About Us
The Potter's House Launceston is part of Christian Fellowship Ministries, a worldwide fellowship of churches founded by Pastor Wayman Mitchell in Prescott, Arizona USA in 1970.
The Fellowship planted it's first overseas work in 1978 to Perth, Western Australia. The Fellowship now has over 3,000 churches worldwide and continues to grow.
Our Story
Empower
Growth
The Potters House Launceston was first established by Pastor Greg and Lisa Mitchell in 1986. Since then, the Launceston congregation has been faithfully serving the Launceston community and spreading the hope of the good news of Jesus Christ!
OUR STAFF
Pastor Michael & Maria White
Pastor Michael and Maria White were radically converted in an outpouring of revival in Perth, Western Australia in 1979. Having been brought up in Catholicism, both Michael and Maria were radically transformed from a life of sin and have been serving God ever since.
They commenced their ministry a few years later serving as missionaries in Edinborough Scotland, and pioneered a church in Midland, Western Australia before coming to Launceston in 1991.
our churches
box Hill
Pastor Mike & Alina Cooke
Pastor Mike and Alina Cooke were saved in the Launceston church in 1986. They went on to pioneer a church in Hobart and served faithfully as Assistant Pastors in the Launceston church before being launched into Melbourne in 2011.
​
Pastor Mike and Alina now pastor a growing church in the suburb of Box Hill, Melbourne. They continue to spread the good news of the gospel to the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and are seeing disciples raised up and the miracle of lives being changed and transformed by the power of God.
HOBART
Pastor Matthew & Suemin Long
Matthew and Suemin both became followers of Christ in their teenage years. Matthew was brought up with a church background but after experiencing the pain of the sin in his life, repented and gave his life to Christ as a teenager. Suemin grew up in Catholicism in South Korea. After coming to Australia for a gap year during University, she heard the truth of the gospel on the streets of Launceston and became a follower of Jesus.
​
Matthew and Suemin now Pastor in the city of Hobart and are building a work for God in the thriving capital.
our vision
Evangelism: The Gospel taken outside the four walls is the absolute foundation of our church, in obedience to Mark 16:15 And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature'… We emphasize personal evangelism, and a large variety of outreaches to share the Gospel.
Conversion: We witness, testify and preach for a decision. The Gospel has the power to save and transform lives. 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever… The bulk of our congregation consists of people converted here by the Power of God.
The Local Church: God has placed everything necessary to accomplish His will in the setting of the local church. Ephesians 1:22-23 …the church. Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. God’s will is accomplished in us and through us as connect and commit ourselves to a local church.
Discipleship: God intends for calling to Him, and for Him, to be accomplished through being trained and equipped within the setting of a local church. Therefore, the highest calling of a Pastor and congregation is to obey God’s command in Matthew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Church Planting: The result of disciples being raised up is that they be released into the harvest field. Matthew 9:37-38 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." We send couples to plant brand new congregations, with the aim of reproducing our vision in a new area.
World Evangelism: From the earliest Bible record, God’s vision is worldwide testimony and impact. The gospel message and the vision God has revealed to us is not simply American, but God-inspired; so therefore it works, and is relevant in every nation and culture of the world. Mark 16:15 all the world/every person…Matthew 28:19 all the nations… Our job as believers, and as the local church is to pray, train, invest, send and support workers to go into all the world!