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Coordinates: 36°54′16″S 174°48′31″E / 36.9045°S 174.8086°E / -36.9045; 174.8086
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Carey Baptist College
TypePrivate college
Established1924
AffiliationBaptist Churches of New Zealand
Academic affiliation
New Zealand Qualifications Authority[1]
PrincipalRev. Dr. John Tucker[2]
Academic staff
12 full-time
21 part-time[3]
Students329[3]
Location
Penrose, Auckland
,
New Zealand

36°54′16″S 174°48′31″E / 36.9045°S 174.8086°E / -36.9045; 174.8086
Websitecarey.ac.nz

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

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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.[4] Its first principal was J.J. North.

The college was renamed in 1992 to Carey Baptist College after the English Baptist missionary William Carey.

References

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  1. ^ "Education Organisations details - Carey Baptist College (Penrose)". New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Dr John Tucker".
  3. ^ a b "Member Schools". New Zealand Association of Theological Schools. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  4. ^ a b A. H. McLintock, ed. (1966). "BAPTIST CHURCHES - Theological Training". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. ISBN 978-0-478-18451-8.
  5. ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 412
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