Alphacrucis

"Commonwealth Bible College" commenced in 1948 in Melbourne at the Richmond Temple under the Commonwealth Executive of the Assemblies of God in Australia. The Directors and Executive were Pastors P. Duncan (chairman), C. Enticknap (secretary-treasurer), C. Greenwod, W. Buchanan, A.T. Davidson, W. Enticknap, M. Armstrong, W. Akehurst and H. Davidson. The Principal was Rev. F.A. Sturgeon, who taught on Pentateuch, Theology, Life of Christ and Harmony of the Gospel. The college used the premises of Richmond Temple in the first year. The 40 students enrolled at CBC in 1948 called themselves the "Van Couriers 1948" or "First Messengers". They came to study from all over Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://ehive.com/collections/7383/objects/839826/yukana-praise-magazine | title="Yukana Praise Magazine" }}

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.[http://ac.edu.au/about/our-history/ Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602124016/http://ac.edu.au/about/our-history/ |date=2 June 2012 }} (Alphacrucis)

After a year of temporary operation at Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Brisbane, 1949, a new campus was obtained and refurbished at Katoomba, New South Wales in the former Palais Royale guesthouse.{{Cite web |url=http://www.palaisroyale.com.au/history.htm |title=History of the Palais Royale Katoomba |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512143529/http://www.palaisroyale.com.au/history.htm |archive-date=12 May 2012 |url-status=dead }} 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.[http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH1205126U7BA76MBUD 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, [http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/DS7-607%20Uncovering%20Theology%202009.pdf Uncovering Theology: The Depth, Reach and Utility of Australian Theological Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505090257/http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/DS7-607%20Uncovering%20Theology%202009.pdf |date=5 May 2013 }}, 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}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=fmmAKQBbU8IC&pg=PR9 p. ix.]

On 27 April 2009 at the Australian Christian Churches National Conference, Southern Cross College officially changed its 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".{{Cite web |url=http://alphacrucis.edu.au/news/general-alphacrucis-news/2009/nov/05/why-alphacrucis/ |title=Principal Stephen Fogarty on the rationale behind the college's new name |access-date=5 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402104140/http://alphacrucis.edu.au/news/general-alphacrucis-news/2009/nov/05/why-alphacrucis/ |archive-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}

In September 2011, AC relocated its main campus to 30 Cowper Street, Parramatta, Sydney (formally opening it in March 2012[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/la/lapaper.nsf/0/37CB72D205D2D9A6CA2579CF00804A64/$File/075-VAP-S.pdf 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. In 2016, it opened its own campus in Woolloongabba, to which it has since added campuses at Melville Street, Hobart, and in Melrose Park, Adelaide.

In December 2017, the other official ACC College, Harvest Bible College, merged with Alphacrucis.[https://www.harvest.edu.au/presidents-announcement/ Harvest Bible College is excited to announce the merger of two great Pentecostal Colleges in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309011548/https://www.harvest.edu.au/presidents-announcement/ |date=9 March 2018 }}. Retrieved 9 March 2018

Alphacrucis currently employs 180 staff in all.[http://ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/ Faculty and staff] (Alphacrucis) The college has set up the Australasian Pentecostal Heritage Centre, founded by Denise A. Austin, which includes the largest online repository of historical Pentecostal journals in the Southern Hemisphere – including issues of the Australian Evangel back to 1927. AC also has a refereed journal, Australasian Pentecostal Studies. As of 2018, the college library had over 100,000 volumes, and extensive electronic collections.[http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ANZTLA/article/viewFile/2352/2819 ANZTLA EJournal, No. 2, (2009)]

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