The ministry began officially
in February 1974 when a New Creation Teaching Ministry (NCTM)
Council was set up (NCTM has no direct contact with any 'creationist'
group, and our teaching is drawn from the whole of the Scriptures).
This Council was then to be supportive of the ministry of Geoffrey
C. Bingham.
The production office
In the mid-1970's, a Centre
was envisaged where teaching materials would become available
to the churches, with teaching flowing out to many places by
means of Teaching Missions conducted by Pastors and Teams, by
means of the printed materials including books, and by the use
of audio and video cassettes. And a Correspondence School was
to be part of the ministry.
Without our asking, the
Lord has provided the marvellous facilities we have used over
the years. A large number of men and women have gone on into
training colleges, and express themselves grateful for the grounding
they received through NCTM.
The NCTM Centre, which
originally was a house, a garage and a block of six acres of
bushland, was given by a generous donor, Aubrey Bowen, who died
some years ago. John and Beryl Skewes, who had three farms in
the Mallee at Karoonda, came to see the work, and bought the
5 acre block next door. They built the large building that is
now the production office.
The grounds are quite
beautiful. There is a large auditorium and other rooms, as well
as a fine library. Folk can come and use the facilities.
The lawn in front of the hothouse.
The 13,000 volume
library.
Further information on all of
the above is available from New
Creation.
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