Institution name

Australian College of Theology

Institution type

Private Institution

CRICOS provider code

02650E (NSW); 02788J (QLD); 02809J (VIC); 02558A (WA); 03261K (SA)

Total number of students

2400

Contact address for international enquiries

Suite 4 Level 6
51 Druitt Street
SYDNEY 2000

Telephone

+61 (0) 2 9262 7890

Venue / office name

Morling College

Address

120 Herring Road
MACQUARIE PARK
New South Wales
2113

Venue description

This College was established in 1916 in the premises of a Baptist church. The college is named after Rev GH Morling, who was principal for nearly 40 years. The vision of the college is encapsulated in the words Summa Supremo - aiming to give leadership development and theological education. Within an avowedly evangelical framework, Morling allows for diversity in theology, ministry and cultural identity.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Presbyterian Theological Centre NSW

Address

77 Shaftesbury Road
BURWOOD
New South Wales
2134

Venue description

This College exists to glorify God and advance his gospel mission by equipping candidates for the ordained ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, deaconess candidates, and other Christian men and women to walk with God; to understand, apply and communicate the Scriptures; and to lead God’s people in diverse forms of Christian service. The Presbyterian Theological Centre aims to integrate academic study with practical skills. The training is thereby ministry oriented. There is a degree of flexibility in the way the teaching resources can be utilized. This includes distance education, day and evening courses and parish based field education courses.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Sydney Missionary and Bible College

Address

PO Box 83
CROYDON
New South Wales
2132

Venue description

This College was established in 1916 by a returned missionary of the China Inland Mission, Reverend C. Benson Barnett, in order to train students for Christian service in Australia and overseas. SMBC is committed to high standards of education. It is Bible-centered, interdenominational in character, cross-culturally oriented, and community-based. In addition to the degrees and diplomas, the College offers focused studies through its School of Cross Cultural Mission and School of Preaching.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Toowong Campus

Address

Bible College of Queensland
1 Cross Street
TOOWONG
Queensland
4066

Venue description

This Campus is situated in the foothills of Mt Coot-tha, close to the CBD. It was established in 1947 and is located six kilometers from the center of the city of Brisbane. The College is managed by a board of directors and is independent, evangelical and interdenominational. It offers residential facilities for students on its four-acre property.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Rothwell Campus

Address

Mueller College of Ministries
PO Box 487
REDCLIFFE
Queensland
4020

Venue description

This Campus is located on the Redcliffe Peninsula, 30 km north of Brisbane. It was established in 1947 and is located six kilometers from the center of the city of Brisbane. The College is managed by a board of directors and is independent, evangelical and interdenominational. It offers residential facilities for students on its four-acre property.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Malyon College

Address

PO Box 6166
MITCHELTON
Queensland
4053

Venue description

This College was established by, and is owned, operated and subsidized by the Baptist Union of Queensland. It commenced operation on 29 February 1904. Malyon College describes itself as contemporary in terms of its education, evangelical in terms of its doctrine, missionary in terms of its worldview, conservative in terms of its theology, and practical in terms of its training. Malyon College provides quality theological education designed to develop Christians of influence, equipping them in biblical understanding and ministry skills and growing their heart for God and the extension of His Kingdom. Malyon College was previously known as the Queensland Baptist College of Ministry (QBCM) and prior to that as the Baptist Theological College of Queensland (BTCQ).

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Queensland Theological College

Address

PO Box 6376
ST LUCIA
Queensland
4067

Venue description

This College provides top class theological training that faithfully applies the Word of God to the real world. It seeks to do this as a real living Christian community, and as part of a wider Christian fellowship in Brisbane. QTC believes that the Bible is a thoroughly practical book, calling us to live God’s way in every area of life, in the context of Christian community and in reaching out to the wider community all elements of its integrated curriculum and college life are designed with these principles in mind. Word-controlled, community-focused and totally practical: that’s the QTC ideal. QTC is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland, founded in 1876.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Bible College SA

Address

176 Wattle Street
MALVERN
South Australia
5061

Venue description

This College was established in 1924, and until 1973 was known as the Adelaide Bible Institute. Over many years Bible College SA has had the privilege of training hundreds of Christian men and women from all States of Australia and from overseas for Christ’s service throughout the world. The object of Bible College SA is to prepare men and women to be more effective in making known the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the world.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Melbourne School of Theology

Address

5 Burwood Highway
WANTIRNA
Victoria
3152

Venue description

This School is a teaching and learning Christian community on several locations, including a main campus, a Chinese department and a department of mission aviation. It offers courses full-time, part-time and by distance. Its graduates serve God throughout Australia and the world in paid Christian ministry, mission and through their secular vocations.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Presbyterian Theological College of Victoria

Address

684 Elgar Road
BOX HILL NORTH
Victoria
3129

Venue description

This College was established in 1866, the mission of the Presbyterian Theological College is to provide high quality theological education, with particular emphasis on the biblical text, including instruction and exegesis in both Greek and Hebrew. This education is directed to preparing men and women for Christian service, and the implications of biblical and theological study are transferred to the practical courses that are offered.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Reformed Theological College

Address

125 Pigdons Road
WAURN PONDS
Victoria
3216

Venue description

This College was established in 1954 at the initiative of the Synod of the Reformed Churches of Australia in Ulverstone, Tasmania. This initiative was taken primarily with the purpose of training ministers for the Reformed Churches in Australia and New Zealand. The Reformed Theological College regards itself as a community of people who believe that the whole of life is worship and service to God, and therefore seeks a deepening relationship of love to God and the neighbour.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Ridley Melbourne

Address

170 The Avenue
PARKVILLE
Victoria
3052

Venue description

This College was established in 1910 to train Anglican ministers and missioners. Since then it has grown into a theological college that provides education, formation, and training for ordinands, school chaplains, youth and children’s ministers, AFES and IFES workers, evangelists, church planters, and overseas missionaries. Ridley welcomes students from all denominations, and provides part-time and full-time study options, distance education for first year subjects, and some accommodation. They also run the Centre for Preaching and Biblical Theology, the Centre for Applied Christian Ethics, and a theological Bookshop. Ridley exists to equip equally men and women for Christian service in God’s world. The College is evangelical in tradition and committed to academic excellence.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Trinity Theological College

Address

PO Box 115
LEEDERVILLE
Western Australia
6902

Venue description

This College was established in November 1997 by the merger of the Perth Center for applied Christian Studies (founded 1989) and Westminster Theological College (founded 1982). Its purpose is training men and women for effective Christian service. Their program therefore has an applied emphasis, aiming to integrate learning and serving, knowledge and skills. Trinity is committed to an evangelical and reformed understanding of the Christian faith.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No

Venue / office name

Vose Seminary

Address

20 Hayman Road
BENTLEY
Western Australia
6102

Venue description

This College was founded in 1963; the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia has made available biblical and theological training at a tertiary level for people of all denominations and with varied interests. The College is the official institution of the Baptist Churches of Western Australia for the training of their candidates for pastoral and other specialised ministry and missionary service, and is recognised by other denominations and agencies.

Is accommodation available at this venue?

No

Located outside Australia

No