Alphacrucis
Motto	Education > Inspiration > Transformation
Established	1948 (as Commonwealth Bible College)
President	John Iuliano
Principal	Stephen Fogarty
Staff	65
Students	1760
Location	Chester Hill, 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 Sydney College of Divinity
Website	http://alphacrucis.edu.au
"Multiple Campuses" consist of the following:[1] Sydney (Main) – Chester Hill, NSW Brisbane – New Farm, QLD New Zealand – Auckland, New Zealand Baulkham Hills – Hillsong, NSW Oxford Falls – C3, NSW

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Alphacrucis (formerly Commonwealth Bible College and Southern Cross College) is a Christian college for higher education and vocational training 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 Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The College has programs running in various colleges and churches around Australia. Since the College was founded in 1948, over 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. The College offers a Bachelor of Contemporary Ministry and Master of Teaching (Primary). It also 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 in ministry, business, English (ESL) and Hospitality accredited with the NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board.

[edit] Faculty and research

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 12 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 Australian Evangel back to 1927. They have also created a refereed journal, Australasian Pentecostal Studies.

Alphacrucis - Chester Hill Campus

[edit] History

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 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.

On Monday 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.”

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.

[edit] Campuses

[edit] Sydney

Alphacrucis' main campus is located in the Greater Western Sydney area, at Chester Hill. As of 2009 it offered awards ranging from Certificate IV through to Masters level degrees^[2]. Alphacrucis also has Sydney campuses at Hillsong International Leadership College in Baulkham Hills and C3 College in Oxford Falls.

[edit] Brisbane

The Brisbane campus opened in 2009 at New Farm in inner Brisbane. Upon opening it offered Bachelor and Master level programs^[3].

[edit] 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^[4].

Alphacrucis New Zealand offers awards ranging from Certificate III through to Masters level degrees^[5].

[edit] References

1. ^ Alphacrucis College Website - Our Locations
2. ^ http://alphacrucis.edu.au/schools/
3. ^ http://alphacrucis.edu.au/locations/brisbane/
4. ^ http://alphacrucis.ac.nz/about/
5. ^ http://alphacrucis.ac.nz/schools/

[edit] See also

• List of universities in Australia

[edit] External links

• Alphacrucis Website