Carey Baptist College Explained

Carey Baptist College
City:	Penrose, Auckland
Country:	New Zealand
Coordinates:	-36.9045°N 174.8086°W
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Established:	1924
Affiliation:	Baptist Churches of New Zealand
Type:	Private college
Academic Affiliation:	New Zealand Qualifications Authority^[1]
Academic Staff:	12 full-time 21 part-time^[2]
Principal:	Rev. Dr. John Tucker^[3]
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Students:	329

Carey Baptist College is a Baptist Bible and theological college in Auckland, New Zealand. It is affiliated with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand.

History

The college was founded in 1924 as New Zealand Baptist Theological College.^{[4] [5]} 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 Baptist missionary William Carey.

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Education Organisations details - Carey Baptist College (Penrose) . . 2007-12-28.
2. Web site: Member Schools . New Zealand Association of Theological Schools . 2007-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227023903/http://www.nzats.godzone.net.nz/coll.html . 27 February 2008 . dead .
3. Web site: Dr John Tucker.
4. Book: A. H. McLintock . BAPTIST CHURCHES - Theological Training . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966 . http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BaptistChurches/TheologicalTraining/en . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . 1966 . 978-0-478-18451-8.
5. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 412