The Uniting College for Leadership and Theology in

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is a

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(UCA)

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for the education and training of both lay people and those for specified ministries including the

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and youth workers. It is a constituent college of the

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and is located at Brooklyn Park and until the end of 2021 contributed to theological education at The Flinders University of South Australia. From Semester 1 of 2023 the college will become a member of the

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. From 1930, staff of the

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's Parkin College and the

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lectured students of both institutions. In the 1950s, the Baptist College was founded in Northgate Street,

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and further sharing of staff occurred, although more limited than between Parkin and Wesley. In 1968, Parkin College and Wesley Theological College merged to form Parkin-Wesley College at

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, the site of Wesley College. Later, the South Australian UCA Lay Education Centre was merged in. Coolamon College was the national UCA agency and provider of

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theological education. In 2003, Coolamon College moved from

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to Adelaide where it joined the

. Parkin-Wesley College was renamed Uniting College for Leadership and Theology in January 2009, at this time it took on the

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function previously offered through Coolamon College.Distance learning at Uniting College for Leadership and Theology
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People

*Reverend Dr.

Andrew Dutney Reverend Professor Andrew Fergus Dutney ( ; born 9 July 1958) is a Christian scholar, writer, and musician. He is a Professor within the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. He is the former principal of Uniting ...

was Principal *Reverend Dr. Ian B. Tanner was Director of Lay Education *Reverend Dr. H. D'Arcy Wood was a lecturer at the college

References

{{authority control Seminaries and theological colleges in Australia Uniting Church in Australia Education in Adelaide