South Pacific Association of Evangelical Colleges

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The South Pacific Association of Evangelical Colleges (SPAEC) (previously the South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges (SPABC)) was an association of independent evangelical Bible colleges that operated from 1969 until the end of 2018. Colleges were located in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Zealand. [1]

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  1. George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport (eds), (2015), Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 78, ISBN   9780810884939
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