Southern Cross College

Infobox University
name = Southern Cross College


motto = "Preparing People for Extraordinary Purpose"
established = 1948 as Commonwealth Bible College
president = John Iuliano
principal = Stephen Fogarty
city = Chester Hill
state = NSW
country = Australia
students = 825 [http://www.myfuture.edu.au/services/default.asp?FunctionID=5200&ProviderID=11313]
staff = 31 [http://www.scc.edu.au/faculties.htm]
campus = Main Chester Hill, NSW
Hillsong Baulkham Hills, NSW
Christian City Church Oxford Falls, NSW
New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
affiliations = Australian Christian Churches
Assemblies of God
Sydney College of Divinity
website = http://www.scc.edu.au

Southern Cross College (formerly Commonwealth Bible College) the official ministry training college of Australian Christian Churches, the Assemblies of God in Australia. The college is located in Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia and has programs running in various colleges and churches around Australia. Since the college was founded in 1948, about 2,500 students have been trained and the graduates are in ministry on every continent of the world.

It offers various programs, from certificate through to masters level study. The college ethos is based in a Pentecostal / Charismatic orientation. It offers Sydney College of Divinity awards, including: Bachelor of Theology, Master of Arts (Theological Studies), Master of Arts (Leadership), Master of Theology, Master of Divinity.

There is also a Korean Language program, and various vocational awards accredited with the NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board.

Faculty and research

The college is one of the first pentecostal colleges in Australia to develop a faculty with higher level academic qualifications. It now has a permanent faculty, eight with doctoral level qualifications, as well as other experienced teachers.

The college has set up the Australasian Pentecostal Heritage Centre, which includes an online repository of historical pentecostal journals - including issues of the [http://evangel.webjournals.org Australian Evangel] back to 1927. They have also created a refereed journal, [http://aps.webjournals.org Australasian Pentecostal Studies] .

History

Southern Cross College 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 this name became Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia Ltd. From the beginning of 1996 the college has been at Chester Hill.

The college has set up the Australasian Pentecostal Heritage Centre, which includes an online repository of historical pentecostal journals - including issues of the [http://evangel.webjournals.org Australian Evangel] back to 1927. They have also created a refereed journal, [http://aps.webjournals.org Australasian Pentecostal Studies] .

Facilities

Southern Cross College has been located at Chester Hill since 1996. The campus was previously a RAAF base. The college has of recent began to investigate other properties to relocate to that allow for expansion and to be closer to the demographic the college is aiming for.

ee also

*List of universities in Australia

External links

* [http://www.scc.edu.au Southern Cross College]