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A History of the Pre-Denominational Church of Christ in Western Australia (From 1958 to 2026)
- Ronald Bainbridge
- Feb 5
- 19 min read
Updated: Apr 27
In Acts chapter 2, we read where the first church of Jesus Christ was established long before man-made denominations were ever invented. A denomination is defined as “A religious organisation uniting local congregations in a single, legal and administrative body. This religious body is identifiable by a common structure, doctrine, and name.”
However, in the book of Acts, we find no mention of denominations. In fact, the apostle Paul preached adamantly against these divisions. In 1 Corinthians 1:10, he urged that “You all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.”
He also said in Ephesians there is only “one body” (church) of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4). In the book of Acts, there were no Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, 7th Day Adventists, or any other denomination mentioned. There were “Christians,” that’s all (Acts 11:26).
Let’s strive to be the pre-denominational church found in the book of Acts, because that’s the only church Jesus established.
A History of the
Pre-Denominational
Church of Christ
In Western Australia
(From 1958 to early 2026)
(Edited by Ron Bainbridge)
The Genesis of the Re-Restoration movement in Perth began in 1958, when Reuel Lemmons, the editor of the Christian paper, Firm Foundation, visited Perth and was impressed with the possibilities for the Lord’s church.
Evangelist George Bailey passed through the city in 1960 and was impressed with it also, and on his return to the United States, reported favourably to his brethren.
At the Abilene Christian College Lectureship in 1960, Rudy Wyatt and Ron Durham decided to come to plant a pre-denominational Church in Perth.
What transpired, was the phenomenal growth of the Church of Christ in Western Australia in the early 1960’s and 70’s, particularly through the evangelistic team efforts of American and Australian brethren.
There were early team efforts in Embleton, Bicton, Carlisle, Riverton, City Beach, and Darling Range, resulting in many conversions and the planting of small congregations.
Among the Missionary brethren who participated in these early 60’s and 70’s, Perth Gospel Missions, and Church Plantings, were:
Ruel Lemmons,
George Bailey,
Marvin and Dot Phillips,
Rudy and Melody Wyatt,
Ernie and Eileen Gill,
Stanley Shipp,
Mid McKnight,
Ron and Fay Durham
Fred & Anne Bell family,
Coy & David Roper,
Dan and Roberta Talbot,
Rusty and Martha Bolton,
Ray & Mary Margaret Fullerton,
Harlo & Eleanor Southwick family,
Mel and Dot Ashby,
Perry Cotham,
Dale Graham and family,
Gene Darby and wife,
Charles and Maxine Brackett,
Claude and Sammie Guild,
Mack and Golda Lyon,
Parker French and his family,
Johnny Ramsay.
Early in 1960, George Bailey, a Gospel preacher from America, visited Western Australia and stayed for 3 months. He observed that there was a massive need for the Lord’s church to be planted in Perth. Upon his return to the USA, he reported this need to numerous brethren, and by October 1960, a team of three U.S. families, Rudy & Melodee Wyatt, Marvin & Dot Philips, along with Ron & Faye Durham, had made their plans to come to Perth and plant a Pre-Denominational Church of Christ.
Embleton
Church of Christ
The Rudy Wyatt family arrived in Perth in June 1961, with plans to establish a pre-denominational church of Christ. Wyatt quickly hired the well-known Leederville Lesser Town Hall for Sunday services. Being unable to use it during the week, he also hired the Mt. Lawley R.S.L. Hall for Tuesday night classes.
He also placed advertisements in the West Australian (the local newspaper), and these advertisements brought many people to the services.
The results of Wyatt’s efforts appeared very quickly. Even before the Durhams’ arrival in September, Joe Pearce had stepped from digression in the “Associated” Church into fellowship with the Wyatts, and Ron and Edna Wallace had been baptised after a series of studies in their own home.
With the arrival of Ron Durham, the two evangelists held a question-and-answer program on radio 6KY and 6NA from time to time. The questions were invited from the listening audience.
Embleton State School became the venue for Bible classes on Sunday afternoons when, in March 1962, the congregation started this new area of the work under the leadership of Joe Pearce.
The move to Embleton was taken a step further when, in June, the church purchased one and three-quarters acres of land in that suburb. A further boost was given to the work when, in August 1962, Marvin Phillips joined the team.
The “Missing Peace Campaign” held in October was the first major evangelistic thrust in Perth. It took the form of a twenty-five-night mission, preached in a large tent pitched on the church land at Embleton.
