Kingsley College

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1 Principals
2 Partnership with Tabor Victoria
3 External links

Kingsley College is a Wesleyan school of theology located in Melbourne, Australia. The college was opened by Kingsley Ridgway in 1948. It was originally known as the Wesleyan Methodist Bible College of Australia; in 1974, its name was changed to honour its founder.

The college is run by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia. It offers ministerial training to people from a variety of denominational and national backgrounds.

Kingsley is also known for its training in Christian Counseling. It has had a long-going relationship with the practice of Christian Counseling in Melbourne and has sought to develop a training program for Christian Counselors which majors on an integration of excellence in counseling practice with Christian Theology and concerns.

Kingsley is a member of the South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges and is a Member Institution of the Sydney College of Divinity.

[edit] Principals

Principals of Kingsley College
Name	Years of Service
Dr. Leo G. Cox	1949-1955
Rev. Robert Mattke	1956-1961
Rev. James Ridgway	1961-1966
Rev. Arthur Calhoun	1967-1969
Rev. Aubrey Carnell	1970-1971
Rev. Dr. James Ridgway	1972-1984
Rev. Dr. David Wilson	1985-2002
Rev. Lionel Rose	2003
Rev. Peter Dobson	2004-

[edit] Partnership with Tabor Victoria

In 2008 Kingsley College entered a formal partnership with Tabor Victoria. Under the terms of the partnership Tabor has taken on the majority of Kingsley's staff and faculty, Kingsley has gifted the contents of its library to Tabor, and Kingsley's campus will operate as a campus of Tabor until the sale of this property. This partnership allows for Kingsley to shift its attention from matters pertaining to accreditation to refocus its efforts toward ministerial development for the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.