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MAL & JENNY'S WEDDING  10 Jan. 1976

ADELAIDE DOOMSDAY PREDICTION  19 Jan.1976

John Nash was known by some at the Jesus Centre based in Melbourne Street, North Adelaide. He claimed to be a Christian. 

John Nash says he had a vision that Adelaide would be wiped out with a tidal wave on Monday 19th January 1976 as part of God's judgement on the city because of its declining morals and anti-God legislation being passed in parliament under the premiership of Don Dunstan.

The media picked up on a small ad that Nash had placed in a printed publication 3 months earlier. The story grew and some Adelaide residents, especially Greeks and Italians, started selling up their properties to escape the coming deluge.

John Nash left for Melbourne a couple weeks before the prediction failed to eventuate. He was a 'wanted man' by some.

JESUS CENTRE GATHERING & PICNIC  1976

WINKIE PRATNEY VISIT  April 1976

NEW CREATION TEACHING MINISTRY  April 1976

The Rev. Geoffrey Bingham became a close friend to some in the Jesus Centre and helped to direct our development as a Christian community. The elders met on occasions with Geoff and Laurel to learn from the wisdom that they had accumulated from life experiences. Geoff helped us bridge the gap between the established local churches and our 'para-church' expression of New Testament church.

Click here for a succinct overview of Geoffrey Bingham's life. This tribute of Geoffrey Cecil Bingham (1919-2009) was first published in 2009 by the Sydney Morning Herald after his death.

Click here to read more about New Creation Teaching Ministry.  'New Creation Publications' was established on 10th January 1974, and then further became known generally as the 'New Creation Teaching Ministry'.

Click here to access resources online from the New Creation Ministry resource library. New Creation closed on 15th February 2013 but all the original resources are being retained to freely read, browse and download from this website.

JOHN HAGGAI ADELAIDE CRUSADE  1976

HOUSE OF THE ROCK  May 1976

138 MELBOURNE ST. HOUSE  1976

The house at 138 Melbourne St., Nth. Adelaide became an extension of the 'Jesus House' at No. 134 in 1976. Mal and Jenny lived in Unley for 6 months after getting married and then shifted in to No. 138 in July 1976. They lived there until late Nov. 1976 before relocating to Norwood to live with the Harris family.

JESUS CENTRE INFO  1976

NOEL PAUL STOOKEY IN ADELAIDE  May 1976

LARRY NORMAN & BARRY McGUIRE  1976

NORWOOD PROPERTY PURCHASES  Nov. 1976

This history of the ADELAIDE JESUS CENTRE and JIREH CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY has been compiled by Mal Graetz. The purpose of this site is to make the text and photos available to former members of these Christian communities so that any corrections or additions can be made.

A printed book is planned following this consultation process.

See BOOK heading for more details

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