The preaching for this Gospel Mission, was shared among six visiting evangelists and the three locals. The press, radio, and letterboxing were used extensively to spread the food news. Over one hundred visitors attended and some souls were baptised in baptism. The Truth in Love, journal published in Melbourne, issued a special edition for the campaign and 10,000 copies were distributed in the city during the campaign.
Early in the new year (1963), Perth was again treated to a feast of the gospel.
Another mission was held in January, and one hundred non-member visitors heard the gospel preaching of Marvin Phillips.
After only twelve months, since the purchase of the land, the Embleton congregation began construction of an auditorium in which to meet, instead of the two halls they used. With this project underway, Rudy Wyatt returned to the United States on a fundraising trip. As a result of his trip, the cost of the building was met. Two-thirds of the needed funds were raised.
There were tremendous, sacrificial efforts made by these American brethren who relocated to Western Australia from the USA to preach the Gospel and save souls. This eventuated in many Churches being planted in various suburbs of the City of Perth, including Embleton, the first congregation to construct their own building.
In a few short years, many precious souls were brought into the Kingdom of God, as they responded to the sound Biblical preaching, teaching, and practical, compassionate, and hospitable lives of these Missionary families from America.
Their lives were a living testimony to the wonderful difference Jesus made in the lives of those who loved Jesus and His Church, and were passionate about leading others to committing their lives to Him.
Subsequently, members from the Embleton Church Family became foundation members of other pre-denominational Churches of Christ that were planted in the following areas:
Carlyle, Bicton, Riverton, City Beach, Darling Range, Harvey, Denmark, Narrogin, Karratha, Norseman, Ocean Reef, WestChurch, Bridgetown,
Norseman, Kalgoorlie, Kendenup, Central North, Northcliffe,
East Bunbury, Malaga, Armadale.
Embleton Church Family, outside their new building, November 1963
Marvin Philipps, Harry Taylor, Ron Durham, John Robinson, Ron Wallace,
Joe Pearce, Eddy McGeachy, Rick Pinczuk, Rudy Wyatt.
Children attending Embletons' First Vacation Bible School
Carlisle, Bicton, Riverton
Churches of Christ
The year 1967 started in a significant way for the suburb of Carlisle. January 1 marked the commencement of the fourth Pre-Denominational church of Christ in Perth. Mack Lyon, the congregation’s first evangelist, rented a shop front at 132 Oats Street, Carlisle, for the meetings of the church. The work was “launched” with a tent mission in a park two blocks from the shop.
Industrial building, where the
Carlisle Church of Christ met for worship.
In May, Claude Guild came from the United States to assist in the work. A further dimension was added to their efforts when the Herald of Truth television program, with Batsell Barrat Baxter preaching powerful 30-minute Gospel Sermons weekly on Channel 7, Perth. Many positive responses came from these weekly messages, resulting in people attending the Embleton Church worship services, and numerous baptisms into Christ. There were also weekly fifteen-minute TV programs being presented by Mack Lyon, who used his experience in television work in America to preach the gospel to Perth viewers.
The work grew well initially. By November of the first year, attendance was up to fifty-four. In order to accommodate the growing numbers, an attempt was made to purchase an already-built property of the Anglican church. When this attempt failed, the search continued, and in April 1968, one and three-quarters of an acre was purchased at Riverton, where they built their new building and moved into it in 1969.
About this time, they also purchased a small “bus” to use in their Bible class program. In May of 1970, a second small “bus” was purchased. In August of 1970, the remaining $12,000 debt of the new building was paid off when Bicton sold their building and most of their members came to work and worship with the Riverton congregation.
Bicton Church Building
City Beach and Darling Range
grew to such an extent that they, too,
eventually had their own church buildings.
Much of the growth of the Lord’s church in Perth was a result of the extensive use of media to proclaim the Gospel. The church in Perth regularly presented the Herald of Truth TV series by Batsell Barrett Baxter, as well as televised preaching from Mack Lyon.
Marvin Phillips wrote a regular newspaper column of Gospel messages, and for years, shared 15-minute messages on two major radio stations in Perth. Numerous contacts were made through these media outreaches, resulting in a significant community awareness of the Church of Christ’s restoration plea. Most important of all, there were many baptisms into Christ!
As a result of the media outreach and dedicated, sound Bible teaching, along with an intensive men’s discipling class, (2 Timothy 2:2), which equipped young men to teach, preach, lead in worship, and communion, the Lord’s church began to flourish in Perth.
