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College in Auckland, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carey Baptist College is a Baptist Bible and theological college in Auckland, New Zealand. It is affiliated with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand.
Type | Private college |
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Established | 1924 |
Affiliation | Baptist Churches of New Zealand |
Academic affiliation | New Zealand Qualifications Authority[1] |
Principal | Rev. Dr. John Tucker[2] |
Academic staff | 12 full-time 21 part-time[3] |
Students | 329[3] |
Location | , 36.9045°S 174.8086°E |
Website | carey |
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.