Harvest Bible College

In 1985 there was no Pentecostal theological college in Victoria. In response to this, a British AOG pastor, Alun Davies, began Harvest Bible College on the property of the church he pastored. Initially it ran as just a small non-government accredited college. With Scott Wilson and then Kameel Majdali as principals the College then became the first Pentecostal college in Australia to be accredited by the government, and the first to offer a Licentiate. At first a Certificate in Ministry was accredited, then a Diploma in Ministry, then Bachelor of Arts in Ministry or Biblical Studies. After Brendan Roach became principal (2004) and then president (2011), the College accredited a Graduate Diploma in Theology, a Master of Arts in Ministry and a Doctorate of Ministry with the Australian government. In 2011 the College remodelled itself into an Online College with multiple campuses, in Queensland and Perth, Australia, and abroad in Denmark. In 2014 the College moved its headquarters from the property of Faith Christian Church to its own building in Scoresby, Victoria. Harvest consistently fulfilled its mission to Train Effective Ministry Worldwide to Serve Local Churches since 1985. For 33 years trained men and women to serve God in a variety of ministry roles and functions in and beyond the local church. Harvest trained 7,825 people and graduated 3,464 leaders for the kingdom of God. In-spite of the success, the president instituted drastic corporate re-structuring in 2015, instigating the departure of many competent staff and demoralising those who remained. This led to the demise of a once thriving Australian Pentecostal theological college witnessing the decline over three years (2016-2018) of a once premier online college to the point it had to be sold to Alphacrucis College (2018). RTO 067 | CRICOS 01035C