In fact, during the mid-60’s, at least seven of these young men, who participated in these discipling classes travelled to the U.S.A. to study and graduate from various preacher training Schools. Most of them returned to Australia to preach for various churches across the nation.
The seven men who were originally discipled at Embleton in the mid 60’s and then travelled to the U.S.A. to study and graduate from various preacher training Schools were as follows:
John Robinson,
Eddy McGeachy,
Ron Wallace,
Bill Quayle Jnr,
Rick Pinczuk,
Graham Patterson,
Ron Bainbridge
Macquarie School of Preaching had not yet been established at this time, which is one of the reasons these men travelled overseas to prepare themselves to preach God’s Word.
The Macquarie School of Preaching (MSOP) was established in 1968. Not long after this, Brian Laurance and Peter Tickner, from Embleton Church of Christ,
Terry Mercer, Norman Drummond, Geoff Usher, and Dennis Rayner,
from Riverton Church of Christ,
Geoff Pollard, Steve Randall, and Ray Spizzirri,
from City Beach Church of Christ
Trevor Baker, and Mark McGillivray,
from Darling Range Church of Christ, all enrolled as students at MSOP.
During the 1970’s, Jerry Matthieu, from the Riverton Church, established a Preacher Training School, known as Southwest Bible College, in the rural town of Bridgetown, Western Australia. Two men completed a two-year course and graduated from this college.
City Beach
Church of Christ
The embryo of the City Beach Church of Christ was established when Gene Darby and Dale Graham, from the U.S.A., along with fifteen members from the Embleton Church, began meeting in a hall in Wembley Park, on May 22nd, 1966. They were joined by the Marvin Phillips family, on June 19th, 1966.
By the middle of 1967, fifty-four precious souls had been baptised into Christ, and the membership stood at sixty-six, and they had purchased a property in the adjacent City Beach area. On August 14th, through August 27th, 1967, a major Gospel Mission was held, with Mid McKnight from the U.S.A. preaching and Stanley Shipp directing. About forty U.S. workers, plus many others from around Australia, assisted in this Gospel Mission, which attracted over two hundred different adult visitors from the area, with several of these being baptised into Christ. On August 20th, 1967, 142 were present for the morning worship service.
Marvin, Dot, Alan, Mark, and Tammy Phillips
In May of 1968, Ron Bainbridge, after graduating from the Sunset International Bible Institute in January of 1968, joined the preaching team at City Beach.
City Beach Church Building (September 14th, 1971)
Deaf Christians began to meet together in Perth in 1968. They first met in the Deaf Society premises, before becoming members of the City Beach congregation. In November 1974, there were about fifteen members meeting. Today, some deaf Christians still meet together in the home of Evan Blackmore.
City Beach Church Signage
Darling Range
Church of Christ
The embryo of the Darling Range Church of Christ began when Ron Bainbridge, after having served as a preacher for the City Beach Church for 5-years, assembled a group of Christians in his home, in Swan View (located in the Darling Ranges), on May 31, 1973, to discuss the formation of a new congregation. The following weekend, the first worship service of the Darling Range church of Christ was held at the Greenmount Hall on the Eastern Highway.
The seventeen participants at that first service were mainly members from the church at Embleton. Door-knocking was organised and an intensive effort was launched in July. Newspaper space was taken and articles appeared in the Eastern Suburbs section of the Perth newspaper, the West Australian. At the Darling Range church, a variety of men have been involved in the preaching. In July, 1973, there were lessons delivered by George Burt and Fred Redburn, with the adult class being taken by Sam Simpson.
In August, Dudley Devereaux and Dennis Rayner delivered lessons. Harry Blackmore visited and preached a lesson. A regular get-together for the young people was organised in August 1974 (this youth group continued to be well attended for many years). A building block was purchased opposite the meeting hall in October 1974, and the growth of the church continued.
Preaching visits were made by Henry Runciman in August, Coy Roper in October, and Dennis Rayner in December on his return from his first year at the Macquarie School of Preaching in Sydney. In May 1975, there was a visit by Terry Gill and Mel Ashby visited on the weekend Darling Range hosted the singing.
The business meeting decided to allocate forty dollars a week to support Dennis Rayner on his completion of the course in Sydney. Dennis graduated from the school in December of 1975 and returned to work full-time with the congregation at that time.
