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Kingsley College, Melbourne
Kingsley College is a ministry and theology school of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia. The college headquarters are located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college was founded by Kingsley Ridgway in 1948 as the Wesleyan Methodist Bible College of Australia. Its students come from a variety of denominational and national backgrounds. History In 1946, Kingsley Ridgway founded the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia in Victoria. His vision was to establish a training college that would equip students with the theology of practical holiness. Sponsored by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, a property was purchased in Glenroy, Victoria, to serve as the national headquarters and the training college. The Wesleyan Methodist Bible College began to offer training in 1949 with a class of seven students. By 1974, the three-year Diploma of Theology had expanded to a four-year Bachelor of Theology degree. 1974 also saw a change of name applied to the college; Ki ...
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Wesleyan Methodist Church Of Australia
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is a Christian denomination with its origins in Wesleyan Methodism. It is the organisational name for contemporary The Wesleyan Church in Australia. (The historic Wesleyan Methodist denomination in Australia up to 1 January 1902 merged into the Methodist Church of Australasia.) Background and formation The beginnings of the current Wesleyan Methodist Church in Australia may be traced to 1945, when the Rev. Dr. Kingsley Ridgway offered himself as a Melbourne based "field representative" for a possible Australian branch of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, after meeting an American serviceman who was a member of that denomination. Kingsley Ridgway's legacy continued to be felt in the church, with his son, the Rev. Dr. James Ridgway, providing denominational and institutional leadership over many years, and grandson the Rev. Kent Ridgway serving as Southern District Superintendent. Contrary to a popular assumption, it is not a ...
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Kingsley Ridgway
Kingsley may refer to: People *Kingsley (given name) * Kingsley (surname) Places Australia * Kingsley, Western Australia Canada * Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124, Saskatchewan England *Kingsley, Cheshire * Kingsley, Hampshire *Kingsley, Staffordshire United States *Kingsley, Iowa * Kingsley, Kentucky *Kingsley, Michigan * Kingsley, Oregon *Kingsley, Pennsylvania *Kingsley Corners, Wisconsin *Kingsley Plantation, Florida *Kingsley Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Kingsley College, Melbourne, Australia, a school of theology *Kingsley Hall, London, England *Kingsley (mascot), the mascot for Partick Thistle F.C. *The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award *Perrey and Kingsley, pioneers in electronic music *Kingsley Royal, mascot for Reading F.C. *Kingsley Field, airport located in Southern Oregon *''Kingsley's Adventure ''Kingsley's Adventure'' is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Psygnosis exclusively for the PlayStation. Gameplay ''Kingsle ...
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Christian Denominations
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the A ...
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Sydney College Of Divinity
The Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) is a consortium of Christian theological educational institutions and Bible colleges based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college is structured as a federation of member institutions, each of which retains its autonomy and respective theological traditions. Member institutions represent a range of Christian churches. SCD is a registered Higher Education Provider, with degrees and awards accredited by the Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, a regulatory and quality agency for higher education. The consortium offers undergraduate awards that meet Australian and Korean education standards, postgraduate qualifications by coursework and research that meet Australian standards, and postgraduate qualifications by coursework that meet Korean standards. Awards range from Diploma in Theology to Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). In Australia, seminaries which deliver instruction a ...
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Bachelor Of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years, depending on the country and institution. * Degree attainment typically takes four years in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States and Zambia. * Degree attainment typically takes three years in Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Caribbean, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the Canadian province o ...
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Christian Church
In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a synonym for Christianity, despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations, many of which hold a doctrinal claim of being the "one true church", to the exclusion of the others. For many Protestant Christians, the Christian Church has two components: the church visible, institutions in which "the Word of God purely preached and listened to, and the sacraments administered according to Christ's institution", as well as the church invisible—all "who are truly saved" (with these beings members of the visible church). In this understanding of the invisible church, "Christian Church" (or catholic Church) does not refer to a particular Christian denomination, but includes all individuals who have been saved. The branch theory ...
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Nazarene Theological College (Australia)
The Nazarene Theological College (NTC) is a theological college located in the Thornlands suburb of Redland City in Queensland, Australia. NTC is a member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity. History In 1952, the General Council of the Nazarene Young People's Society voted to fund a bible college in Australia. Richard S. Taylor was appointed to be the founding principal of Nazarene Bible College and the Board was elected. A six- acre property in Thornleigh near Sydney was purchased for £17,000. Classes commenced in 1953 and the college was dedicated in 1953.NTC History
In 1973, the college relocated to rather than renovate at Thornleigh. were purchased on t ...
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Leo Cox
Leo George Cox (1912–2001) was an American minister, theologian, and educator. Early life and education Cox was born on July 31, 1912, and accepted Christ at the age of ten. He received his bachelor's degree from Miltonvale Wesleyan College, in 1937, and later earned a B.D., an M.Rel. from Indiana Wesleyan University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Iowa. Religious and academic career Cox was ordained as a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, served a missionary in Australia. While in Australia, Cox served as president of Kingsley College from 1949–1955. Cox wrote ''John Wesley's Concept of Perfection''; according to the Wesleyan Church; this book has become a "classic in Wesley studies." Cox also contributed to the Wesleyan Bible Commentary and the Beacon Bible Commentary. Desiring to bring together scholars from the Wesleyan tradition, Cox founded the Wesleyan Theological Society, and served as the society's first president in 1965. ...
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Educational Institutions Established In 1948
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal ...
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Education In Melbourne
Education in Melbourne may be divided into four groups: pre-school, primary education, secondary education and tertiary education. Melbourne is home to some of Australia's largest university and prominent independent schools. Entry to tertiary education for most students is through the Victorian secondary school system where students are ranked by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) upon completion of Year 12. Tertiary education Melbourne's two largest universities are the University of Melbourne and Monash University, the largest university in Australia. Both are members of the Group of Eight. The largest university campus in Melbourne by size is La Trobe University's Melbourne Campus, located in Bundoora. In 2016, the University of Melbourne was ranked first among Australian universities and the 33rd among universities in the world by the Times Higher Education (THES) international rankings. Furthermore, Monash University was ranked the 74th best university in the wor ...
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Seminaries And Theological Colleges In Australia
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin ''seminarium'', translated as ''seed-bed'', an image taken from the Council of Trent document ''Cum adolescentium aetas'' which called for the first modern seminaries. In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools. History The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology. The oldest ...
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Methodist Seminaries And Theological Colleges
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond because of vigorous missionary work, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist churches, focuses on sanctification and the transforming effect of faith on the character of a Christian. Distinguishing doctrines include the new birth, assurance, imparted righteousnes ...
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