WHERE WE WORSHIP
Couple establishes 'baby church'
By Zenaida Serrano Espanol
Advertiser Staff Writer
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| Pastor Tim Moynihan, singing and playing guitar, leads the congregation at The Potter's House Christian Fellowship Church in Mo'ili'ili. About 35 people attend services on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
Our denomination and affiliation: The Potter's House is a nondenominational church incorporated under the name Harvesters International Christian Fellowship. It is part of Christian Fellowship Minis-tries, an international network of 1,200 churches; 350 of those in the United States. The organization's main church is in Prescott, Ariz.
Where we are: 2320-C S. King St., Mo'ili'ili
Our numbers: About 35 attend services held 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. every Sunday, and 7 p.m. every Wednesday.
Our pastor: Tim Moynihan, ordained by Christian Fellowship Ministries in 1997 at a Bible conference in Yuma, Ariz.
Our history: The Potter's House in Honolulu is one of five "baby churches," Moynihan said, of the mother church in Waipahu, also called The Potter's House. Churches in Detroit, in Oceanside and Vista, Calif., and in Little Rock, Ark., were all "pioneered by pastors out of the Waipahu church," he said.
The Potter's House in Honolulu was founded by Moynihan and his wife, Sue, in 1997. They were "sent to East Honolulu and we just began knocking on doors, inviting people to our church," he said.
The first service was held July 1997 at a recreation center on 10th Avenue in Kaimuki. Since then, the church moved to Palolo valley, then to another Mo'ili'ili locale, and has been at its present site since Feb. 1.
What we believe: "Jesus Christ is the universal Messiah who died to redeem all people from the curse of sin," Moynihan said. Therefore members believe in the importance of being born again to "be rescued from this curse," he said.
As a "classic Pentecostal denomination," Moynihan said, they believe in the trinity, the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the second coming of Jesus. Members also believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible.
Believers baptisms are held, and communion services are celebrated during Easter.
What's special about us: "We take the mandate to preach the Gospel to the whole world very seriously," Moynihan said. The church holds some type of evangelistic activity nearly every day, he said, whether its doing one-on-one evangelism, street preaching, skits or playing music in a park, or going house to house — "whatever it takes to get the Gospel out," Moynihan said.
What we're excited about: The Potter's House in Waipahu will host a Harvesters Homecoming on Dec. 4-8. The event "is a mini-conference of pastors and workers from most of the baby churches of our mother church," Moynihan said, and will include guest speakers and Bible study seminars. "It is sort of like a church-family reunion, but like all of our activities, the public is welcome," Moynihan said. Those interested can call the Waipahu church at 671-4669.
Contact: 945-7056
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