A Youth Rally on the theme of “Living the Abundant Life!” was held at Darling Range in January of (1976). The preaching was done by Rick Pinczuk who had been converted in Perth several years before. (Rick was preparing to preach the gospel to the countries behind the iron curtain and had been in North America getting an education in Slavic studies in order to do this more effectively.) As he was coming to visit his mother in Perth, Rick had written ahead and volunteered his services. The “Youth Rally” was conducted and was well attended.
Ron Bainbridge outside the Darling Range Church Office
and Information Centre, 1974
Kalamunda
Church of Christ
A small band of Christians living in Kalamunda and Lesmurdie began meeting together as a group in January, 1974. The area was one of rapid expansion and it was felt there was a need for the Lord’s church there. The congregation was started with Bill (Jr.) and Marilyn Quayle, and Taylors, Derek and Beth McAlpine, Mrs. Laura Kurts, and Russell and Gail Walker worshipping together.
Originally they met in a private home (Harry Taylor’s) but soon moved into rented premises. By August, they had settled into rooms in a shopping centre. Missions were conducted on three-monthly intervals.
Kalamunda Shopping Centre, where the Kalamunda Church used to meet.
East Bunbury
Church of Christ
Some years before the sale of the City Beach Church building, a few of their members had planted a new congregation in the East of Bunbury, which was named East Bunbury Church of Christ. Their building is located on the Corner of Austral Parade & Shenton Street, East Bunbury, Western Australia.
East Bunbury Church Building
Much of the growth of the Lord’s church in Perth was a result of the extensive use of media to proclaim the Gospel. The church in Perth regularly presented the Herald of Truth TV series by Batsell Barrett Baxter, as well as televised preaching from Mack Lyon.
Marvin Phillips wrote a regular newspaper column of Gospel messages, and for years, shared 15-minute messages on two major radio stations in Perth. Numerous contacts were made through these media outreaches, resulting in a significant community awareness of the Church of Christ’s restoration plea. Most important of all, there were many baptisms into Christ!
As a result of the media outreach and dedicated, sound Bible teaching, along with an intensive men’s discipling class, (2 Timothy 2:2), which equipped young men to teach, preach, lead in worship, and communion, the Lord’s church began to flourish in Perth.
In fact, during the mid-60’s, at least seven of these young men, who participated in these discipling classes, travelled to the U.S.A. to study and graduate from various preacher training Schools. Most of them returned to Australia to preach for various churches across the nation.
The seven men who were originally discipled at Embleton in the mid 60’s and then travelled to the U.S.A. to study and graduate from various preacher training Schools were as follows:
John Robinson,
Eddy McGeachy,
Ron Wallace,
Bill Quayle Jnr,
Rick Pinczuk,
Bruce Downing,
Graham Patterson,
Ron Bainbridge
Macquarie School of Preaching had not yet been established at this time, which is one of the reasons these men travelled overseas to prepare themselves to preach God’s Word.
The Macquarie School of Preaching (MSOP) was established in 1968. Not long after this, Brian Laurance and Peter Tickner, from Embleton Church of Christ,
Terry Mercer, Norman Drummond, Geoff Usher, and Dennis Rayner,
from Riverton Church of Christ,
Geoff Pollard, Steve Randall, and Ray Spizzirri,
from City Beach Church of Christ,
Trevor Baker and Mark McGillivray,
from Darling Range Church of Christ, enrolled as students at MSOP.
During the 1970’s, Jerry Matthieu, from the Riverton Church, established a Preacher Training School, known as Southwest Bible College, in the rural town of Bridgetown, Western Australia. Two men completed a two-year course and graduated from this college.
ARMADALE
Church of Christ
During the 80’s, Keith Thompson, who had been baptised into Christ by Sam Sampson, from the South Coast Church of Christ in Albany, felt strongly led by God to preach the Gospel, and travelled overseas to study and prepare himself to serve our Lord in a full-time capacity.
Upon Keith’s return to Australia, he, along with other brethren, established a congregation in Armadale, Western Australia, known as the Armadale church of Christ, which meets each Sunday at the Armadale Community Family Centre, 101 Challis Rd, Armadale, Western Australia.
History of Malaga
Church of Christ
City Beach and Darling Range
The City Beach congregation was established in the mid-1960s in the western suburbs of the city of Perth. After initially meeting in rented premises at the Floreat Forum shopping centre, the congregation built premises on a block of land near the ocean at City Beach. Although at the time the suburb was largely undeveloped, as a beachside suburb only 15 minutes from the centre of the city, City Beach has now become prime real estate, and the church building was surrounded by million-dollar homes.
