Carey Baptist College is a
Baptist
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and
theological college
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in
Auckland, New Zealand
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. It is affiliated with the
Baptist Churches of New Zealand.
History
The college was founded in 1924 as ''New Zealand Baptist Theological College''.
[William H. Brackney, ''Historical Dictionary of the Baptists'', Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 412] It held its first classes in 1926, originally training men to be ministers for Baptist churches in New Zealand.
Its first principal was
J.J. North.
The college was renamed in 1992 to ''Carey Baptist College'' after the
English
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Baptist
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missionary
William Carey.
References
External links
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