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'''Kingsley College''' was until 2008 a [[Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia]] school of [[theology]] located in [[Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne]], Australia.

Its student body had always been largely non-Wesleyan Methodist, and without the students from other [[Christian denomination]]s the school probably could not have survived as long as it did.{{sfn|Emilsen|O'Brien|2016|p=272}}{{sfn|O'Brien|2018|p=215}}

==History==
The college was founded by President of the Australian Wesleyan Methodist Conference and editor of the ''Australian Wesleyan'' [[Kingsley Ridgway]] in 1948, and was (despite being in Melbourne) until 2008 a member institute of the [[Sydney College of Divinity]].{{sfn|Emilsen|O'Brien|2016|p=272}}{{sfn|O'Brien|2018|p=95}}{{sfn|O'Brien|2018|p=101}}

It was originally known as the Wesleyan Methodist Bible College of [[Australia]];{{sfn|Emilsen|O'Brien|2016|p=272}} but in 1973 its name was changed to honour its founder upon his retirement.{{sfn|Kostlevy|2010|p=252}}
It was funded initially from donations made by Wesleyan Methodist church members in North America, reported by Ridgway as being "in the neighbourhood of one dollar (six shillings) per member over the whole connexion".{{sfn|O'Brien|2018|p=95}} Its first principal was professor Leo G. Cox, an American who was elected Conference President in 1948 after Ridgway.{{sfn|O'Brien|2018|p=95}}

In January 2008 it merged with [[Tabor (Australia)|Tabor Victoria]], with the majority of its staff and faculty and the whole of its library transferred to Tabor, with its original building and property scheduled to be sold.{{sfn|Patton|2010}}{{better source needed|date=December 2023}}{{sfn|de Kock|Dobson|2008}}{{third-party inline|date=December 2023}}
What was left of Kingsley continues to provide Wesleyan Methodist ministerial and lay person training in Bible and theology through the Vocational Education Training sector.{{sfn|Patton|2010}}{{better source needed|date=December 2023}}{{sfn|de Kock|Dobson|2008}}{{third-party inline|date=December 2023}}

{{cn-span|Kingsley was a member of the [[South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges]], and was previously associated with the [[Australian College of Ministries]].|date=December 2023}}

==Principals==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Principals of Kingsley College
! Name !! Years of Service
|-
| Dr Leo G. Cox || 1949-1955
|-
| The Revd Robert Mattke || 1956-1961
|-
| The Revd James Ridgway || 1961-1966
|-
| The Revd Arthur Calhoun || 1967-1969
|-
| The Revd Aubrey Carnell || 1970-1971
|-
| The Revd Dr James Ridgway || 1972-1984
|-
| The Revd Dr David Wilson || 1985-2002
|-
| The Revd Lionel Rose || 2003
|-
| The Revd Peter Dobson || 2004-2010{{cn|date=December 2023}}
|-
| The Revd Kevin Brown || 2010 – present{{cn|date=December 2023}}
|}

==References==
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite book|title=Methodism in Australia: A History|series=Routledge Methodist Studies Series|editor1-first=Glen|editor1-last=O'Brien|editor2-first=Hilary M.|editor2-last=Carey|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=9781317097099|author1-first=William|author1-last=Emilsen|author2-first=Glen|author2-last=O'Brien|chapter=The Continuing Methods Legacy, 1977&ndash;2014}}
* {{cite book|title=Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia: Hallelujah under the Southern Cross|series=Routledge Methodist Studies Series|author1-first=Glen|author1-last=O'Brien|publisher=Routledge|year=2018|isbn=9781351189217}}
* {{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopaedia=The A to Z of the Holiness Movement|volume=164|author1-first=William|author1-last=Kostlevy|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2010|isbn=9780810875913|article=Ridggway, Kingsley Mervin}}
*{{Cite press release|ref={{harvid|de Kock|Dobson|2008}}|author1=Dr Wynand J. de Kock, Principal Tabor Victoria|author2=The Revd Peter J. Dobson, Principal Kingsley College|title = Kingsley College and Tabor Victoria - United Press Release: Christian Colleges Unite with 100 years' experience|accessdate = 2008-10-18|url=http://www.kingsley.edu.au/PressRelease/?ID=PRelease|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719122507/http://www.kingsley.edu.au/PressRelease/?ID=PRelease <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archivedate=2008-07-19}}
* {{cite web|title=A brief history of the Pacific College of Graduate Studies|location=Melbourne, Australia|author1-first=Don|author1-last=Patton|url=http://www.bible.ca/tracks/Pacific-College-of-Graduate-Studies-Melbourne-Australia-brief-history.htm |date=2010}}
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.kingsley.edu.au|Kingsley College}}

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[[Category:Education in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in Australia]]
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[[Category:Evangelical seminaries and theological colleges]]
[[Category:1948 establishments in Australia]]

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