NTE FAQ

A typical day at NTE involves spending time in the morning with your strand group, made up of 12 other students from across Australia led by two staff workers who will train you in how to read and teach the bible. After lunch we’ll have campus time where everyone at the conference from Campus Bible Study will gather with the purpose of planning for NTE mission and summer. You’ll also get some free time in the afternoon before attending an elective on a topic of your choosing. After dinner everyone at NTE will gather for the night session involving singing, interviews and a bible talk. You can then chat with people over supper about what you’ve been learning, before going to bed and repeating it all the next day!

Standard Registration closes 2nd of November. Late Rego closes 12th of November. So make sure you rego now so you don’t miss out!

AFES NTE registration here

CBS NTE registration here

UNSW students who register and then discover that, due to an exam clash, they need to cancel their registration can contact AFES via email at nte@afes.org.au. If you do so by Wednesday 5th November AFES will refund the full registration cost and not charge the $50 admin fee. If you do so by Monday 17th November AFES will refund the full registration cost however a $50 admin fee will be incurred. After the 17th November, there will be no further refunds.  

Transport arrangements will be arranged using the CBS NTE registration form here. Whatever your transport situation, it would be super helpful for you to fill in the form – whether you’re organising your own lift, needing a lift, or driving yourself. This will help us to make sure everyone safely arrives at Canberra and on to mission locations.

NTE is being held at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC), Canberra. This is about 3hrs 30mins out of Sydney. There are some accomodation options onsite (camping / dorm) and you can indicate your preference for these options via your AFES NTE registration form here.

Yes. NTE doesn’t provide tents, just the camping ground so make sure you BYO sleeping bag, sleeping mat and tent, or find a friend who has camping gear that you can camp with or borrow their gear! 

NTE does have bathrooms with showers and all meals are provided so you don’t need to bring cooking or cleaning supplies.

If financial difficulty is a barrier, feel free to talk to Sam Ellery at sam.ellery@campusbiblestudy.org and we’ll try to help you as best we can.

We highly recommend you to come to both, and it is our expectation that most people will come to both the NTE conference and mission. Mission is a really great way to put into practice what you have learnt from the conference part of NTE. In fact, many people find NTE mission to be the best part of NTE!

Mission involves serving alongside a partner church, with a group of other CBS students and trainees. This can involve helping out with the kids church or youth group, leafleting or door-knocking, walk-up evangelism, Christmas events, and being interviewed at the Sunday service. Members of our mission teams will typically be hosted by church members, who generously provide accommodation.

Please fill in the CBS NTE registration form here to be allocated to a mission team.

Plan to be on NTE mission and organise for someone else to cover your responsibilities at your home church. Ask someone to swap or let the rostering team know in advance you won’t be there. Commit to coming for the whole of NTE mission (10th – 14th December).

We encourage you to go through the strands in a progressive way. Start with ‘Strand 1’ and keep coming back to NTE each year to work your way up to ‘Strand 5’. Have a chat with one of the trainees in your faculty if you have any questions.

If you have more questions, please check the official AFES website at https://nte.org.au. Or please talk to one of the trainees in your faculty or email Sam Ellery at sam.ellery@campusbiblestudy.org.