Since 1973, New Creation Teaching Ministry has held preaching and teaching missions, at the invitation of local churches and Christian communities, in every state of Australia, conducted by teams of evangelists, pastors and teachers, with musicians and other helpers.

The grace of God, centred on the Cross of Christ, in the context of the 'whole counsel of God' from the beginning to the end of the Scriptures, characterises the preaching and teaching given through New Creation. This is brought through prophetically to all who will hear, as a life-giving and life-sustaining Word, by the activity of the Spirit of God. People are brought to eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ, and churches are renewed in the truth and power of God's word.

'The primary purpose of the church is to preach the gospel throughout the world and to bring its saving power to persons outside the message of salvation and the community of Christ. The primary resource is the Word of redemption, the Word of God's love, and His grace which brings guilty human beings into the peace of forgiveness and justification. This Word makes them to be part of Christ's community-the church. This is the community of love and care, but its first care is that men and women and young people should come into the peace of forgiveness. The rest will follow.'

'The church has always been in the midst of conflict because we are ever wrestling with principalities and powers, we are ever fighting heresy, and are in the battle for the souls of men and women. We must understand the great verities of the forgiveness of sins, the cleansing of them, the liberation from all forms of evil, the greatness of grace to bring human beings into a wonderful freedom. Above all we must understand the saving power of the Cross, and what it is to come under Christ's Lordship in life, as the battle goes on to make the kingdoms of this world to become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ.'Preaching and teaching missions can take any one of a variety of forms:

Each of these is intended to extend a church or community beyond its normal meeting times. A combination of local Christian churches and groups provides the most effective setting for such a mission.

'There are so many subjects, aspects and the like that we can proclaim, such as knowing God, His love, His grace, His judgment, His salvation, human sin, and lostness, the danger of death and hell, the Prodigal and the Father, the joy of the forgiveness of sins, of being justified, of the cleansing, the sonship, the warmth of the Shepherd, Christ the life, the truth, the way, the bread, the door; the Cross, the resurrection, the heavenly home, safety, certainty, the hope of glory-and so on.' The life of the church as the family of God, living in faith, hope and love, in the Father, the Son and the Spirit, with all the God-given gifts and ministries, can also be helpfully propounded.New Creation also has a wide range of published books, cassettes, CDs, music books and mp3 CDs, a Correspondence Course, and a website, by which those with an awakened hunger for the word of God can grow and mature.

Extracts from Eager to Preach by Geoffrey Bingham, NCPI, 1998, available to download free.