Occupation Minister Spouse Laurel Bingham Name Geoffrey Bingham | Role Author Awards Military Medal Died June 3, 2009 | |
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Born 6 January 1919 ( 1919-01-06 ) Goulburn, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA Parent(s) Horace Bingham and Eileen nee Dowling Website New Creation Teaching Ministry | ||
Alma mater Moore Theological College | ||
Geoffrey Cyril Bingham, (6 January 1919 – 3 June 2009) was an Australian author and cleric in the Anglican Church of Australia.
Geoffrey Bingham was born in Goulburn, New South Wales.
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".
He trained at Moore Theological College, ministered at the Garrison Church in Sydney and then served as a missionary under the aegis of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Pakistan from 1957 to 1967, where he was founding principal of the Pakistan Bible Training Institute in Hyderabad, Pakistan. He was also one of the founding members of the Austral-Asian Christian Church (AACC).
From 1967 to 1973 he was principal of the Bible College of South Australia (then the Adelaide Bible Institute) after which he formed New Creation Publications (later New Creation Teaching Ministry).