St John's College, Auckland
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NZ$470 million[when?] | |
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The College of St John the Evangelist or St John's Theological College, is the residential
The site at Meadowbank in Auckland is the base for theological education for the three Tikanga of the Province with ministry formation onsite as well as diploma level teaching in the regions across New Zealand and Polynesia. The College has partnerships with various other tertiary providers of degrees in theology.
The College was established in 1843 by
The College, through the St John's College Trust Board, is one of the best endowed theological colleges in the Anglican Communion, with assets in 2014 of NZ$293m.[2][3] It was subject to a critical review of its financial sustainability in 2014.[4]
Relationships with other organisations
It previously had an on-site
Academic study
It taught the
Later it offered
Undergraduate ordinands study a NZ Diploma in Christian Studies and then undertake the remaining years of their theology degree at Laidlaw College, Carey College or the University of Otago.
Other lay and ordained persons around NZ study the NZ Diploma in Christian Studies regionally (through weekend intensives) and by FlexiLearn (a distance learning programme with live online classes).
The John Kinder Theological Library
The John Kinder Theological Library Te Puna Atuatanga is the library and archives for the college as well as for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. Although based on the St John's College site, it also has responsibilities to the whole Church and all its theological educational enterprises. It is named after
Notable alumni and alumnae
- Frank Buckland (1847–1915), MP and mayor[6]
- Thomas Frederic Cheeseman, notable English born botanist and naturalist
- Mary Gray-Reeves, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real in California, US
- Hone Kaa
- Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879–1948), member of the House of Lords[7]
- Edward Osborne-Gibbes, (1850–1931) — a baronet, former Secretary of the New Zealand Education Department and the architect of that country's modern public education system[8]
Gallery
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St. John's College and Chapel, Auckland c. 1911
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References
- ^ Limbrick, Warren E. (1990). "Selwyn, George Augustus". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ The St John's College Trust Board report to Synod, "The church faces many challenges", 14 May 2014. In 2012 Princeton Theological Seminary had endowments of US$867m and the next richest American seminary, the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary), had US$373m. The next richest, the Columbia Theological Seminary had US$165m
- ^ "Almanach of Higher Education 2013".
- ^ The St John's College Trust Board report to Synod, "The church faces many challenges", 14 May 2014
- ^ "The John Kinder Theological Library". St John's College, Auckland. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LII, no. 16114. 31 December 1915. p. 7. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XLVII, no. 15266. 14 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Education Department". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]. 1897. p. 168.
- ^ "Dr. Wallaston". The Week. Brisbane, Queensland. 18 February 1912. p. 13.
- ^ "Panorama". National Library of New Zealand. n.d. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
External links
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