In 1970 Wayman and Nelda Mitchell moved to Prescott to take over a small, struggling congregation. Shortly after arriving, God saved a number of young hippies who were very different than anyone in the church. But as they were welcomed, God began to pour out His Spirit on the congregation. As Pastor Mitchell sought to reach young people, they saw the possibilities of the “coffee-house” concert ministry. At the first concert they ever tried as an evangelistic tool, more than 200 young people attended, with many saved. Out of this a regular concert ministry was birthed. Two nights a week, bands played, testimonies of salvation were given and the Gospel was preached, with many being saved each night.
From the beginning, Pastor Mitchell understood that the concert ministry was to be a training ground of ministry development; It was run by young people who were committed to Jesus and His church. From the beginning, people who had been radically converted sought to share with others what God had done in them. Personal evangelism began to be one of the basic foundations of the church. Then came impact teams: Groups of people that would travel to other nearby cities to help people there experience what God was doing here. Over time, God began to reveal His plan of discipleship: Training young couples for ministry within a local church.
What had moved America several years earlier through Woodstock and music was now moving Australia. So, Pastor Mitchell sent a band called Eden, led by a young man named Ron Burrell, to Western Australia, where they played concerts and preached the Gospel of Jesus. The reception was huge!
God had spoken to Pastor Mitchell before the band left the United States, telling him that Ron Burrell would come back from the tour ready to pioneer a church in Australia. When the plane landed in America, Ron called Pastor Mitchell, saying that he felt called to go and preach the Gospel in Australia, and things began to be set in motion.
Pastor Ron Burrell started the first Perth Potter’s House Church on 22 October 1978, meeting at 11 Teddington Street, Victoria Park. The Perth church started with a surge of growth. From the day they opened the doors of the building, 60–70 people began coming, and it grew rapidly to over 100.
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