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Canadian University College is an independent publicly funded university located in Lacombe.〔(Alberta Advanced Education. Retrieved 2011-09-02 )〕 It is sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and is affiliated with the Association of Theological Schools.〔(History ). Canadian University College. Retrieved 2009-08-03〕 It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."〕〔http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html )〕 The school's official mission statement is to educate learners to think with discernment, to believe with insight and commitment and to act with confidence, compassion, and competence. The college places emphasis on service in local and global communities.〔(Industry Canada. Canadian University College. ) Accessed 03-16-2011〕〔(About Canadian University College ). Canadian University College. Retrieved 2009-08-03〕 The history of the college begins in the pioneer days of Alberta. ==Pioneer Adventists in Alberta== Adventists first came to Alberta in 1895. They were colporteurs Thomas Astleford and George W. Sowler. Sowler was the field agent for Manitoba and the Northwest, which included Alberta.〔(Review and Herald, August 10, p. 14 )〕 Astleford and Sowler both sold "Bible Readings".〔(Bible Readings for the Home Circle 1888 )〕 Astleford left Winnipeg and went to Edmonton. Sowler stopped off at Calgary and started work there. Sowler sold about two hundred copies of Bible Readings in Calgary. He also sold books to the ranchers from Calgary to Fort Macleod from the Bow River to the foothills. He worked in Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan and the mountain towns as far as Revelstoke. Eastward, he worked along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Port Arthur.〔(Western Canadian Tidings. Pioneer Colporteurs in Western Canada. Vol. 8 Calgary, Alberta, December 4, 1918 No. 23 p. 5 )〕 Thomas Astleford began in the Edmonton. He then sold books in the towns along the railroad to the south. His work led to the first converts in the province; Gustave Litke of Leduc and Dr. Menzel and his family, of Stony Plain. Litke shared his new faith with his German friends. In response to their request, H. J. Dirksen was sent from Manitoba. Dirksen led in the organizing of a church at Leduc on May 14, 1898, the first SDA church in the Northwest Territories.〔(Sudds, D. R. Colporteurs Were First in Alberta. Canadian Union Messenger, October 19, 1966, p. 11 )〕 Up until 1903, the work of the Adventist church in Alberta was administered as part of the Manitoba Mission. Beginning in 1901, the Adventist Church reorganized itself to include union conferences. These new units of administration took over from the General Conference the management of local conferences in their region. The Northern Union Conference, established in 1902, managed the work of the Adventist church in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.〔(Yearbook of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination, 1907, p. 47 )〕 In 1906, the Alberta Mission was organized into the Alberta Conference. A year later, the Western Canadian Union Conference was formed. It comprised the conferences of British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba and the Saskatchewan Mission.〔(Yearbook of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination, 1908, p. 88 )〕 (See the map) thumb The newly organized Alberta Conference consisted of about 180 members.〔(Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions For the Year Ending December 31, 1906, p. 2 )〕 At the conference's first meeting, delegates took two actions regarding education. They voted to conduct a three months Canvassers' School. Second, they voted "to build up the church school work in the Conference as fast as possible." Veteran educator, Percy T. Magan, helped with the proceedings. He represented the General Conference.〔(Northern Union Reaper, August 14, 1906, p. 5 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Canadian University College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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