what I do, here is an exact report of my thoughts on CFM and why I will never ever return. My heart is not to simply write …
After I started realising that the abuses in the Door were only possible because of the system, I started noticing how much and in what ways the biblical picture of leadership differed from the Fellowship’s. I’ve heard many vitriolic references to ‘Elders’ in Mitchell’s sermons. He has often told how he couldn’t get cooperation from …
In one of our previous posts, we published a letter from Ken Haining, who explained 6 “Waymanite” doctrines that are harmful. While his letter was very thorough, and possibly listed the 6 most harmful doctrines, there are a few that should be added to the list. Waymanite Doctrines That Are Harmful #7 The 7th doctrine …
One feature of the Fellowship that has a surprisingly bad influence is “Fellowship principles”. At first I heard about “Fellowship distinctives”, but in later years only the principles. I don’t know if the name changed throughout the Fellowship, or if the name principles was only used in the dutch churches. When I heard about “distinctives” …
To see the original post by ex-pastor Ken Haining click here. Waymanite Doctrines That Are Harmful #1 As this was just mentioned, I thought I would go through, one at a time, some Potter’s House, or Waymanite doctrines that are the source of harm to people partaking of Potter’s House “ministry.”I consider this first doctrine …