The College of St John the Evangelist, located in Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand, is the theological college of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. It has three constituent colleges: Te Whare Wānanga o Te Rau Kahikatea, the theological college of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa; the College of the Southern Cross, for the Anglican Dioceses in New Zealand; and the College of the Diocese of Polynesia, the theological college of the Diocese of Polynesia in New Zealand. The College was established in 1843 by George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand.
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It has an on-site ecumenical partnership with Trinity Methodist Theological College, the theological college of the Methodist Church of New Zealand.
It is now affiliated with the School of Theology of the University of Auckland, and academic theology degree and diploma courses are taught in partnership with the School of Theology.
It taught the Licentiate in Theology (LTh) for the Joint Board of Theological Studies from 1968. Later it offered Melbourne College of Divinity degrees, primarily the BD. From 1993 it offered the University of Auckland BTheol. Now ordinands undergo a 3-year residential course, normally with scholarship and allowance, including Auckland BTheol study.
Recently a Anglican Studies Programme has been introduced. This includes a Diploma in Anglican Studies, Diploma in Anglican Studies (Advanced), Diploma in Anglican Studies (Applied), and Certificate in Anglican Studies. These are College, rather than University of Auckland, awards.
The John Kinder Theological Library is the library and archives for the college as well as for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. Although based on the St John's College site, it also has responsibilities to the whole Church and all its theological educational enterprises. It is named after John Kinder a former principal of the college.[1]