The Darling Range congregation was established in the early 1970s in the eastern fringe of metropolitan Perth. After initially meeting in a house on Great Eastern Highway the congregation built a modest church building on a block of land in Greenmount.
In 2005, the City Beach church and Darling Range church merged to form a new centralised congregation, pooling their resources to provide a bigger and better family for all members and, more importantly, to make possible a greater concerted outreach.
This new congregation began meeting as the church of Christ Mt Lawley, which met at the Edith Cowan University’s Sport and Fitness Centre, corner of Woodsome and Learoyd Streets. They eventually also merged with the Embleton, Riverton, Ocean Reef, and WestChurch congregations, are now serving our Lord as Malaga Church of Christ, 66 Westchester Road, Malaga:
City Beach
Church of Christ
Following the sale of the original City Beach Church building, a remnant of their members remained in that area, as the City Beach Church of Christ, meeting each Sunday at the Floreat Scout Hall, which is located at:
12 Draper Street in Floreat:
Floreat Scout Hall, where the City Beach Church now meets.
Central North
Church of Christ
On 7 November 2004, a group of 36 Christians, originally from the City Beach Church, planted a new congregation, known as Central North Church of Christ at Herb Graham Recreation Centre every Sunday and Wednesday evening.
Approximately 11 years later, this group moved to the Rob Baddock Community Hall where they could further their outreach and become more central to the members that currently meet. In December 2018, they moved into their own building located in Kingsley - 15 Moolanda Boulevard: https://www.centralnorthcoc.org.au/about-us
On 7 November 2004, a group of 36 Christians, originally from the City Beach Church, planted a new congregation, known as Central North Church of Christ at Herb Graham Recreation Centre every Sunday and Wednesday evening.
Approximately 11 years later, the group moved to the Rob Baddock Community Hall where they could further their outreach and become more central to the members that currently meet. In December 2018, they moved into their own building located in Kingsley - 15 Moolanda Boulevard:
A gathering of Central North members
Perth Discovery
Church of Christ
In recent years, several Christians, under the leadership of George Funk and his family, who had also been members of the City Beach and Malaga Churches, planted a new congregation, known as:
A church that discovers together
Building Communities Worldwide
We are committed to multiplying disciples and churches everywhere for Jesus.
We take Jesus’ command to “Go make disciples!” seriously, considering His final command to be our priority. We understand that God’s vision and mission is Global, Local and Personal. We understand that it’s for every nation, every tribe, every people and every language.
The Bible Discovery Sword Method
Perth Church of Christ
We are a multicultural and diverse group of people. But we share a common belief that the truth of the Bible and the teachings of Jesus are just as RELEVANT today as they were 2000 years ago.
Contact: icocperth@gmail.com
Rural Churches:
With Western Australia’s population spread as it is, it is common for a Christian family to have to move to an area where there are no other Christians. As many of the towns are small and the stays are short, congregations of any size do not develop. The size of these many groups and their changing nature makes it hard to find out facts of their histories.
Albany, South Coast
Church of Christ
The Albany South Coast church of Christ has an extremely interesting history. Prior to 1978, several brethren, which included Ralph Loveridge, Jerry Mathieu and Brian Laurance, at different periods of time, attempted to restore the essential oneness of Christ’s church in the city of Albany.
Through their efforts, good seeds were sown that would ultimately be built upon and eventually bear fruit for our Lord’s church in Albany, which today has a population of approximately 36,000 people, making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Western Australia. It is a city recognised as having the most scenic coastline in Australia and is located at the isolated, southernmost point of Western Australia, 408 km south of Perth.
The most successful church planting took place when in late 1977), when brother and sister Sam and Emma Sampson, members of the Darling Range church in Perth, (at 72-years-of-age), sold their house in Greenmount and moved to Albany to establish a congregation of the Lord's church in that City. The first service of this new congregation was held in their home at 22 William Street, Yakamia on Sunday, January 1st, 1978.
Sam & Emma Sampson With David Roper
Shortly after their baptism in 1966
At the inaugural meeting, of the South Coast Church of Christ, 10 people were present, which included Sam & Emma Sampson, along with several visitors, which included Emma’s daughter, Fay Bainbridge and her 4 children (Dwayne, Paul, Rachel & Nathan), Emma’s sister, Matilda Baggs and Bill & Betty Moodie.
