Alphacrucis

This article is about the Christian college. For the star in the Southern Cross, see Alpha Crucis.

Alphacrucis
Motto	Change the World
Established	1948 (as Commonwealth Bible College)
President	John Iuliano[citation needed]
Principal	Stephen Fogarty
Admin. staff	>70[citation needed]
Students	2500[citation needed]
Location	Parramatta, NSW, Australia 33°52′35″S 151°00′25″E / 33.8763°S 151.0069°E / -33.8763; 151.0069Coordinates: 33°52′35″S 151°00′25″E / 33.8763°S 151.0069°E / -33.8763; 151.0069
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.

Faculty and research

Alphacrucis is one of the first Pentecostal colleges in Australia to develop a faculty with higher level academic qualifications.^{[citation needed]} 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 - Chester Hill Campus

History

Alphacrucis began as "Commonwealth Bible College" in 1948 in Melbourne^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} A few years later the facilities of the Illawara Bible College were added to the campus and the college continued in Katoomba until 1995.^{[citation needed]} 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.

Campuses

Sydney

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.

Auckland, 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].

See also

City of Parramatta portal

• List of universities in Australia

References

1. ^ Alphacrucis College Website - Our Locations
2. ^ http://ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/
3. ^ http://alphacrucis.edu.au/news/general-alphacrucis-news/2009/nov/05/why-alphacrucis/ Principal Stephen Fogarty on the rationale behind the college's new name
4. ^ http://ac.edu.au/awards/
5. ^ http://alphacrucis.ac.nz/about/

External links

• Alphacrucis website

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