Wesley Theological College

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Wesley College, South Australia, was a Methodist Church of Australasia Theological College from 1927 to 1968. It was the successor institution to the Methodist Training Home at Brighton. In 1926 the struggling Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute transferred the property at 20 King William Road, Wayville to the Methodist Church for use as a theological college. In May 1927 the students transferred from Brighton and Wesley College was formed. Its official title was Wesley College: With Which is Incorporated the Australasian Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute.

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Chapman Alexander Bible Institute

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References

↑ Arnold D Hunt, ed. (1980) [1980]. Number 20, A Pictorial History of Theological Education at No. 20, King William Road. Uniting Church of South Australia Historical Society and Parkin-Wesley Old Collegian's Association. ISBN 0-909834-41-5.
↑ "RELIGIOUS WORKER". The News . VI, (837). South Australia. 19 March 1926. p. 4 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "MR. R. H. WHITE DEAD". The News . XIII, (1, 863). South Australia. 5 July 1929. p. 1 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Site raises leaders for nearly a century". New Times. Level, 212 Pirie Street, Adelaide: Uniting Church SA Communications Unit. 27 (7): 9. July 2008.

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[1] Arnold D Hunt, ed. (1980) [1980]. Number 20, A Pictorial History of Theological Education at No. 20, King William Road. Uniting Church of South Australia Historical Society and Parkin-Wesley Old Collegian's Association. ISBN 0-909834-41-5.

[2] "RELIGIOUS WORKER". The News . VI, (837). South Australia. 19 March 1926. p. 4 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "MR. R. H. WHITE DEAD". The News . XIII, (1, 863). South Australia. 5 July 1929. p. 1 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 11 March 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Site raises leaders for nearly a century". New Times. Level, 212 Pirie Street, Adelaide: Uniting Church SA Communications Unit. 27 (7): 9. July 2008.