Sam Sampson and Bill Moodie, shared in leading this inaugural meeting, which comprised a Bible Study at 10am and a Worship Service at 11am. Sam Sampson led the children’s songs and taught the Bible Class, with Bill Moodie preaching and leading the congregation in communion.
During the next 6-years, for almost every Sunday worship service, brother Sam Sampson, (who was over 72-years-of-age when this new congregation of our Lord’s people commenced), led the church services during the regular Sunday morning and evening meetings, which included prayer, song leading, Bible studies, Sermons, Our Lord's Supper & any other need.
Sam & Emma had held a passionate desire to share their faith in Jesus with the people of Albany for many years, and they helped spread the Gospel message by providing warm hospitality and a loving spirit. Sam and Emma Sampson were gentle and caring people, who loved their Lord deeply.
People were drawn to them and readily listened to their soft words of encouragement. Over many years, they conducted home Bible studies with non-Christians and a good number of these were eventually baptized into Christ.
On August 6, 1978, a decision was made by the Albany congregation to reach out with the Gospel under the name of Yakamia church of Christ. The reason for adopting the name Yakamia, was because their regular meeting place was in the suburb of Yakamia. The weekly Sunday worship services continued in the Sampson home until the numbers became so great they couldn't all fit into their lounge-room.
In January 1984, Ron & Fay Bainbridge sold their house in Swan View and, with their four children, Dwayne, Paul, Rachel and Nathan moved to Albany from the Embleton congregation in Perth to serve with the Albany church for the next 33-years.
The Southwest church of Christ in Amarillo, Texas, which had financially supported Ron as he worked with the Embleton, City Beach, and Darling Range churches, also agreed to support the Bainbridge family in the work of the Yakamia church of Christ in Albany, which eventually became known as the South Coast Church of Christ, for the next 23-years out of a total of 33-years serving with the Albany Church).
A gathering of South Coast and Malaga Church members in Albany,
following a Sunday Worship Service
Was the media Outreach of the Albany South Coast Church of Christ, sharing a mission of encouragement, hope, and unity for believers in Jesus, (and all seekers), around the world.
Read the full introduction to our outreach and our mission to empower Christians across traditions to celebrate their oneness in Christ. https://wix.to/ePsMd8C
Harvey and Bunbury
Churches of Christ
The second church established in Western Australia was in Harvey. This is a coastal town, some ninety miles south of Perth. After months of discussions with Rudy Wyatt, Jack Doble withdrew in June 1964 from the “Associated” Church of Christ, of which he had been a member since 1936. The following March saw a mission preached by Rudy Wyatt, Ron Durham, and Marvin Phillips.
As a result of this mission, Jack was joined by his wife and Max Campbell. Missions have been conducted periodically. Parker French preached one in December 1972, and Coy Roper another in November 1974 (concentrating in the Bunbury area). The members have been actively involved in letterboxing, preaching, and teaching. As noted above, the nearby town of Bunbury has also felt the presence of the Christians from Harvey.
Advertising and letterboxing (plus the mission already mentioned) have been made efforts to inform people about the plea of the gospel. Services were conducted on a regular basis in Bunbury on Sunday afternoons, with the help of the brethren from Harvey.
Exmouth
Exmouth, had a church in it for many years. With the presence of the American military, some Christian families were posted there and started worshipping together. In July, 1971, and have often been well attended.
Karratha
In 1973. he Herman Atchley family move into Karratha, which at that time, a small and isolated town, a long way from anywhere, but still in need of the gospel. As a family of nine Christians, they began to worship God as He commands. Also they started efforts to contact others with the gospel.
In August, 1974, they were joined by Russell and Gail Walker who moved into town from Kalamunda. Ron Bainbridge came to town in November, 1974, to preach a mission. the zeal of these Christians for the Lord was seen in the work done for this mission—to help it be a success.
Before and during the mission, every house in the town was contacted and every family was invited. Many visitors came along to the meetings and many studies were set up. The Walkers left town after a year, but the Atchley's continued their good work, meeting in their home at 65 Padbury Way.
Narrogin
Norseman
Northam
Northam, is a town to the north-east of Perth in which there are a number of Christians. Many of these brethren travel into Darling Range at the weekend for worship. There have been mid-week devotionals and Bible study held in Northam for a while. They originated in the home of Trevor and Christine Baker and have often been well attended.
Northcliffe
Used to meet in the Northcliffe, St John Ambulance hall.
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