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Alphacrucis College (AC) (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, with the main campus in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The College has programmes 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 engaged in ministry all around the world. AC offers several vocational education and training courses in ministry, business, music, chaplaincy and counselling; accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority.〔(Degrees and certificates ) (Alphacrucis)〕〔(Organisation details ) (Australian Government)〕 It is also a non-self-accrediting higher education institution,〔(TEQSA web site )〕 authorised to provide a limited range of theology, ministry, business, leadership, and arts degrees up to doctorate level,〔(Australian Government "Study in Australia" web site )〕 including a Korean language programme.〔(New South Wales Government education web site )〕 The college ethos is based on a Pentecostal/Charismatic orientation. In 2009, the college had an Equivalent Full Time Student Load of over 500.〔 == History == AC began as "Commonwealth Bible College" in 1948 in Melbourne, after an abortive attempt by Henry Wiggins to set up the college in the 1930s.〔Shane Clifton, ''Pentecostal Churches in Transition: Analysing the Developing Ecclesiology of the Assemblies of God in Australia'', BRILL, 2009, ISBN 9004175261, (pp. 108–111. )〕 In 1949 the college moved to Brisbane,〔 first to New Farm, and in 1961 to a purpose-built campus on the Brisbane River which was destroyed in the 1974 Brisbane flood.〔(Our History ) (Alphacrucis)〕 After a year of temporary operation at Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Brisbane,〔 a new campus was obtained and refurbished at Katoomba, New South Wales in the former Palais Royale guesthouse.〔(History of the Palais Royale Katoomba )〕 The facilities of the Illawara Bible College were later added to the campus. The college remained at Katoomba until 1995.〔 In 1993 the name was changed, first to "Southern Cross Bible College" and then to "Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia Ltd"〔 (not to be confused with Southern Cross University). From early 1996 to August 2011, the college was at Chester Hill, New South Wales.〔〔(Carolyn Cummins, (12 May 2012), Campuses in class of their own, ‘’Sydney Morning Herald’’, p. 53 )〕 For a period during this time, the college was associated with the Sydney College of Divinity.〔Charles Sherlock, ''(Uncovering Theology: The Depth, Reach and Utility of Australian Theological Education, )'' Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2009.〕〔Neil J. Ormerod and Shane Clifton, ''Globalization and the Mission of the Church'', Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010, ISBN 0567261832, (p. ix. )〕 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. () We want our students to shine brightly at the foot of the cross.”〔(Principal Stephen Fogarty on the rationale behind the college's new name )〕 In September 2011, AC relocated its main campus to 30 Cowper Street, Parramatta, Sydney (formally opening it in March 2012〔(Votes and Proceedings, ) New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 29 March 2012.〕); and also re-opened its Brisbane campus at the site of iSEE CHURCH - 308 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane. In early 2014, the AC Brisbane campus relocated to 35 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane - on the grounds of Hope Centre International. 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「Alphacrucis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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