Southern Vales Christian College | |
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Coordinates | 35°06′45.1″S138°32′8.6″E / 35.112528°S 138.535722°E |
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Type | Independent, Christian, co-educational |
Denomination | Pentecostal |
Established | 1980 (Morphett Vale campus) 1991 (Aldinga campus) |
Chairman | Pastor Martyn Manuel |
Principal | Adam Dunt |
Campus | Morphett Vale Aldinga |
Website | www.svcc.sa.edu.au |
Southern Vales Christian College is a Christian school located across two campuses in South Australia. It is a ministry of Harvest Church. The original campus is located in Morphett Vale with a second campus opened in Aldinga.
Southern Vales Christian College first opened in September 1980 as Morphett Vale Christian Community School operating as a ministry of the Morphett Vale Baptist Church (today known as Harvest Church). A second campus in Aldinga was opened in early 1991. Both campuses are promoted as having extensive experience with special needs students. [1]
On 27 August 2021, Nine News Adelaide reported that Southern Vales Christian College has a policy against hiring homosexual teachers. [2] While the college defended the policy based on Australia's religious discrimination laws, South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said, "South Australia has always been a diverse, accepting, respectful state and we don’t want to have discrimination here in our state." [3]
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