History
Sydney Missionary and Bible College is the oldest interdenominational Bible College in Australia. Established in April 1916 by Reverend C Benson Barnett, a returned missionary, with a mission to train people for Christian service in Australia and overseas.
The College began in a leased building at 43 Badminton Road Croydon. Students from Adelaide, Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand were in the initial student intake.
Reverend Barnett wrote in 1916, "not only are we a Bible College, but we are a Missionary College ... we are taught by Christ, that we are to pray to the Lord of the Harvest that He will send forth labourers into His harvest field".
In 1926 the College purchased the leased building it was occupying (called "Ooma") for £2,500. Over the years as the College has grown and expanded additional teaching and residential property has been purchased on Badminton Road. In 2007 a site was purchased in Croydon Park, a few minutes drive from the Croydon campus, for the purpose of building a new premises to cope with the surging demand in enrolments. In 2010 this site was officially opened as the Roberts-Dale adjunct campus.
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