Wesley College, in Adelaide, South Australia, was a Methodist Church of Australasia theological college, which, with the Parkin College, became the predecessor to Uniting College for Leadership and Theology.
History
editWesley college was a theological college of the Methodist Church of Australasia from 1927 to 1968. It was the successor institution to the Methodist Training Home at Brighton. In 1926, the struggling Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute transferred the property at 20 King William Road, Wayville to the Methodist Church for use as a theological college. In May 1927, the students transferred from Brighton and Wesley College was formed. Its official title was "Wesley College: With Which is Incorporated the Australasian Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute".[citation needed]
From 1930, staff of the Congregational Union of Australia's Parkin College and Wesley College lectured students of both institutions. In the 1950s the Baptist College was founded in Northgate Street, Unley Park 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 (now Uniting College for Leadership and Theology) at the site of Wesley College.[1]
Chapman Alexander Bible Institute
editIn 1904, Richard and Emily White gifted their original home, Wekewauban to the Chapman Alexander Bible Institute. In 1926, the struggling Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute transferred the property at 20 King William Road, Wayville to the Methodist Church for use as a theological college.[2][3] A historical marker was unveiled at the site in May 2008.[4]
References
edit- ^ Arnold D Hunt, ed. (1980) [1980]. Number 20, A Pictorial History of Theological Education at No. 20, King William Road. Uniting Church of South Australia Historical Society and Parkin-Wesley Old Collegian's Association. ISBN 0-909834-41-5.
- ^ "RELIGIOUS WORKER". The News. Vol. VI, no. 837 (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 19 March 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 11 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MR. R. H. WHITE DEAD". The News. Vol. XIII, no. 1, 863 (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 5 July 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 11 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Site raises leaders for nearly a century". New Times. 27 (7). Adelaide: Uniting Church SA Communications Unit: 9. July 2008.