by Carey Baptist College | 4 July, 2025 | Alumni Stories, Carey News
Chris Clark shares how the Snells Beach Baptist Church Eldership team grew in unity, confidence, and vision through Carey’s Christian Leadership Micro-credential—and why they’re now investing in the development of others.
by Grant Harris | 9 June, 2025 | Carey News
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Paul Jones to the role of Principal of Carey, starting later in June 2025.
by Grant Harris | 31 January, 2025 | Carey News
In response to a changing world, our new Strategic Plan sets a bold vision for the next decade—nurturing Christ-like leaders and thriving faith communities across Aotearoa and beyond.
by Carey Baptist College | 21 October, 2024 | Carey News, Māori
Nga Pou Amorangi equips Māori leadership students for gospel ministry within Māori and bicultural contexts, and from 2025, it will continue outside of Carey, led by Rewai Te Kahu, while Carey remains committed to supporting Māori theological education.
by Carey Baptist College | 26 September, 2024 | Carey News
We are delighted to announce that Carey has been awarded Category 1 status, with the review team concluding that it is “highly confident” in both our educational performance and in our capability for self-assessment.
by Carey Baptist College | 3 September, 2024 | Carey News, Carey Staff
Change is ahead for both Dr John Tucker our college Principal, and for Carey Baptist College.
by Carey Baptist College | 6 August, 2024 | Carey News
Carey Baptist College, Baptist Union of NZ, Arotahi and Northern Baptist Association have purchased a new building!
by Chris Berry | 13 December, 2023 | Carey News
Carey Baptist College Campus and Offices have been sold. Read the details of the sale here.
by Carey Baptist College | 28 July, 2023 | Carey News
An update to the new property search for Carey Baptist College first announced on 1 February 2023.
by Chris Berry | 2 February, 2023 | Carey News
Our college site in Penrose is no longer suited to our future training and formation needs. Read about our plans to sell and move to a new location here.
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Further, the course brings Dietrich Bonhoeffer into conversation with Bull Hybels, the former pastor and leader of Willow Creek. Willow Creek proves to be a valuable case study in which issues of ego and power surface. It is important to understand them rightly and posit how Bonhoeffer’s thought and practice provides a needed corrective.
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Through the course you will follow a process of identifying an area of research that is of interest to you and shaping a research project directed towards answering a specific focal question, engaging relevant fields of study and utilizing appropriate research methods. Through the process your cohort will be a supportive community engaging with each other’s areas of interest and contributing to your development as emerging researchers. By the end of the course, you will have designed a research project such as would be suitable for a postgraduate research essay or thesis and presented this as a full Research Proposal.
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The Integrative Project is typically undertaken in the final year of the Bachelor of Applied Theology programme. It is an opportunity for you to draw on your learning across the Integrative Theology curriculum to resource understanding and faithful action in relation to an issue at the intersection of their faith, context, and practice. Utilizing the integrative framework of Word, World, and Work you will make use of a range of sources of knowledge and approaches to bring your faith, contexts, understanding, and examples of practice into conversation with each other. Having considered the topic and questions that arise in relation to it from within each of those areas, you will develop a Christian response to the issue that demonstrates attentiveness to faith, context, and practice.
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This course allows you to receive accreditation for a supervised ministry internship undertaken within an appropriate context. Over the year you will perform 200 hours of practical ministry internship and will reflect upon this with a Supervisor, in an online peer group, and in assignments.
RESTRICTION: This course is available only by arrangement with the Programme Lead of Field of Education prior to enrolment.
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This course allows you to receive accreditation for a supervised ministry internship undertaken within an appropriate context. Over the year you will perform 200 hours of practical ministry internship and will reflect upon this with a Supervisor, in an online peer group, and in assignments.
RESTRICTION: This course is available only by arrangement with the Programme Lead of Field of Education prior to enrolment.
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RESTRICTION: This course is available only by arrangement with the Programme Lead of Field of Education prior to enrolment.
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PREREQUISITE: This course is restricted to those achieving merit or excellence in MF601 Reflective Field Education 2.
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PREREQUISITE: This course is restricted to those achieving merit or excellence in MF501 Reflective Field Education 1.
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You will reflect upon and critically evaluate the significance of these selected personalities, topics and themes for the historic development of Christianity and their ongoing influence on Christian life and leadership today.
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The Research Essay is a maximum in length of 6,000 words including footnotes and excluding bibliography.
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Your skills will be developed in exegesis, analysis of texts, research and presentation and your theological awareness and interpretative competencies will be cultivated.
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Your skills will be developed in exegesis, analysis of texts, research, and presentation; your theological awareness and interpretive competencies will be cultivated.
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