Exclusive | We take you inside the church where all diseases can be “cured by faith” and lumps in the breast “dissolve” following prayers.
which killed four police in 2020. The truck driver, Mohinder Singh, claims he raised issues about his fatigue and delusions with his boss, Simiona Tuteru, also known as Simon, who laid hands on him and prayed before they agreed Singh would drive one last load.
“My whole life pretty much just revolved around the Potter’s House,” she says. “Every aspect of my life was heavily controlled.” When she had severe headaches, she was brought before the congregation for prayer. When she experienced severe back pain, she was discouraged from seeing a chiropractor and told the pain was evil “magic”.Amy Higginson, a former member of Potter’s House Christian Fellowship
From there it grew, with believers sent across the country to start their own Potter’s House congregations. According to records lodged with the Australian charity regulator, there are currently 72 Potter’s House churches registered, and they are understood to have anywhere from a few patrons to hundreds. Another 35 churches have been established over the years but have had their registration revoked.
Financial records lodged with the Australian charity regulator show that the smallest churches, which are referred to as pioneer or baby churches, also tithe a portion of their money to their “mother” church, as well as to the largest church in the country, located in Perth, which in the 2021 financial year brought in $3.3 million in revenue. A portion is then sent from Australia to the head church in Prescott, Arizona, creating a pyramid-like financial structure.
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