Geoffrey Bingham

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Geoffrey C. Bingham
Born January 6, 1919 (1919-01-06) (age 89)
Flag of Australia Goulburn, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Occupation Retired Minister
Spouse Laurel Bingham
Website
New Creation Teaching Ministry

Reverend Geoffrey C. Bingham AM, MM, (6 January 1919- , born Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian author and Minister in the Anglican Church of Australia.

He was awarded the Military Medal for service in Singapore before its fall in World War II, after which he was a prisoner of war at Changi Prison.

His citation for the Member of the Order of Australia (2005) was "for service to the community through Christian ministry, encouraging cross-cultural theological education and as an author". (The Advertiser, 26 January 2005, page 10)

He trained at Moore Theological College, ministered at the Garrison Church in Sydney then served as a missionary under the aegis of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Pakistan from 1957-1967, where he was founding Principal of the Pakistan Bible Training Institute at Hyderabad, Pakistan.

From 1967-1973 he was Principal of the Bible College of South Australia (then Adelaide Bible Institute) after which he formed New Creation Publications (later New Creation Teaching Ministry)

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