| Alphacrucis | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Change the World |
| Established | 1948 (as Commonwealth Bible College) |
| President | John Iuliano |
| Principal | Stephen Fogarty |
| Admin. staff | >70 |
| Students | 2500 |
| Location | Parramatta, NSW, Australia |
| Campus | Multiple campuses |
| Former names | Commonwealth Bible College (1948-1993) Southern Cross College (1993-2009) |
| Colours | Orange:
Red: |
| Affiliations | Australian Christian Churches Assemblies of God |
| Website | http://ac.edu.au |
| "Multiple Campuses" consist of the following:[1] | |
Alphacrucis (formerly Commonwealth Bible College and Southern Cross College) is a Christian tertiary college and is the official ministry training college of Australian Christian Churches, the Assemblies of God in Australia. The College has several campuses however the main campus is in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The College has programs running in various colleges and churches around Australia. Since the College was founded in 1948, over 3,000 students have been trained and the graduates are ministry all around the world.
It offers various programs, from certificate through to masters level study. The college ethos is based in a Pentecostal /Charismatic orientation. The College also offers a Master of Teaching (Primary), Korean language programs, and various vocational awards in ministry, and business that are accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority.
Contents |
Alphacrucis is one of the first Pentecostal colleges in Australia to develop a faculty with higher level academic qualifications. It has a permanent faculty, more than 15 with doctoral level qualifications, as well as other experienced teachers[2].
The college has set up the Australasian Pentecostal Heritage Centre, which includes an online repository of historical Pentecostal journals - including issues of the Australian Evangel back to 1927. They have also created a refereed journal, Australasian Pentecostal Studies.
Alphacrucis began as "Commonwealth Bible College" in 1948 in Melbourne and has been in a number of locations since then. In 1949 it moved to Newfarm in Brisbane. A purpose built-campus was established in 1961 at Graceville on the banks of the Brisbane River but was totally destroyed in the massive Brisbane floods of 1974.
For one interim year the college was conducted at Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Brisbane while a new campus was obtained and refurbished in Katoomba in the former Palais Royale guesthouse. A few years later the facilities of the Illawara Bible College were added to the campus and the college continued in Katoomba until 1995. In 1993 the name was changed to Southern Cross Bible College and due to a new incorporation the name then became Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia Ltd. From the beginning of 1996 to August 2011, the college was at Chester Hill.
On 27 April 2009 at the Australian Christian Churches National Conference, Southern Cross College officially changed it name to Alphacrucis. The new name derives from the star that sits at the foot of the Southern Cross constellation named Alpha Crucis. The principal, Stephen Fogarty says, “Alphacrucis is the brightest star in the Southern Cross, and it’s at the foot of the cross. […] The brightest star that shines at the foot of the cross. […] We want our students to shine brightly at the foot of the cross. Alphacrucis - shining brightly at the foot of the cross.”[3]
In September 2011, Alphacrucis College relocated it's main campus to Parramatta, Sydney; and also re-opened it's Brisbane campus at the site of Metro Church in Seventeen Miles Rocks, Brisbane.
Alphacrucis' main campus is located in Parramatta. Alphacrucis College offers courses ranging from Certificate III through to master's level degrees.[4] Alphacrucis College has multiple campuses around Australia and New Zealand.
Alphacrucis New Zealand was established as Advance Ministry Training Centre (AMTC) in 1986. In 1997 it became the National Ministry Training School for the Assemblies of God in New Zealand. In 2006 it entered a partnership agreement with Southern Cross College in Sydney, Australia and in April 2009 it became Alphacrucis[5].
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||