History
The ACD started as an ecumenical consortium of the theological colleges of the Anglican (St Barnabas College), Baptist (Burleiogh College), Roman Catholic (the St Fancis Xavier Seminary, now the Catholic Theological College) and Uniting (Parkin-Wesley College, from December 2008 known as Uniting College for Leadership and Theology) Churches, and the Bible College of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia in 1979.
The Baptist Church's Burleigh College and the Bible College of South Australia later withdrew and now offer awards from the Australian College of Theology.
In late September 1997, the then three constituent colleges in Adelaide moved to a campus at Brooklyn Park, South Australia. Teaching began on 7 October and the ACD campus was officially opened on Sunday, 9 November by the Governor of South Australia, Sir Eric Neal
Nungalinya College was associated with the ACD at one time. Nungalinya College is ecumenical with a focus on theological education and training for ministry for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is located in Darwin, Northern Territory.
In 2003, the Uniting Church moved its distance education focused Coolamon College from Brisbane to Adelaide where it joined the ACD. In Brisbane it had been a member of the Brisbane College of Theology and also offered Sydney College of Divinity courses.
With the 2010 withdrawal of all but the Uniting Church and the merger of Coolamon College, its distance education provider, with the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, the College nonetheless continues to provide theological education.
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